Pritha Venkatachalam

Pritha is a Partner and Co-Head, Asia and Africa at The Bridgespan Group, and is based in Bridgespan’ s Southeast Asia office in Singapore. She advises philanthropies, corporate foundations, and other impact capital providers as well as nonprofits on enhancing their social impact trajectories. Her work has ranged across strategy, business plans, operating models, and partnerships for social impact initiatives in over 25 countries in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Pritha has deep experience in global health and nutrition. She has co-authored 20+ knowledge reports and articles on strategic and collaborative philanthropy in Asia, a more resilient NGO sector, community driven change, and public health, among other topics.

Prior to Bridgespan, Pritha established and led the New Delhi office of Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Previously, she was a Director and India office head at Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA); and earlier, a financial specialist at the World Bank. Pritha holds a Masters in Development Management from the London School of Economics and an MBA from IIM, Bangalore, including an exchange program at Melbourne Business School. She is a recipient of the Citibank Leadership Award and V-WA Award for Women Leaders. Pritha is a mentor at WomenLift Health and NUS Women in Business, and on the advisory boards of Social Alpha and Bahaar Foundation. She was previously on the AVPN board and ILSS advisory board.