Board of Trustees

Madan Padaki

Madan is Managing Trustee and a co-founder of Head Held High Foundation. In this capacity, he is focused on enabling the organisation’s mission of supporting and empowering marginalized youth and communities.

Sunil Savara

Sunil Savara is a founding and now a board member of Head Held High Foundation. In addition, he conceptualised and launched Global Action on Poverty (GAP), a Head Held High-run platform that accelerates the journeys of changemakers in their quest to eradicate poverty. He currently serves as an executive advisor for GAP.

Rajesh Bhat

Rajesh Bhat is a board member of Head Held High Foundation and one of its co-founders, having started the organisation in 2007 when he was just 25. At the time, he was motivated by his vision of enabling rural youth and children in the country to develop capabilities for leading better lives.

As a member of the Board of Head Held High, Vivek brings his varied experience across the corporate and nonprofit worlds to the table.

He is the Founder-Director of Chrysalis, a Goa-based consulting organisation that works in the areas of envisioning, sustainability, business excellence and organisational Culture. Until March 2018, Vivek was the Chief Culture Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer of Tata Power.

Simon Newman

Simon is passionate about contributing more to the world he lives in, and to Head Held High Foundation as a member of its Board. In this capacity, his aim is to employ a structured approach, while leveraging both his leadership skills and his professional network to help and support the development of the organisation.