Former Managing Director Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, India
Geeta Goel
”Over the last 8 years, I have been closely watching the inspiring stories of Social Impact uncovered by SABERA. The team has done an amazing job of highlighting organizations and individuals that are creating transformational change in our society and truly making a difference. The stark inequities in our world today are unsustainable, and I congratulate Team SABERA for doing their bit to showcase successful models of Change.
A strong champion of equity in opportunity, and ”sustainable impact”, Geeta entered the world of philanthropy and impact investments in 2007 with the India Office of Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Over the last several years until August 2025, she has been part of the Foundation’s leadership team steering large-scale transformation, in the form of learning levels in government school systems, creating pathways to high-quality professional degrees and aspirational jobs, and improving income levels for micro entrepreneurs.
She has served on the Boards of Ujjivan Financial Services, Janalakshmi Financial Services, Micro Housing Finance Corporation, Swadhaar FinServe, Arohan Financial Services, Sonata Finance, Basix Sub-K, etc. She was also the Chairperson of India’s Impact Investors Council from 2017-2019.
In 2017, she was nominated by Business Today amongst the 30 Most Powerful Women in Impact, and in 2020, Forbes India nominated her as the 20 Power Women Changing the Game.
She has been a guest faculty on Impact Investing/ Social Entrepreneurship at Said Business School, Oxford, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
She also serves as an Independent Director with Home First Finance, Equitas Small Finance Bank, Niva Bupa Health Insurance, IIMA Ventures, and Mobile Creches.
