Mahima Chawla

CEO & Co-founder at Cocoon

Mahima Chawla's work experience begins in 2011 as an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In 2012, they worked as a Securitized Products Group Analyst at Morgan Stanley before founding their own venture, Ours: For Sunday Brunch, in 2012. Mahima served as the Founder of Ours until 2013. From 2013 to 2015, Chawla was a Foreign Exchange and Interest Rates Trader at Morgan Stanley. In 2014, they founded and served as the CEO of The Secret Bakery / Drawing Room until 2016. Chawla then worked as a Marketing and Data Analytics professional at Bond Street from 2015 to 2017. Mahima subsequently joined Square as a Product Manager for Square Capital from 2017 to 2020. Currently, they are the CEO and Co-founder of Cocoon, starting from June 2020.

Mahima Chawla attended Ravenswood from 2000 to 2002. Mahima then transferred to Bangkok Patana School where they studied from 2002 to 2005. Following this, they enrolled at United World College of South East Asia and completed their GCSE and International Baccalaureate from 2005 to 2009.

After completing their secondary education, they joined Brown University in 2009 and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics & Economics.

In 2014, Mahima attended General Assembly for a short term and completed a course in Front End Web Development. Mahima then took another course in Data Science at General Assembly in 2017.

Although the information provided does not mention any specific institution or year for their additional certifications, Mahima obtained certifications in Advanced Excel as well as Series 3, Series 7, and Series 63. However, the institution and date of obtaining these certifications are not specified.

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  • CEO & Co-founder

    June, 2020 - present