Vishal Chaddha

Executive Vice President - Accelerate

  • Leads the Foundation’s Accelerate program, focused on enabling sustainable scale-up and job creation across high-potential startups and SMEs
  • Brings 25+ years of experience across corporate, startup, and impact ecosystems
  • Held leadership roles at Coca-Cola, ABN AMRO/RBS, and HT Media
  • Co-founded Xelp, a publicly listed technology company
  • As an investor/advisor, has supported nearly 100 ventures over the last decade in their product strategy, go-to-market execution, scaling roadmaps, and ecosystem development
  • Actively mentors young founders and is passionate about the intersection of technology and social good
  • Holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow