Brent Chism is Strategic Advisor of Grameen Foundation USA. Since 2017, he served as Executive Vice President of Programs. In addition to his Grameen duties, he serves as CEO for TaroWorks, a social enterprise that Grameen Foundation launched to develop mobile tools for field agents working in the offline area of emerging markets.
Debopama has been closely associated with market development initiatives in the country across payments and securities. She has served on the Board of SWIFT India Domestic Services Pvt Ltd, as well as on the Boards of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that acts as a hub for all electronic payment systems in India and Grameen Foundation of India (GFI) as Director.
Vineetha MG has extensive experience in advising clients on private equity investments, cross-border and domestic M&A, and banking and financing transactions. Vineetha represents and advises various private equity investors, corporate houses, banks and financial institutions.
Royston joined Grameen Capital in 2007 to launch the organization as CEO. He currently oversees all aspects of operations in India. Grameen Capital is a collaboration between Grameen Foundation USA, IFMR Trust and Citigroup, is a first of its kind social business enabling Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) develop wider access to the capital markets.
Vikram Gandhi is the founder and CEO of VSG Capital Advisors, and senior advisor to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He is also the founder of Asha Impact, an impact investing and policy advocacy platform focused on critical development challenges facing India and other emerging economies.
Neela Saldanha is Executive Director of The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) at Yale University, which advances research on the effects of policy interventions delivered at scale. Previously, Neela was the Founding Director of the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka University, which serves marginalized populations in India and is supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.