BA Women Presents: Building a Career in Impact Enterprise

Episode 5 | Women Startups Leaders Series

Nitida Wongthipkongka is passionate about social impact and improving the quality of lives around the world. She is currently a Venture Director at Rippleworks, a foundation focused on helping high-impact ventures scale. She works with CEOs, investors, and other partners to help ventures tackle their current challenges to enable them to expand their impact and scale.

Prior to Rippleworks, Nitida developed and supported social ventures with SC Johnson, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), and with other non-profit organizations in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. She also has deep private sector experience through her roles at Boston Consulting Group, Novartis, Kraft Foods, and ExxonMobil.

In this episode, Nitida shares her experience in building a career in the impact industry and how to retain and manage talent in impact enterprises.

You can check out past episodes of the Women Startup Leaders series here:

Legal Aspects of Startup Investing with Anita Ghazi Rahman

Investing in Growth Stage Asian Startups with Karen Contet

Building a Consumer First Healthcare Company with Sylvana Q. Sinha

From the Corporate World to Angel Investing with Sayma Rahman

Fostering Women in IT with Rezwana Khan

Building a Career in Impact Enterprise with Nitida Wongthipkongka

Strategic Branding & PR as a Competitive Advantage with Naushaba Salahuddin