Soumya Rajan

Director at Aavas Financiers

Mrs. Soumya Rajan is the Founder, MD and CEO of Waterfield Advisors, India's largest independent Multi-Family Office that advises on assets of ~US$3.5bn. She previously worked at Standard Chartered Bank India for 16 years, where she headed their Private Banking Division from 2008 to 2010. Having served till earlier this year as Vice Chairperson of Reach to Teach, a UK charity focused on primary education for disadvantaged children in India, Mrs. Soumya Rajan currently serves on the Boards of several other non-profit organisations - Peepul, a charity focused on creating a school transformation platform for government schools; the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar's Research Park and Entrepreneurship Centre; and CSTEP, a research think tank that recommends public policy on the use of new emerging technologies for social and economic development in the areas of energy, environment and infrastructure. Mrs. Soumya Rajan was recognised by AIWMI in 2019 amongst India's Top 100 Women in Finance.

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