Biography
Ms. Chaturvedi has over 20 years of capital markets and
financial management experience. She has guided middle market
companies in defining growth trajectories and implementing
financial strategies to create stakeholder value. As an
entrepreneur, investment banker and investor, she brings a
unique perspective to the strategic planning and investment
process.
Ms. Chaturvedi is extremely
passionate about promoting entrepreneurship in general and
women entrepreneurship in particular. She founded and leads
as chairwoman TiE Global’s marquee women’s entrepreneurship
program: Project All India Roadshow for
Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship
(AIRSWEEE), for which she obtained funding from the US
Department of State for 6 consecutive rounds of funding and
has directly mentored 575 women from 97 Tier
2 and 3 cities in 20 states in India.
As
an impact outcome of AIRSWEEE, Ms. Chaturvedi is now
launching Achieving Women Entrepreneurs
(AWE) Early Growth Fund to invest in women owned, led,
influenced companies with the investment thesis that women
businesses can be a great investment for purposes of both
commercial returns and economic development impact.
Previously, she was founder and managing director
of Accelerator Group, LLC, an investment
banking and strategic advisory services firm. Prior to this,
she has worked with Amherst Partners, LLC,
Shearson Lehman and JM Financial Services
(later JM Morgan Stanley-Indian affiliate of Morgan Stanley)
As a prolific speaker, Ms. Chaturvedi was
invited to US Department of State’s US
Speakers Program in 2017. Additionally, she has participated
in several international conferences as a speaker and
panelist including Mackinac Leadership
Conference, IFC Healthcare Conference, Pravasi Bharatiya
Divas, TiE Summit and Private Equity in
India conferences.
To support economic
development, Ms. Chaturvedi has been a founding member of the
Great Lakes Manufacturing Council and has served on several
boards including co-chairing Michigan IT
Summit, Marygrove College in Michigan, International
Business Council at Automation Alley. She
served on the Economic Advisory Council
(EAC) of Center for American Progress,
Washington DC based progressive think-tank; the boards of TiE
Detroit, TiE Miami and TiE Global and the Miami-Dade
Urban Debate League. She is an invited
member of Indiaspora, a by invitation only
not for profit organization to amplify the impact of Indian
Americans.
She has promoted two chapters of
The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) – a global organization with 64
chapters in 14 countries, with the mission of fostering
entrepreneurship in Michigan and South Florida, USA. She was
elected to the Global Board of Trustees of
TiE Global as the first woman member of the Board.
Ms. Chaturvedi has received several honors
including Crain’s Detroit Business “40 under
40”, Crain’s Detroit Business “Detroit’s Most Influential
Business Women,” Detroit Historical Society’s Detroit’s
Enterprising Women, Asian Indian Women’s Association’s Women
of Distinction, inducted to Michigan Hall
of Fame for Enterprising Women, Certificate of Recognition
from the US House of Representatives, named
Crain’s Detroit Influential Women in Tech,
and the Special Recognition Award for promoting Women
Entrepreneurship by TiE Global.
Ms. Chaturvedi holds a Masters degree in Finance from Boston
College and an undergraduate degree with honors in Economics
from Lady Shri Ram College of the Delhi
University in India.
