Aditi joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2015 where she leads on development and partnerships across the organisation. Aditi has worked in international development in the UK and in India for twelve years and has strategic experience in the non-profit, philanthropy and leadership sectors. Her previous role was with Common Purpose as London Director where she focused on strategy and business development for the organisation’s leadership programmes. Previously, as UK Director of Leaders’ Quest Foundation, she led on fundraising and partnership development for their grassroots leadership programmes in India. Her earlier roles include founding Chief Operating Officer of Indian venture philanthropy organisation EdelGive Foundation and Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan in India. Aditi sits on the UK board of EMPower - the Emerging Markets Foundation and is a trustee of Khulisa UK, a small organisation fighting crime and the causes of crime. She is also on the Governing Council and Advisory groups for Indian NGOs Ibtada and Educate Girls, both of whom focus on increasing access and quality of education for girls. Aditi has a Master's degree in Philosophy Politics Economics from the University of Oxford, where she was a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening scholar.

Gul Mukhey uses his years of advising experience to mentor early stage companies seeking business development and funds for expansion. He is a member of  Mumbai Angels, a platform where new businesses can interact with successful entrepreneurs. He headed the HSBC Private Equity Advisors (India) Private Limited (PEAI) in Mumbai and worked with ING Barings in London and the UK based Virgin Group. As the Hindustan Times Media’s Head of Business Development in Delhi, he established its principal investing practice. Gul is a graduate from the London School of Economics and holds a Master in Finance degree from the London Business School.

After a brief stint as a computer engineer, Hansal Mehta followed his passion for telling stories using cinema as his medium of expression. He has been a part of the prolific Mumbai Film Industry for the past 17 years making films and telling new stories. Besides creating one of India’s biggest food brands through his television show ‘Khana Khazana’, Hansal has directed some acclaimed feature films including Jayate, Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar, Chhal, Dus Kahanaiyaan and Shahid. A multi-faceted individual, Hansal is also the CEO of The India Study Abroad Center (ISAC), a vibrant social enterprise that connects interns from around the world to India’s grassroots.

Jasmeet is the co-founder and managing director of The Third Eye – one of India’s most reputed consumer insights firms. She has over 25 years of experience in consumer research and is a valued advisor to leading Indian and multi-national corporations, with a reputation for understanding the voice of the consumer and driving strategic, consumer-driven, marketing and business decision-making. Jasmeet is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and has consistently featured in Fortune magazine’s list of the most influential women in corporate India. 

Pooja Bhatt, based in Mumbai, India, is the Asia Pacific Lead for Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a corporate social enterprise that channels Accenture’s business and IT consulting skills and capabilities to clients in the development sector. Over the last 4.5 years, she has engaged with a range of clients across sectors (NGOs, Donors, Foundations and Corporations) to support over 20 initiatives focused either on building organizational capacity or on providing execution capacity to design and implement programs. Through these project experiences, she has developed a good understanding of the education, health, energy, and agriculture landscape in India and has developed a deep understanding of the challenges and success factors in implementing social development initiatives. Pooja brings a good balance of strategic thinking with strong program management capability to identify and resolve challenges/risks. She is also an experienced Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with a strong background in change management, talent management and organizational development. She has co-authored a paper (written in collaboration with the Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution and Global Business Coalition for Education) which articulated the business case for private sector investment in education as a strategic growth imperative (vs. just CSR).

Pragni Kapadia has over a decade of experience as a lawyer practicing in India where she has dealt with a large spectrum of issues with respect to corporate and intellectual property law. She has significant experience in foreign direct investment in India and transactional and regulatory work in the media & entertainment, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food sectors. Pragni was an associate partner at DSK Legal prior to which she worked at Wadia Ghandy & Company, one of the oldest law firms in Mumbai, and AZB & Partners, India’s second largest law firm. Pragni graduated from the H.R College of Commerce and Economics, University of Mumbai in 1997 with a first class Bachelor of Commerce Degree pursuant to which she graduated with honors from the London School of Economics, University of London in 2001 with a Bachelor of Law Degree. She obtained her Masters of Law Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Pragni was enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa as an advocate in 2003.

Roopa Kudva joined CRISIL in 1992 and got appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Her international experience in the corporate sector has been shaped in India, Middle-East, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean countries, and she even acted as secondment to Standard & Poor’s as Director of Financial Institutions in Paris. Roopa regularly features in lists of the most powerful women in business compiled by prominent publications, including Fortune and Business Today. She was chosen as ‘Outstanding Women Business Leader of The Year’ at CNBC TV18’s ‘India Business Leader Awards 2012’. Her knowledge and experience make her a regular speaker at global conferences and seminars. Not only has she received the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ from her alma mater but she also holds a postgraduate diploma in management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Roopa is a member of several policy-level committees relating to the Indian financial system, including committees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Reserve Bank of India. She is also a member of the Executive Council at NASSCOM.

Sarath Divella is an alumnus from IIM Ahmedabad with an engineering degree and a post graduate diploma in business management. He has worked for several multinational companies for almost three decades, which includes corporate brands such as Integra Software Services, Hindustan Unileveretc. Sarath has managed dynamic teams around the globe (Asia, Europe and America) with whom he shared his experience on developing strategic growth plans. His career has been shaped by the many positions he undertook in a wide variety of industries, from Content Development to Tech Documentation, e-Publishing, Exports and Food. He currently heads the country office of Lionbridge Technologies in India. 

Swati Apte started her career at Mckinsey and Co. in New York where she worked on projects mostly for financial service firms and pharmaceutical companies. She has also been involved in a number of small businesses from an art business in New York City , an educational counseling start-up and most recently, a mobile payments company in India. In 2008, she set up Manzil, an independent strategy consulting firm that has done work for numerous not-for-profit organizations including Ashoka, WMF, etc. She co-founded and resides on the governing board of the India Schoolhouse Fund and has also been involved in other education projects. Swati Apte has a degree in politics and economics from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

After a long stint leading global PR agency networks in India, Tara Kapur followed her passion for achieving excellence in PR and reputation building by founding Stellar Communications India, a strategic PR consultancy. Using experience gained in a career spanning 20 years in PR agencies like Euro RSGC PR WW (Now Havas PR), FleishmanHillard, Grey & Ogilvy and in corporate communications at IL&FS; Tara now advises a select corporate clientele to positively impact their reputations. A story-teller to the core, she holds a Masters degree in Monetary Economics from the University of Mumbai.