Rukmini Giridharadas

Rukmini is Airbel's Director of Research and Innovation Strategy. She leads a team of strategists who work with each priority area to develop ambitious visions and roadmaps for achieving impact at scale. She also oversees Airbel's Innovation Fund - a pool of capital used to fund early-stage ideas - and leads strategy for the Nutrition Global Research and Innovation Priority

She comes to Airbel with experience in Silicon Valley and in US Government – she has worked at Google on the revenue team, at the Defense Intelligence Agency reporting to policymakers on the real-time impact of social media usage during war and conflicts, and at Change.org on scaling its product globally.

She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.