DWM Promotes Suma Swaminathan to Director

Developing World Markets (“DWM”), a U.S.-based investment manager with more than two decades of experience deploying capital to address the social, environmental, and economic needs of the developing world, is pleased to announce the promotion of Suma Swaminathan to Director, Private Equity.

Suma joined DWM’s PE team in 2017 and has overseen the Asia-Africa region, working with Aleem Remtula, Partner, Co-Head of DWM’s private equity practice.

“We are very pleased to recognize Suma’s respected stature within the firm and the broader impact industry,” said Edward Marshall, Co-Managing Partner of DWM. “She and Aleem have been the intellectual champions of DWM’s Displaced Communities Fund, which is needed now more than ever.”

Prior to joining DWM, Suma was a senior valuation consultant at Empire Valuation Consultants, a boutique consulting firm in NYC. She started her career in data analysis at Infosys Ltd, where she focused on financial services clients and their credit risk analytics.

She received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India and earned her MBA from the New York University’s Stern School of Business, where she was designated a faculty scholar for social enterprise. She is fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and English.