Subhashini Chandran

About

As Vice President, Social Impact, Asia Pacific at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (CFIG), Subhashini Chandran is responsible for overseeing, executing, and scaling the Center's strategy in Asia Pacific. Subhashini has 25+ years of experience spanning the private and development sectors. She began her professional journey as an entrepreneur, growing her family's tea farm in South India, to be one of India's largest privately owned tea companies, employing approximately 7,000 women. More recently, she has focused on the inclusion of small businesses and women-led enterprises in global value chains, sustainable livelihood solutions, business models to promote shared prosperity and catalyzing multi-stakeholder partnerships. Prior to joining Mastercard, Subhashini led social impact at Yara International across Africa and Asia markets. Earlier, she was EVP India at Xynteo and Director of Vikaasa, a business-led coalition of nine global companies convened to accelerate India's progress on the UN SDGs. She read Economics at the London School of Economics, Law at City University UK, and is a Member of the Bar Council of India. Subhashini is a graduate of the Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence, and an alum of the Young Global Leaders program of the World Economic Forum.