Jignesh is a distinguished CSR and social impact leader with 16+ years of experience driving large-scale development outcomes across India, South Asia and the MENA region. He has partnered with multinational corporations, sovereign entities, and leading domestic enterprises across industries from extractives and financial services to technology, manufacturing, and consumer goods helping them embed social purpose into business strategy and deliver impact at scale.
An accredited practitioner of Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Social Value (Social Value International, U.K.), he brings analytical rigor to a space that demands it. He has shaped the firm's ESG advisory practice across government, nonprofit, and private- and public-sector clients, building capabilities that span the full lifecycle of social investment - from programme strategy and fund architecture to impact measurement, social valuation, and exit planning.
His work cuts across due diligence, third-party evaluation, impact management frameworks, baseline-endline research, CSR assurance , maturity assessments, and the design of dedicated programme management units . He doesn't just advise on programmes - he builds the institutional infrastructure that makes them sustainable.
His practice spans poverty alleviation, livelihoods, education, skilling, community development, capacity building, and governance the sectors where cross-industry collaboration and rigorous programme design separate incremental progress from transformational impact.