At Smile Foundation, advisors bring not only strategic insight but also compassionate perspective. Their guidance strengthens governance, nurtures partnerships, and helps programmes remain responsive to community needs, ensuring that intent is translated into meaningful, sustainable change that uplifts lives with dignity, opportunity, and long-term impact.
Madhura Shah is Partner and India Lead at Apollo, overseeing strategy and operations while enabling global integrated support across investment platforms. A Chartered Accountant and CFA, she previously held leadership roles at Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, and Arthur Andersen, and actively guides youth-focused social impact initiatives, including advisory roles with Antarang Foundation and Smile Foundation in India.
Shubha Iyer brings over three decades of leadership at the intersection of technology and financial services, with deep expertise in operational risk, resilience, and enterprise transformation. An MBA from the University of Maryland, she has spent two decades at Goldman Sachs building high-performing global teams and strengthening culture through engineering-driven change across regions and functions.
Shailesh is an accomplished, versatile, technology-savvy, and result-driven professional with more than 25 years of experience in Entrepreneurship and Fund Management.
He is currently working as CEO of dentsu Solutions, India; President of dentsuIndia (Strategy & Integration) and Head of Strategy & Consulting of dentsuCreative, APAC
Shubhra is a senior Pharmaceutical executive with over 23 years of experience in Business Development, Licensing, Strategic Planning, Portfolio Acquisition & divestments and Alliance Management
Karthik Kumar is a thorough advertising & marketing professional, he has also played a role in evangelising “Daan Utsav”, Joy of Giving among those who believe in philanthropy.
Aashu grew up in Mysore and completed his BA from Mysore University. He went on to do his Masters in Personnel Management Industrial Relations from Tata Instituteof Social Sciences, Mumbai.