We are delighted to to announce that Veena Mankar will join Artha India’s Board of Directors.

Veena has over 4 decades of experience in banking and financial services. Her expertise is in trade and structured finance, finance for MSMEs and financial inclusion. She is the founder of entities under the Swadhaar name, a non-profit and an MFI, focused on financial inclusion. The latter was acquired by RBL Bank. Veena continues to be actively engaged in financial inclusion and leads the non-profit, Swadhaar FinAccess, that focusses on financial and digital literacy for low income households and micro-entrepreneurs, especially women.

During the course of her career she has worked with leading financial institutions from India and abroad, that included West LB Germany, Emirates Bank International, Dubai and FIM Bank Malta. She has led NBFCs as the Managing Director and been India Country Head of the representative office of a German Bank.

She is currently a Director on a few Boards, including RBL Bank Limited, PB Fintech Limited and Alicon Castalloy Limited. In the past she has been on several Boards, including IDFC First Bank Limited, Liberty General Insurance Limited, and Sadhan, the industry association for community development institutions.