Pritha Venkatachalam

Pritha Venkatachalam 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 led and co-authored knowledge reports and articles on strategic and collaborative philanthropy in Asia, a more resilient NGO sector, nonprofit leadership, 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), UK; 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 the Indian Institute of Management, 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. She is a mentor at WomenLift Health and on the advisory board of Social Alpha and Bahaar Foundation.