With over 10 years of working experience in the corporate world, Puja is currently building and managing the fund management business at Business Oxygen). Business Oxygen is a venture fund providing risk capital to small and medium enterprises in Nepal through structured equity and quasi-equity instruments. A co-founder of beed, and with varied exposure in corporate advisory and diagnostics, project feasibilities, business development, deal structuring and legal documentation, Puja has anchored management consulting at beed for last 5 years. She is a Company Secretary by training, and a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Barsha has been in the banking sector for almost three decades starting her career with NABIL Bank. She was the Head of Privilege Banking in NABIL Bank prior to joining CEDB. CEDB is the first national level development bank and perhaps the only Bank in Asia to have a focused developmental agenda towards harnessing the nation’s abundant natural resources in addition to uplifting the standards of living of the people of Nepal. Barsha represents the bank in Clean Village Microfinance and CEDB Hydro Fund Limited as a Director. She is also Director of Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation and Director – Membership Development at the Rotary Club of Kasthamandap. She serves as the vice-chairperson of We for Women and Convener of Women Entrepreneur and Professional Forum of Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) . She is an active member of ASMAN, executive member of Nepal-Denmark Friendship and Cultural Association and of Nepal-USA Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr Anand has carved a name out for himself in Agri-business, Investment Banking and retailing . He has an acute acumen in analyzing which has lead Nimbus Holdings surpass the targets, becoming one of the most successful in Agriculture sector in Nepal and a success story to Corporate businessman in Nepal with substantial appetite for growth in and out of Nepal. Nimbus Holding focuses on Animal Health & Nutrition, Farming, Solvent extraction, Polywoven fabrics, Agri Input Trading, Investment Banking, LPG Bottling and Distribution and trading. He is also MD at Probiotech Industries Pvt.Ltd.

Anand has very strong governance, leadership, management, and contingency planning skills. His strengths include the ability to build relationships and with extensive experience apply contemporary management practices in a range of organizations. He also has an extreme passion to teach and train management skills to the younger generation who are preparing to embark on the journey of success and failure.

The last 10 years Annette Tingstrup has worked as a consultant in concept development, branding, design and identity with a main focus on understanding and fulfilling the underlying needs. Annette is M Sc. Consumer Behavior, Marketing and Business Administration, Italian Interpreter and Interior Designer. Her main experience is from media, design and as VP for Carlsberg Brewery, responsible for global marketing. In Nepal, Annette and her husband are entrepreneurs starting up Tings Tea Lounge & Lounge Hotel and well as a range of Tings products. They are right now starting up in Yangon, Myanmar.

Shikha Shrestha has nearly 20 years of working experiences. She is currently engaged with CARE Nepal as Gender and Social Inclusion Coordinator for Hariyo Ban Program focused on reducing adverse impacts of climate change and reducing threats to biodiversity. Her expertise area lies in mainstreaming gender and social inclusion both on policies and programs as she is also team member of Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation Gender Focal Team. She is also associated with Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) and Bellanet, an international network committed for strategic use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for sustainable development.

Mr Ranjit Acharya is a well-known name in the field of advertising in Nepal. With an experience of more than two decades, Mr. Acharya is the founder, owner and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prisma Advertising. He also resides as the Director of Media Hub and Managing Director of Neel Barahi Films. Besides being an entrepreneur, he is also a motivational speaker and has been training students to managers on personal growth and development under the program named “Success Mantra”. He also pens down this thoughts in creative way in lyrics which is distributed in form of music

Mr Umanga is management philosopher. A serial entrepreneur who started off with his first venture in 1991, Umanga believes in the promise of individual-responsibility. Umanga has over 10 years of work experience in investment banking, management consulting and ventures capital in over 6 countries. An alum of United World College, Brandeis University and University of Southern California, he began his career in New York (Salomon Smith Barney & Towers Perrin). Since 2010, he has been heading a social initiative “केही गरौं” with a mission of enabling individuals to become change-agents.

Mr Anil has spent the past two decades working as a conservationist, environmental leader, and senior Ashoka fellow in Nepal. An engineer by training, Anil pursued graduate work in energy planning at the University of Pennsylvania and then joined the Kathmandu municipality. His projects and organizations have received numerous awards and grants, and he is presently working to scale his work on a solar lighting system for rural villages in Nepal. He was also part of the team that implemented the National Conservation Strategy for Nepal, preserving its globally unique natural endowment. He is recipient of the prestigieus Ashoka Fellowship, the Rolex award and the Silicon Valley Tech Award. In 1993 he was recognized as one amongst 100 “Global Leaders for Tomorrow” at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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