In this episode of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Podcast, we speak with Asha Mehta, Managing Partner at Global Delta Capital, about her impactful career in finance, focusing on emerging and frontier markets through a lens of sustainability and responsible investing.
Asha founded Global Delta Capital after working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Lead Portfolio Manager and Director of Responsible Investing at Acadian Asset Management. Asha has been recognized as a "brilliant quant" by Forbes Magazine and ranked as one of the top 10 women in asset management by Money Management Executive.
Asha received her BA in Biological Sciences and Anthropology from Stanford and her MBA from Wharton, during which she made use of the INSEAD-Wharton Exchange.
Our discussion covers the societal impact of investing in emerging markets, the role of data science in global market analysis, and the value of on-the-ground experiences in diverse cultures plays in evaluating countries and businesses to invest in.
Asha's book, The Power of Capital, is a thrilling memoir of her personal journeys through emerging markets which delivers equal doses of business discussion and geopolitical insight.
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