Reema Desai

HERMESA is a UK based angel syndicate investing in extraordinary female (co)founded start-ups. We are a community of operators who know what it takes to build successful start-ups and we invest smart money – capital and expertise – to help change the funding landscape for women founders.

Impact Boards Emerging Markets is non-profit organisation, founded in 2020 (official launch in January 2023), which aims to create an ecosystem for Non Executive Directors in emerging market companies to network, share knowledge, develop professionally, and find their next board position. Our membership-based and partnership-based business model is designed to "partner directors with directors". Our platform offers a range of high quality services to our board directors and affiliates whilst allowing them to network and share their knowledge with other members in our growing community. Board members can connect with their global peers and capital providers, learn from first class consulting organisations, meet financial institutions, and get corporate and climate governance insights from curated intelligence and research sources, all under one roof. We are led by a team of board members and high profile emerging market experts with a finance and legal background, each of whom spent 20+ years in top global corporations researching the region and establishing best practices.

Various board memberships

HERMESA is a UK based angel syndicate investing in extraordinary female (co)founded start-ups. We are a community of operators who know what it takes to build successful start-ups and we invest smart money – capital and expertise – to help change the funding landscape for women founders.

Amundi, the leading European asset manager, ranking among the top 10 global players*, offers its 100 million clients - retail, institutional and corporate - a complete range of savings and investment solutions in active and passive management, in traditional or real assets. This offering is enhanced with IT tools and services to cover the entire savings value chain. A subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole group and listed on the stock exchange, Amundi currently manages more than €2.3 trillion of assets** . With its six international investment hubs**, financial and extra-financial research capabilities and long-standing commitment to responsible investment, Amundi is a key player in the asset management landscape. Amundi clients benefit from the expertise and advice of 5,600 employees in 35 countries. *Source: IPE “Top 500 Asset Managers” published in June 2025, based on assets under management as at 31/12/2024 **Amundi data as at 30/09/2025 ***Paris, London, Dublin, Milan, Tokyo and San Antonio (via our strategic partnership with Victory Capital)