The Team

The team at the bridge foundation comprises of a group of dynamic, motivated and hard working individuals working to improve the lives of the underprivileged.

Jagaish Devadosan

Trustee

Mr. Jagadesan is the founder of J P Tools & Technologies and as a technocrat was responsible for the growth of the electronics manufacturing industry in the early years of the independence era.

Rev.Canon.Dr. Vinay Samuel

Trustee

Rev Samuel is a development economist who has co-authored the course on Poverty & Development which is used in 8 countries. He is the founder of 'EFFICOR', Chairman Trustee at 'Divya Shanti Trust' and Director at Oxford Center for Mission Studies.

Collin Timms

Trustee

Mr. Timms is a businessman and is the chairman of Guardian Bank Ltd. He was the founder of the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Federation and serves as the trustee for 'Commit's, a media institution. He is also an honorary member at Christian Institute of Health Sciences, Christian Medical College and Bible Society of India.

Albin Pinto

Director

Mr. Pinto is the Vice Chairman at Guardian bank and as an experienced banker heads The Bridge Foundation. He is also the treasurer at 'Divya Shanti Trust'.

Milton Devadosan

General Manager - Operations

Mr. Milton heads the strategic planning and implementation of the MED program for the entrepreneurial poor Also responsible for NGO partner relationship management.

Samuel Smiles

Senior Manager

Mr. Smiles heads the operations for Micro Enterprise Development including implementation of the program and associated empowerment activities for the region of Tamil Nadu.

Esther Nivedita

Project Manager

Ms. Esther heads the accelerator program. She is responsible for the program planning & management along with stakeholder relationship management.

Jesu Arokiaraj

Senior Project Officer

Mr. Jesu heads the field office in Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, implementing and supervising the micro enterprise development operations .

Issac Newton Mark

Accounts Officer

Mr. Issac handles the accounts and admin related activities in addition to generating region specific MIS reports for monitoring.

Lumeena.J

Senior Admin Officer

Ms. Lumeena handles the admin related activities for the MED program and also handles the MIS for the program.

Diana Deepthi

Senior Accounts Officer

Ms. Diana heads the accounts department for the organization and works closely with the operations team.