Shrinal Sheth is a Project Lead, Financial Innovation at the World Economic Forum. She leads the Forum's initiatives on sustainable investing in private markets, specifically in private equity and venture capital. She is responsible for the Forum's Venture Capital community and drives its content strategy and thought leadership. Previously, she was on the core team of the Forum's flagship project on standardizing ESG Metrics and Disclosures through Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics. She has authored and co-authored seven reports and whitepapers for the World Economic Forum and has published several articles on sustainable investing.
Prior to joining the Forum, she oversaw corporate finance for her family enterprise, based in India. She is an affiliate at the Network for Sovereign Wealth and Global Capital at Tufts University and a member of the Switzerland-India Business Council, WICCI. Shrinal holds a Master of International Business from The Fletcher School, Tufts University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Christ University, India, where she graduated with Honors.
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