Naina SUBBERWAL BATRA

Naina Subberwal Batra is the CEO of AVPN, the largest regional social investment network that aims to increase the flow of financial, human and intellectual capital for impact. Naina’s leadership since 2013 has nurtured the AVPN community, growing the membership base by more than four times and elevating the organisation into a truly regional force for good. Under her direction, AVPN has grown from focusing only on venture philanthropy to supporting the entire ecosystem of social investors, from catalytic philanthropists to impact investors and corporate CSR professionals. 

Naina is Board Member of the Menzies Foundation, the Global Resilient Cities Network and Trustee at Bridge Institute. Naina was a fellow at The Bellagio Center Residency Program in 2022 and was featured on the list of Asia's Most Influential by Tatler Asia in 2021. She was awarded by CSRWorks as one of Asia's Top Sustainability Superwomen in 2019.