Nikhil Bhagwat

Nikhil Bhagwat has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as the Chief Product & Strategy Officer at Skip. Prior to this, they worked as a Product Manager at Empower from June 2021 to September 2022. Nikhil also served as a Venture Investments MBA Associate at Emerson Collective from May 2020 to June 2021. In addition, they founded and managed VC Intern Collective from June 2020 to May 2021. Nikhil gained experience as an Impact Investing Associate Intern at Total Impact Capital from March 2020 to May 2020. Furthermore, they worked as a Graduate Intern for the ReWork America Task Force at Markle Foundation from June 2019 to August 2019. Before that, they were a Growth Associate at Chicago Beyond from October 2017 to August 2018. Nikhil started their career at McKinsey & Company, initially as a Business Analyst from September 2014 to September 2016, and later as a Senior PSS Analyst at the Africa Delivery Hub from September 2016 to September 2017. Nikhil also had internships at The Art Institute of Chicago as an Implementation and Strategy Intern from March 2014 to June 2014, and at McKinsey & Company as a Summer Business Analyst from June 2013 to August 2013.

Nikhil Bhagwat began their education in 2010 at Northwestern University, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Art History in 2014. In 2011, they also briefly attended Peking University. Recently, from 2018 to 2021, they pursued a Master in Public Administration degree at Harvard Kennedy School. Parallel to this, from 2019 to 2021, they further enhanced their educational qualifications by completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Finance, General at MIT Sloan School of Management.