Arsheya Devitre is a global executive with more than twenty years of experience scaling operations, delivering profitable growth, and leading organizations through market entry and disruption – across education technology, travel, and environmental services. She has consistently delivered measurable results while leading organizations through periods of rapid expansion, operational transformation, and market disruption. Her track record reflects strategic thinking, operational discipline, and a focus on building organizations positioned for long-term success.
Her work experience spans North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, giving her firsthand experience navigating multicultural environments, regulatory complexity, and diverse stakeholder expectations. Whether leading global operations, driving revenue growth, managing international partnerships, or building teams, she combines analytical rigor with collaborative leadership to produce meaningful business outcomes.
Most recently, Arsheya served as Senior Vice President of Sales for EF Go Ahead Tours, where she led the sales organization during one of the travel industry’s most significant periods of recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Responsible for setting sales strategy and driving execution, she led a team of 150 professionals while delivering record traveler volume and sustaining annual growth exceeding thirty percent. She implemented operational metrics, strengthening pipeline management, improving customer retention, and fostering collaboration across engineering, analytics, marketing, and customer support.
Prior to this role, Arsheya served as Senior Vice President of EF Gap Year, with full responsibility for the division during the disruption caused by the global pandemic. As the executive responsible for profit and loss, customer communications, and strategic planning, she guided the organization through significant uncertainty while maintaining customer relationships and preserving business momentum. She also drove CRM enhancements and payment platform improvements, strengthening the foundation for future expansion.
Earlier in her tenure with EF Education First, Arsheya concurrently led two of the organization’s global divisions, reporting directly to the Group CEO and founding family. As Senior Vice President responsible for EF EdTech Teacher Operations, she oversaw every aspect of a global online learning platform supporting more than 3,000 educators operating across ten international hubs. She managed budgets, staffing, scheduling, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and communications while increasing teaching capacity by forty percent without sacrificing quality or increasing operational costs. She represented the EdTech division during board meetings.
Simultaneously, Arsheya directed EF’s global teacher recruitment organization serving more than 150 language learning centers throughout China, Russia, and Indonesia. Facing significant recruitment shortfall, she rebuilt the mass recruitment strategy, processes, and team from the ground up. Under her leadership, the organization supported annual staffing growth exceeding thirty percent while recruiting, onboarding, and training more than 4,000 English language teachers.
Before joining EF, Arsheya held international business development roles at Waste Management where she helped establish the company’s presence in China’s rapidly expanding environmental infrastructure market. As Co-Head of Public Affairs and Business Development for the Shanghai Environment Group joint venture, she secured more than $350 million in long-term waste-to-energy infrastructure contracts while serving on the boards of three operating companies. She later played a central role in facilitating the successful sale of Waste Management’s $150 million equity position.
Earlier roles at Citibank Egypt, Nestlé in the United Kingdom, and Burson-Marsteller in Beijing and New York gave Arsheya with a strong foundation in corporate affairs, government relations, crisis management, and strategic communications. At Citibank, she improved customer service operations and accelerated loan approval processes. At Nestlé, she authored white papers and conference presentations addressing health, nutrition and fair trade. During her time at Burson-Marsteller, she advised multinational corporations and government organizations from Asia, Europe, and North America on communications, and foreign investment strategies.
Beyond her executive work, Arsheya serves on the Boston Board of Pratham USA, one of India’s largest nonprofits focused on expanding educational opportunities, and is a Founding Board Member of the Open Mindset Project, a nonprofit that equips students and young professionals with global business skills. She also advises nonprofit organizations through Harvard Community Action Partners and mentored an early-stage company through BrightEdge, backed by the American Cancer Society’s venture arm.
She is now focused on bringing her operational and international growth experience to board roles, particularly with organizations navigating scale, market entry, or governance transitions.
Arsheya earned her Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and graduated with honors from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Mandarin Chinese. Her executive education includes, The Reflective Leader and Women on Boards – both at Harvard Business School, and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at MIT Sloan. She is proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
Leadership Attributes:
Character:
Arsheya leads with integrity, humility, and building trust through authenticity, accountability, and genuine respect for diverse perspectives.
Knowledge:
Her expertise spans global operations, strategic planning, regulatory compliance, international business development, and sales leadership, across multiple industries.
Strategic:
Arsheya aligns vision with execution, translating complex business objectives into measurable operational results.
Communication:
An effective communicator with executives, boards, government officials, and multicultural teams with a background in public affairs, crisis management, and stakeholder engagement.
