Geetha Tharmaratnam

Chief Impact Investment Officer
WHO Foundation

Geetha is the Chief Impact Investment Officer of the WHO Foundation. She is an investment professional with 19+ years’ experience in Private Equity, Impact Investing and Venture Capital investing primarily in Africa, Latin America & Asia, after a start in corporate finance in Insurance. Geetha has expertise in gender lens investing, ESG and health.  
She holds a BSc (Finance) from the University of Bridgeport, an MBA and MSc in Management Research from Oxford University (Private Equity as an instrument of development in Africa).  


Geetha sits on the Investment Committee of Aleyo Capital, a Botswana Private Equity Fund Manager, is on the Board of and chairs the Investment Committee of Nyala Ventures, a gender lens fund of funds, and is on the Board of Okavango Capital Partners, a climate & nature investment firm. Geetha is a VC investor in Africa & Asia with a diverse portfolio