Geetha Tharmaratnam is the Chief Impact Investment Officer at the WHO Foundation, with 19+ years of experience in Private Equity, venture capital, development finance, impact investing, and insurance in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Geetha was the CEO of Aequalitas Capital Partners and led the Impact Investment practice. She advised Investors, intermediaries, international development actors, and companies interested in creating and implementing impact investment and Sustainable Development Goals related financing products. Previously Partner – Africa & Head of Impact for LGT Impact, she was a member of the Global Investment Committee and deal partner. Geetha was a founding partner of T5 Africa Capital Partners. She worked in the global Portfolio Management team and in the USD 1 Billion global impact health fund of the Abraaj Group. Earlier, Geetha was a principal in the CIO Office at Aureos Capital, the preeminent SME PE firm originally owned by the British and Norwegian DFIs. Prior to that, she worked in Corporate Finance at Alea Group. Geetha is an advisor to Capria Ventures, an accelerator for impact fund managers. She is on the Investment Committee of Aleyo Capital, a USD 50 Million Botswana Investment Fund, and on the Board of Okavango Capital Partners. She is a trustee of the Royal African Society and an Eisenhower Fellow. Education: MBA and MSc in Management Research at Oxford University (Saïd Business School), BSc (Finance) at the University of Bridgeport. Geetha’s favourite place in the world is under a clear Southern African night sky.
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