
Vasundhra Thakur
Director of Impact
54 Collective
About me
Vasundhra is an impact strategy leader with over a decade experience across various sectors such as agriculture and rural livelihoods and entrepreneurship development. As the inaugural Director of Impact and Learning at 54 Collective, she is responsible for ensuring that 54 Collective delivers on its commitment to making a meaningful and measurable impact across Africa by investing and supporting transformative early-stage ventures and building the capacity of aspiring entrepreneurs.
In her last role at One Acre Fund, she directed a complex portfolio of impact assessments across nine countries in Africa and South Asia that aim to improve farm profit and quality of life outcomes for smallholder farmers. She has previously worked at the World Bank and Global Development Network. She holds an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK.
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Is speaking at
Breakout 2C: Setting targets and ambitions for realistic employment programme design
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 7:15 AM to 8:30 AM
Amani
Mike Klassen · DCED Secretariat
Vasundhra Thakur · 54 Collective
Mahlet Seifu Woldeabraham · Mercy Corps
Matt Ripley · Impact Frontiers
Nicola Eriksson Fackel · Embassy of Sweden in Ethiopia