Darshita Gillies

BlNjee Listed among 100 Most Meaningful Business Leaders 2020 and 100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations, Darshita is Founder & CEO of Maanch – a multi-award winning global impact platform for investors, corporates and the philanthropy ecosystem. She founded Maanch with the primary purpose of leveraging technology to accelerate adoption and integration of impact in financial services. Launched in 2018, Maanch is a high growth company working with 700+ partners across 30+ countries to achieve the UN-SDGs. – With professional foundations as Chartered Accountant, Operational Risk Manager, Investment Banker, Executive Coach as well as FinTech-Blockchain Specialist and ESG-Impact Evangelist, Darshita serves on the Boards of several for-profit and non-profit organisations. She is known for her inclusive leadership, and innovative approach to solving systemic challenges. – Darshita credits her accomplishments to the ‘grit & grace built into her character through her humble upbringing in the hustle & bustle of bottom 1%’ urban India. – Now based in London, as Global Citizen, Entrepreneur, Impact Investor and Philanthropist, Darshita spearheads diverse endeavours which accelerate the convergence of finance and technology to deliver planetary wellbeing and prosperity.

Listed among 100 Most Meaningful Business Leaders 2020 and 100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations, Darshita is Founder & CEO of Maanch – a multi-award winning global impact platform for investors, corporates and the philanthropy ecosystem. She founded Maanch with the primary purpose of leveraging technology to accelerate adoption and integration of impact in financial services. Launched in 2018, Maanch is a high growth company working with 700+ partners across 30+ countries to achieve the UN-SDGs.

– With professional foundations as Chartered Accountant, Operational Risk Manager, Investment Banker, Executive Coach as well as FinTech-Blockchain Specialist and ESG-Impact Evangelist, Darshita serves on the Boards of several for-profit and non-profit organisations. She is known for her inclusive leadership, and innovative approach to solving systemic challenges.

– Darshita credits her accomplishments to the ‘grit & grace’ built into her character through her humble upbringing in the hustle & bustle of ‘bottom 1%’ urban India.

– Now based in London, as Global Citizen, Entrepreneur, Impact Investor and Philanthropist, Darshita spearheads diverse endeavours which accelerate the convergence of finance and technology to deliver planetary wellbeing and prosperity.