Co-founder and Managing Director- Pahal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.

Purvi Bhavsar is a first-generation entrepreneur from Ahmedabad and co-founder of Pahal Financial Services Private Limited – a Leading Non-Banking Financial Services Company (NBFC-MFI) working in the area of microfinance and enterprise lending.

She is active in BFSI and Telecom space for about 30 years having worked in some of the most reputed organizations of the country like Kotak Mahindra, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Vodafone India. She has very diverse exposure across the entire spectrum of Corporate and Retail Banking, Micro Finance, Consumer Finance, Stock Broking, Distribution and Customer Service. For her pursuits, she was awarded one of the “leading women in telecom industry” during 2010-11. She was recently recognized as Top 10 women in Finance – 2020. She is currently serving on the board of an affordable housing finance company.

She has recently completed her Acumen India Fellowship Program and a course in Sustainable Finance from NTU, Singapore. She was selected for a scholarship program run at IIMB as a part of Goldman Sachs 10K women program-2019. She has undergone a program run by Stanford Seed India and has received a scholarship. She has mentored startups in fintech, agri-tech and impact space.

She is very passionate about the subject of Climate Change and it’s impact on vulnerable communities.