Director, Mission InvestingWorld Education Services (WES)
Smitha Das is deeply committed to demonstrating a total portfolio approach for impact, with an eye towards reimagining the broader capital markets. As Senior Director of Investments at World Education Services (WES) – a global social enterprise – Smitha leads WES’ investment practice, stewarding all of WES’ resources to be 100% mission-aligned.
Her passion to create meaningful impact sparked at a young age when she founded a water nonprofit in middle school. She has since worked in government, private equity, venture philanthropy, and impact investing.
Smitha has a MBA from Harvard Business School and AB with Honors from Harvard College, where she co-founded the HBS Impact Investing Club and Harvard College Social Enterprise Club. She is a Just Economy Institute Fellow and serves as a Board and Investment Committee member to several organizations, including Mission Driven Finance, Echoing Green, Unlock Ownership Fund, and New Power Labs.