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Sharmila Bhatt is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in project management, business strategy, and management consulting. She has worked as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Standard Chartered Bank, Advisory Member of Project Steering Committee for Daraja fund - SEAF and SDC, Trustee at Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, and Director Finance & Admin at Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd. She holds a Master's degree from New York University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering.

Credentials

  • Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at Work
    University of California, Berkeley
    Oct, 2019
    - May, 2026

Experience

  • Standard Chartered Bank
    • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Independent Non Executive Director
      • May 2023 - Present
      • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • SEAF
    • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Advisory Member of Project Steering Committee for Daraja fund - SEAF and SDC
      • Apr 2023 - Present
      • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

      Daraja Impact supports Tanzanian enterprises by providing investment capital and technical assistance,aiming to foster growth, resilience and financial sustainability. This, inturn, promotes economic inclusionand empowers underprivileged communities. Daraja Impact is funded by the SwissAgency for...

  • Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital
    • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Trustee
      • Aug 2021 - Present
      • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Rwanda
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Non Executive Director
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      Global Grassroots mission is to catalyze women and girls as leaders of Conscious Social Change in their communities. Conscious Social Change is the intersection of mindfulness, leadership, and social entrepreneurship whereby individuals initiate change consciously, compassionately, and ethically.Global Grassroots' Women's Water Leadership Initiative in Rwanda and Uganda empowers vulnerable women to become change leaders in their community by designing and initiating their own solutions to the social issues that affect them most.Global Grassroots' 25 women-led water ventures, are now bringing safe, clean water access - permanently and sustainably - to more than 70,000 people in Rwanda and Uganda. Since 2008, we have a 96% sustainability rate among all water ventures initiated.

    • Board Chair
      • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

    • Tanzania
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director Finance & Admin, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd
      • 1995 - Present

      This role applies to the following two companies as a co-founder - Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd. – Founded in 1993 the company currently operates in Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, Gambia and Nigeria. Primarily the company provides turnkey ERP solutions for governments from the stage of national budget formulation to production of national accounts. Currently Soft-Tech has implemented complete turnkey solutions for 6 central governments (Tanzania, Malawi, Gambia, Zanzibar, Lesotho & Bauchi State, Nigeria), 133 local authorities and over 30 government agencies across Africa. (www.stcl.com).SatCom Networks Africa Ltd. - Founded in 2002, SatCom is licensed Public Data Communications Operator, offering communications solutions to meet the demands of enterprises and SME’s. With extensive infrastructure in Tanzania, SatCom, jointly with technology partners plans, delivers, commissions and maintains communications networks for government, banks, power companies, insurance companies and over 500 other businesses. (www.satconet.com)

    • Principal Systems Analyst, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd
      • Jun 1993 - Jun 1995

      The role involved the design, specification and development of a Bureau de Change System for National Bureau de Change (the largest forex bureau at the time) and the payroll for Tanzania Harbours Authority. Was principal lead architect for the year 2000 compliance for all banking modules for National Bank of Commerce. The company designed , developed and implemented the Billing system for Tanzania Telecom Company Ltd

    • Managing Director
      • Jan 2001 - Mar 2018

      Founded in 2001, Learnit operated in Tanzania and was the largest fully NACTE accredited private ICT training facility in Tanzania with a capacity of over 900 students. Courses offered are in collaboration with NCC (UK), ABE (UK) and University of Greenwich (UK) wherein courses range from a cert...

    • Principal Systems Analyst, Computers & Telecoms (T) Ltd.
      • Jul 1988 - May 1993

      The role involved the design, specification and implementation of EasyBank – a banking system that was developed for NBC (the largest commercial bank in Tanzania at the time) and was implemented at the Headquarters functional areas and 25 branches in Tanzania between 1989 – 1993 becoming one of t...

    • Systems Engineer
      • May 1987 - Jun 1988

      The role involved the development and maintenance of programs for financial management and payroll.

Education

  • 2022 - 2033
    SoundsTrue & Wisdom 2.0 & New York University
  • 1982 - 1986
    Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering
  • 1970 - 1982
    St Agnes School in Mangalore
  • 2020 -
    The Institute of Directors
  • 2014 -
    Chartered Human Resource Analyst

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