Our Board
Board of Directors
Kito De Boer
CHAIR OF THE BOARD
Kito has 40 years of experience, living and working in the Netherlands, US, UK, Singapore, India, Dubai
and Jerusalem. He built his career as a Strategic Advisor to the Private Sector and Government. Kito
worked with McKinsey for nearly 30 years, where he founded the India, Middle East and Government
practices. He lived in Dubai for most of the past 20 years. Kito also held a diplomatic role for 3 years as
the Head of Mission of the Office of the Quartet and Managing Director of the Initiative for the
Palestinian Economy.
Kito received an MBA from Cranfield University and an MSc in Management
Sciences (as well as an honorary doctorate) from Loughborough University of Science and Technology.
Kito serves on the Board of the Lewa Trust in Kenya which is dedicated to wildlife conservation. Kito is
also on the Board of Mercy Corps, an NGO focused on helping the most vulnerable populations such as
refugees. Kito is an Angel Investor and Advisor to five start-ups.
Ajay Dhankar
Ajay Dhankhar was formerly Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company and was with the firm for over 20 years. With a background in computer science and PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, he was global co-leader of McKinsey’s M&A, strategy, finance, and risk work for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice.
He was a senior master faculty of McKinsey’s partner training program and was previously the global co-leader of its R&D work. A thought leader in M&A on strategy, he regularly published in leading journals. Ajay serves on the boards of several non-profits including the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association.
Arjun Malhotra
Arjun is an Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist. He is a pioneer of the Indian IT industry. He served as Chairman of Headstrong’s Board of Directors before its acquisition by Genpact in May 2011. Prior to Headstrong he was CEO and Chairman of TechSpan, which merged with Headstrong in October 2003.
He co-founded the HCL group in 1975, taking it from a six-person “garage operation” to one of India’s largest IT corporations. Arjun is former Co-Chair of the Global Pan IIT Alumni Association and is on the Board of several educational institutions and organizations in India.
Isheeta Ganguly
Isheeta Ganguly is an acclaimed fusion singer and playwright/director. Her three musical theatre productions ("Three Women", "Sundays with Chitra & Chaitali" and "Shakuntala Awaits") have garnered international recognition for blending contemporary feminism, history, mythology and pop culture with 19th century classic heroines from India in a modern day, dram-com format.
Her productions have been featured at prestigious venues in North America, India, and Southeast Asia with "Shakuntala Awaits'' having had an Off-Broadway run with the HERE Theatre in NYC. With her BA in bio-medical ethics from Brown University and her Masters in Public Health from Columbia, Isheeta is also a Bellagio Fellow from the Rockefeller Foundation. Prior to making her full-time transition into the performing arts, Isheeta helmed leadership roles in both the U.S and India as a management consultant and as the Country Director for Sesame Street India. She currently serves on the CUE Board and is an Ambassador for the IPA (India Philanthropic Alliance). Isheeta lives in Mumbai with her husband and two sons.
Sapphira Goradia Shaw
Sapphira Goradia is the Executive Director of the Vijay and Marie Goradia Foundation. As Executive Director, she leads the Foundation’s efforts to improve health and educational outcomes in India through the support of innovative, measurable and scalable initiatives.
Prior to assuming her role at The Goradia Foundation, Sapphira worked for a number of NGOs focused on prevention and treatment of both acute and chronic diseases, including UNAIDS and Population Services International. She holds a BA from Pomona College and a Masters of Public Health from George Washington University.
Srividya “Vidya” Prakash
Vidya brings deep passion for public health with a focus on reproductive health, health systems and human resources. Previously, Vidya was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, where she co-led the Global Public Health practice, and more recently, worked in in renewable energy with sPower-AES.
Vidya is an alumnus of the Indian School of Management, Ahmedabad and a business and economics major from the University of Bombay. She serves on the board of the Akanksha Education Fund and actively supports nonprofits addressing gender issues, domestic violence, homelessness and food security.
Vikesh Mahendroo
Vikesh Mahendroo has almost four decades of experience in the government, corporate and non-profit sectors. He began his career as an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. Early in his career he witnessed the challenges of land ownership and the impact of secure land rights on the lives of farmers, and this laid the foundation for his work in global land rights later in life. In the corporate sector, Vikesh led consulting firms focused on human resources, leadership development and training/learning. He served as President of the US business of Mercer HR Consulting and as the CEO of Intrepid Learning Solutions and CLG (now Alula).
Vikesh joined the Board of Landesa in 2011 enabling him to get deeply involved with global poverty alleviation through secure ownership of land, particularly the inclusion of women and Indigenous People as title holders. Vikesh was the 2024 recipient of the Roy L. Prosterman Award for “extraordinary contributions to global poverty alleviation through his dedication to land rights and social equity.” He has served as a Director of the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) and as a Trustee of Gettysburg College. In addition to serving on the Antara International Board, Vikesh is an advisor to PlanetRead. Vikesh has an MBA from Columbia University and a BA (honors) and MA in Economics from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi University.