Mahesh Joshi

Mahesh Joshi has more than eighteen years of experience in private equity, including eight years in impact investing. As the head of Asia Private Equity at BlueOrchard, he focuses on investments in insurance and financial services that drive climate adaptation and resilience across South and South-east Asia. BlueOrchard is a leading global impact investment manager
and member of the Schroders Group, UK.
Prior to BlueOrchard, Mahesh was a director at LeapFrog Investments and focused on investing in companies that improve access and affordability of healthcare products and services across emerging markets in Asia. He previously spent ten years in private equity in India across IDFC Private Equity (now Investcorp) and Darby (private equity arm of Franklin Templeton). He holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a bachelor’s in computer science engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad.