About Pavitra
Strategic partnerships and business engagement lead with 10+ years’ experience working at the intersection of business, government, and multilateral institutions. I specialise in structuring high-value partnerships, building executive-level relationships, and turning complex stakeholder landscapes into commercially viable, scalable initiatives.
At the World Economic Forum, I’ve led multi-market partnership strategy across APAC and structured CHF 15M+ in multi-year engagements with Fortune 100 companies. I also built a global CEO coalition from scratch, aligning 50+ multinationals with policymakers on regulatory and economic priorities.
My edge is combining strategic thinking with execution: I don’t just design partnership models, I make them land across markets, stakeholders, and political realities.
I work best with organisations looking to enter new markets, build strategic partnerships, or navigate complex public-private environments.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Conversational
Can work on-site
Geneva (up to 50km)
Experience
- World Economic ForumAssociate Director, Public Affairs & Business Engagement, Asia-PacificApril 2025 - April 2026 (1 year)Switzerland• • Lead APAC partnership strategy across Australia and Southeast Asia, developing and stewarding institutional relationships with multinational corporations.• • Conduct proactive market outreach with prospective partners, assessing strategic alignment and identifying new engagement pathways.• • Manage executive-level relationships across regional markets, aligning corporate priorities with evolving regulatory and geopolitical environments.• • Serve as cross-functional bridge between Policy, Communications, Legal, Marketing, and Commercial teams to operationalise partnership commitments.• • Design high-level engagement platforms connecting corporate leaders with policymakers and influential regional institutions.
- WORLD ECONOMIC FORUMFounder & Lead, CEO-Level Public-Private InitiativeJanuary 2024 - January 2025 (1 year)• • Designed and launched a global executive coalition aligning 50+ multinational companies with policymakers on economic and regulatory priorities.• • Built partnership governance architecture, engagement frameworks, and executive participation model from inception.• • Managed multi-stakeholder alignment across corporate, public-sector, and multilateral actors.• • Executed flagship convenings at Davos and UN General Assembly.
- WORLD ECONOMIC FORUMStrategic Partnerships & Engagement LeadJanuary 2022 - January 2024 (2 years)• • Structured and governed CHF 15M+ in multi-year corporate partnerships aligned with regulatory and policy agendas.• • Negotiated engagement scopes, deliverables, and renewal frameworks across multinational corporate portfolios.• • Translated partner strategic priorities into institutional engagement models aligned with policy and market positioning.• • Coordinated cross-border internal teams to execute partnership commitments.
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Education
- Doctor of PhilosophyMaastricht University2026Doctor of Philosophy
- Leading Sustainable Corporations, Executive EducationUniversity of Oxford2024Leading Sustainable Corporations, Executive Education