Aparupa Chakravarti

Aparupa Chakravarti is a seasoned executive and strategist operating at the intersection of government, private sector, social impact, and geopolitics. Aparupa has spent 15 years working with the top leadership and boards of multinational businesses, multilateral institutions, governments, NGOs, universities, foundations, SMEs, and startups across 15+ emerging markets in Africa, the Gulf, and South Asia. She specializes in designing and implementing strategies to support market expansion and ecosystem development via multi-stakeholder partnerships and strategic alliances.

Aparupa has run and grown two consulting firms based out of Kigali (Rwanda), Nairobi (Kenya) and Dubai (UAE). She serves as the Philanthropic Strategy Co-Chair of Brown University’s Brown Women’s Network (BWN). She sits on the board of Musizi University Foundation, supporting the first private liberal arts college in Uganda. Additionally, she is an advisor to Bridges for Enterprise, a multinational nonprofit institution that offers pro bon