
Rohit Chandwani
COO & Co‑Founder, Jiva — agritech supply‑chain leader
Jakarta, Indonesia
Joined November 2025
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Summary
Operator and builder of agritech supply‑chains: Rohit is a founding operations leader at Jiva who has helped scale the company’s farmer‑facing platform and procurement business into a large, multi‑country operation integrating digital tools with on‑the‑ground field networks; his leadership focuses on combining technology, field operations and partner networks to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods. jiva+1
Digital transformation and farmer procurement expertise: Over a decade at Olam in progressive roles (including Digital Head — Latin America and Global Solution Lead for Digital Supplier Engagement) gave Rohit experience designing and deploying digital supplier and sourcing models across multiple countries, which he later applied to Jiva’s farmer sourcing and digital engagement programs. theorg+1
Product‑focused approaches to reach farmers at scale: Rohit has led or evangelised product initiatives (e.g., AgriCentral and Jiva Lite) that prioritise low‑friction channels (playstore apps and WhatsApp/LLM interfaces) to expand reach and transactions among smallholder farmers, demonstrating an emphasis on pragmatic, human‑centred technology adoption. jiva+1
Multicultural, multilingual leadership: Rohit has worked across Asia, Africa and Latin America, and his public profile highlights language skills (Spanish and Portuguese) and extensive international field experience — useful for leading cross‑border agritech and supply‑chain programs. jiva
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Avid traveler; multilingual (speaks Spanish and Portuguese). jiva
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