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Rahul Chandran

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Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer | President, Grand Challenges Canada Foundation at Grand Challenges Canada
📍 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rahul Chandran is the Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer at Grand Challenges Canada, with over 20 years of experience in social impact, innovation, and sustainability. A graduate of Yale University and The Fletcher School at Tufts, he has a proven track record of securing major investments and leading large-scale public-private partnerships.

Colleagues describe him as a values-driven, pragmatic, and inspiring leader with empathy. His writings suggest a deep personal philosophy, advocating for a development policy centered on trust, care, and love. He approaches his work with a focus on human connection and people-centered policies rather than purely technocratic solutions.

Unique fact: Rahul is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists and previously worked on one of the largest civil rights actions in US history.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer | President, Grand Challenges Canada Foundation
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Humanitarian Innovation
As the first Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Humanitarian Innovation, he has been a thought leader on the future of humanitarian action and technology's role in crises.
Public-Private Partnerships
He specializes in architecting complex partnerships, having secured over $2. 6B in investments for innovation by bridging UN, philanthropic, and private sector entities.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer | President, Grand Challenges Canada Foundation
Grand Challenges Canada
2-2023 - 2-2025
Managing Partner
Upswing Solutions
2-2022 - 12-2022
VP, ESG
Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada
1-2020 - 2-2022
CEO & Managing Partner, Care Impact Partners
CARE
6-2019 - 1-2020
Principal - Inter-Generational Equity (Short-Term Project)
School of International Futures (SOIF)
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Education
2004 - 2006
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
1994 - 1998
BA
Yale University
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