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Louisa Kaya Clark

Class of 2017 · Bachelor of International Relations

Louisa Kaya Clark
Current Role
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Organisation
RootBridge Capital
Programme
Bachelor of International Relations
Graduation
2017

Biography

Louisa Kaya Clark is a Geneva School of Diplomacy alumna and Chief Operating Officer at RootBridge Capital, a Zurich-based investment firm focused on India.

After completing her undergraduate studies at GSD in 2017, Louisa continued her education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she studied from 2017 to 2018. She has since built a career spanning operations, investor relations, organisational development and private markets, with professional experience across Switzerland and New Zealand.

Louisa joined RootBridge Capital initially as Head of Investor Relations and has since progressed to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In her current position, she works across investor onboarding, portfolio support, legal structuring and cross-border execution, helping build the operational infrastructure behind the firm’s investment activities.

Her work also places her at the intersection of investment, entrepreneurship and international markets. In 2026, she represented RootBridge at India Global Innovation Connect in New Delhi on a panel examining changing sources of startup funding and the criteria shaping capital allocation.