With 28 years of experience with multinationals, foundations and family offices, Saumya has built a successful career in corporate sustainability and strategic philanthropy.
After a decade at General Electric USA in various technology-related roles, Saumya’s passion for inclusive growth and social impact led her to relocate home to India in 2007. Since then, she has operationalized and led global Corporate Social Responsibility platforms at conglomerates like Genpact and Godrej Industries, and advised UHNI donors across the lifecycle of philanthropic portfolios. Under her leadership, 360 ONE Foundation has reimagined traditional philanthropy and pioneered a more catalytic approach powered by blended finance and outcomes-based financing, to maximize social returns and generate higher leverage on grants. Throughout her tenure in this sector, Saumya has been a change agent to optimize giving: making philanthropic capital more outcome-oriented, efficient, and effective.
Saumya began her career in 1997 with General Electric USA, through the Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP) - a fast track, rotational program designed to develop high potential candidates for GE's leading management positions. She is an Aspire Circle fellow (Cohort 4, 2017), and a winner of the Women Director of The Year Award (Not for Profit) at the MentorMyBoard Women Directors Conclave in December 2023. After having lived, studied and worked in four continents, she is currently based in Mumbai.