DWM Hires Region Head for South & Southeast Asia

Developing World Markets, a leading U.S.-based impact investing firm with more than 20 years of experience in deploying capital in the emerging and frontier markets to address social, environmental, and economic needs, is pleased to announce the appointment of Aditya Kumar to head its debt strategy in South & Southeast Asia (“SSEA”).

As SSEA Senior Regional Representative, Aditya will lead DWM’s private debt strategy in the region and have management responsibility for the growing team based in New Delhi, India. On an interim basis, he will also oversee debt investments across Africa & Middle East, the fastest growing region for DWM’s managed and advised private debt funds.

Aditya started his career in corporate banking at Rabobank International covering a variety of clients in the agriculture, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical industries throughout Asia. Prior to joining DWM, he spent nearly a decade at responsAbility Investments AG (“responsAbility”), where he held various positions, including senior investment officer for SSEA, and most recently co-head of financial institutions (“FI”) investments for the Global Climate Partnership Fund based out of responsAbility’s Nairobi office. His role included sourcing, structuring, and executing FI climate transactions across global emerging markets.

Aditya is an alumnus of India Institute of Management Ahmedabad and India Institute of Technology Kharagpur.