Swatee Deepak
Visting Fellow
Swatee currently works with private and public foundations in strategy development and design, with individuals and families of wealth on their redistribution strategies and oversees a portfolio of businesses and start-ups across philanthropy, socially minded businesses and the arts. Swatee was previously Director of the With and For Girls Collective, the world’s only participatory fund by and for adolescent girls and prior was Director of Stars Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation focused on funding grassroots organisations working with children and young people around the world. She is a founding member of several collectives working across philanthropy and social justice movements including Closer Than You Think, Healing Solidarity and Shake the Table and is an Advisory Board Member of L'Oreal Fund for Women and co-chair of the Global Fund for Children and EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation.
Her work and writing has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, CNN, The Guardian and the New York Times. She is Co-Host of the Remember Who Made Them podcast which centres garment workers in reimagining the fashion industry. She draws strength from bridging and convening for collaborative action across all she does to work for a world of justice and liberation for everyone.
Swatee became a Visiting Fellow at the Marshall Institute in 2024 after several years as a Practitioner in Residence.