Jitha Thathachari

Senior strategy and business-development leader in luxury beauty: Jitha has led business development, group strategy and transformation for LUXASIA across the Asia-Pacific region and more recently holds a chief strategy / new-businesses leadership role, focusing on omnichannel brand growth and new market initiatives. luxasia+1

Active investor and venture partner: Beyond operating roles, Jitha invests in and advises startups — serving as an angel investor and participating as a partner at Long View Ventures, with a track record of multiple early-stage investments and some notable exits. jitha+1

Writer, curator and public communicator: Maintains a personal site and a Substack newsletter ('Sunday Reads'), publishes long-form pieces on startups and strategy, and appears on podcasts and at industry events to share frameworks on strategy, writing, and building leverage at work. jitha+3

Founder-operator experience and entrepreneurship: Co-founded Rouse Digital and has experience building consumer-facing platforms, drawing lessons from hands-on product and go-to-market work which inform both advisory and investment activities. indiatimes+1