Abhay Nihalani, Global VP of Marketing & Communications, comes to VisionSpring with 15 years of experience developing and executing visionary marketing, branding, and communications strategies for a wide range of social enterprises, non-profits, and corporations.

Prior to joining VisionSpring, Abhay served as the Global Marketing Director for Jibu L3C, a social enterprise that produces and sells safe, affordable, convenient drinking water and other household essentials to urban underserved populations across 8 countries in Africa through a network of franchises operated by local entrepreneurs. 

Abhay has also worked as a Global Product Marketing Manager with GE Healthcare, leading the development of an innovative, radically affordable ultrasound device specifically designed to facilitate task-shifting to midwives in rural, low-resource environments with the goal of reducing maternal & neonatal mortality in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. 

Abhay holds an MBA and an MPH from the University of California-Berkeley, and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University.  Originally from New York City, Abhay is currently based in East Africa (Uganda & Kenya), where, in his free time, he immerses himself in and supports the flourishing local alternative music scene as a DJ, events organizer, and mentor.