Pooja Menon

Background

About Pooja Menon

She has over 15 years experience in Development Consulting specialising in ESG and Impact. She has expertise in ESG safeguards having worked in numerous environmental and social due diligence and impact assessments for Corporates and International institutions such as IFC, World Bank, ADB and EIB. She also has experience working with Foundations and NGOs for their strategy development and programme evaluations. Over the course of her career, she has specialized in Stakeholder Engagement and has undertaken innumerable consultations with not-for-profits, civil society, Government organizations and multi lateral and bilateral agencies. In the last couple of years, she has upskilled herself in the Impact Measurement and Management space and is supporting PE and other Impact investors with their Impact Strategy as well as Reporting. She is familiar with Impact Frameworks such as IMP 5 Dimensions and Operating Principles of Impact. She has an MSc in Public Policy from University of London and an MBA in Rural Management from Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar. She has a keen interest in International Development and believes social innovation and social enterprises are crucial to change making. India has a long way to go in achieving the SDG Goals and improving the Human Development Index, and she aims to lend strategic support to Corporates, Investors, NGOs and Social Enterprises to maximize positive social outcomes.