Anjali Bansal
Founder, Avaana Capital
Anjali Bansal is the Founder of Avaana Capital a venture fund that invests in technology and innovation led start ups focused on sustainability to generate outsized returns and impact at scale.
Anjali is former Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank (now Bank of Baroda) appointed by the Government of India to steer the resolution of the stressed bank. She was earlier a global Partner and Managing Director with TPG Growth Private Equity. Earlier she was global Partner and India CEO with Spencer Stuart and a strategy consultant with McKinsey and Co in New York. She started her career as an engineer.
She has invested in and mentored various successful startups including Delhivery, UrbanClap, Darwinbox, Nykaa, and Lenskart. She is a charter member of TiE, and is closely associated with NITI Aayog, Women Entrepreneurship Platform, and Digital solutions. She serves on the Advisory Council of Open Networks for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and has been appointed to the Experts Advisory Committee of Startup India Seed Fund Scheme announced by Honorable Prime Minister.
Anjali serves as an independent non-executive director on leading boards including Piramal Enterprises, Tata Power, and Siemens. She has previously chaired the India board of Women's World Banking and was on the Board of the Columbia University Global Centers, GSK Pharma, Bata and Delhivery.
She has been elected as President Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and serves on the CII National Committee on Corporate Governance. As an active contributor to the dialogue on corporate governance and diversity, Anjali previously co-founded and chaired the FICCI Center for Corporate Governance program for Women on Corporate Boards. She is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.
Anjali has a BE in Computer Engineering and a Masters in International Finance and Business from Columbia University, and the YPO Presidents Program at Harvard Business School.