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Omidyar Network, a US-based philanthropic investment firm, has appointed Roopa Kudva as the managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors and Omidyar Network partner. Based in Mumbai, Kudva will oversee Omidyar Network’s investments in India. Kudva, who will join the firm on July 1, will report to Omidyar Network’s managing partner, Matt Bannick.
Bannick said, “She will lead a new phase of our India operations by supporting early-stage investments, entrepreneurs, and businesses with deep social impact.”
Kudva will join Omidyar Network after leaving CRISIL, an analytical company. Kudva was the managing director and chief executive at CRISIL since 2007. She had joined the firm in 1992.
Kudva serves as an independent member on the board of directors of Infosys. She is a member of the primary markets’ advisory committee of the markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India. She is also a member of the Reserve Bank of India’s external advisory committee for evaluating applicants for payment bank licences.
Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, Omidyar Network has committed more than $760 million to for-profit companies and non-profit organizations, including consumer internet & mobile, education, financial inclusion, governance & citizen engagement, and property rights.
