Sai Krishna Kumaraswamy is part of the Business Models pillar at CGAP. He works on digital finance innovations that enable improved livelihoods and expanded access to essential services for the poor, focusing on micro and small enterprise financing, asset finance and the intersection of gender and off-grid energy access.
Previously, Sai Krishna worked as a researcher at the Gender Group and at the Global Infrastructure Facility of the World Bank. He has over eight years of emerging market experience providing audit, advisory, and consulting services to clients in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, technology and government sectors.
Sai Krishna is a Chartered Accountant. He obtained a Master’s degree in Political Economy and Development Economics from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, a Master’s degree in Liberal Arts from Ashoka University and an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business and Finance from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore. He is fluent in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi.