Hari Haran

Hari Haran is a principal in Bridgespan’s Singapore office who brings extensive experience in climate change, education, and health. Hari has worked on a variety of strategies, operating models, and portfolio construction cases, advising global and local philanthropies, family offices, impact funds, network organizations, regrantors, and nonprofits.

His case experiences include engagements in energy transition, food security, agricultural decarbonization, nature conservation & restoration, carbon markets, urban/city governance, health systems strengthening, foundational learning, skilling, etc. He also has experience working across the capital spectrum from pureplay philanthropy to catalytic impact investing.

Hari’s journey into the development sector started with the Teach For India fellowship, where he understood how the complexities of growing up in poverty go beyond economics and how they are interdependent with other social and environmental issues. This understanding drives his passion for systems change and for addressing the structural barriers in the political economy that impede inclusive development.

Before joining Bridgespan, Hari managed the education technology team at Central Square Foundation, a venture philanthropy fund and policy think-tank, funding market-making ventures, building public goods, catalyzing policy change, and providing technical assistance to governments.

Hari studied computer science engineering and entrepreneurship at Nanyang Technological University and has an MBA (with distinction) from INSEAD. Outside of work, Hari aspires to lead a healthy lifestyle and feed his penchant for the outdoors. He is an avid trekker, a rescue SCUBA diver, and a paragliding club pilot.