Suresh Krishna is the Co-founder, MD & CEO of Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru and Co-founder and Partner of Yunus Social Business India Initiatives. 

Suresh has over 2 decades of experience working with poor and low income populations. Suresh, was at the helm of affairs at CreditAccess Grameen (erst. Grameen Koota) since its inception in 1999 as Managing Director till July 2015 and non-executive director till July 2017. CreditAccess Grameen is India’s largest NBFC-MFI with a portfolio size of more than $1.2 billion. He has played an active role in building the microfinance sector in India, and co-founded several MFI associations. He is also the Managing Trustee of Navya Disha Trust, an NGO working in the area of WASH and financial literacy.  He has also served as Director in a USA based company called Mifos.org which built an open source MIS system for MFIs and an MFI in Indonesia called BinaArtha.  He currently serves as an independent director in companies like Mifos.org, Sanghamitra Rural Financial Services, Grameen Foundation for Social Initiatives, Centrum Microfinance, SMILE Microfinance and Waste Ventures P. Ltd. He is passionate about social businesses, micro housing, financial literacy and livelihoods for the poor among others.  

Suresh has a background in teaching and has led and worked with social businesses for more than 25 years. He has studied international microfinance models and strategies from several reputed establishments including Grameen Bank, Bankakademie, Germany and Harvard Business School, USA. Suresh is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bengaluru (India).

Gayana is a Portfolio Analyst at Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from a prestigious college in Bangalore and has specialized in Finance and Accounts. She has successfully completed two levels of the chartered accountancy course. Apart from academics, Gayana was actively involved in the college magazine and served as the head photographer during her college days.
Previously, Gayana has worked with Dexter Capital and JCSS Chartered Accountants . She started out young juggling work and academics, has more than 5 years of experience working across private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital internal audit, statutory audit and due diligence.
Gayana is a passionate trekker, yoga enthusiast and a true foodie at heart.

Asif Khan is a Company Secretary and Accounts Manager at Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru, and has relevant experience in handling Corporate and allied laws. Before joining YSB, he was a Company Secretary at one of the reputed developers of real estate called Bearys Group and was responsible for management of Statutory Compliances under Companies Act & Labour Laws; collection, analysis and organising information with regards to filings under the RERA Act and implementation of annual compliances for all the Companies falling in the Group.

Asif is an Associate Member (ACS) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and holds a degree in M. Com from Ravenshaw University.

Manasi is the India Project Manager at Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru. Prior to joining YSB, Manasi was an Engagement Manager at a social impact consulting firm, Sattva. At Sattva, Manasi has worked with social businesses, foundations, bilateral agencies and governments in India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Her experience in the social impact space includes capacity building for social businesses, funder portfolio advisory, impact assessment, and program management. She has worked in sectors such as agriculture, livelihoods, gender equity and rights, waste management, natural resource management (NRM) and healthcare. Before this, Manasi has served consulting outfits in the technology space, co-authoring reports on topics such as Scaling Indian SMBs using digital and Federal Budget analysis for the Information Technology sector. Manasi is a Mathematics graduate from the University of Delhi

As the Managing Trustee of T. Muniswamappa Trust, a registered public charitable trust, Ms. Vinatha M Reddy has been working in the development sector since 1995. A chance encounter of a book review of ‘Give Us Credit’ by Alex Counts, proved to be a turning point in Vinatha’s life. The book that narrates the story of Professor Muhammad Yunus and his initiative The Grameen Bank inspired Vinatha immensely. She was very moved by the power of micro finance and its effect in enabling poor women to become independent.

She is the Founder Chairperson of Grameen Koota, which is today a leading microfinance institution in India, serving 15 lakh women clients and their families. Education and empowerment are closest to Vinatha’s heart and she remains committed to help change social situations for the better.