Managing Director
Roli Saxena is the founder and CEO of Drona Capital.
Prior to investment management, she has had 15 years of international business experience in the Oil and Gas, Technology, IT Sourcing, BPO Operations and Education sectors across Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Roli was the first and only woman to manage country operations in Bahrain for Compaq. Roli has also been Head of PC business unit for Compaq in the Philippines, and her contribution was instrumental to raising sales significantly.
Roli holds the IMC (investment management certificate) from the CFA Society UK as well as Corporate Finance accreditation from the London Business School. Roli graduated from Punjab Engineering College in 1991 with a Gold Medal and First Class (Hon) degree in Engineering.
She is passionate about education, employment and social mobility in India; in the past three years she has sponsored English teaching and the provision of library books in three government schools. She was in the grants committee of Social Venture Partners' in Bangalore. Roli is a proud mother of three children, and currently resides in Bangalore.