Shriti Vadera has over 40 years’ experience across public and private sectors in the UK and internationally. She is currently Chair of the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab, which works to increase private finance leveraged by the World Bank into development and climate change, Chair of The Royal Shakespeare Company and Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council in the UK. Until May 2026 she was Chair of Prudential plc and was previously Chair of Santander UK, Senior Independent Director of BHP and Non-Executive Director of Astra Zeneca.
She served as a Minister in the UK Government from 2007 to 2009, in the Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, and the Department for International Development. She was a lead architect in the UK Government’s response to the global financial crisis and helped negotiate the outcomes of the 2009 G20 London Summit.
She was on the Council of Economic Advisers at the UK Treasury from 1999 to 2007, where she led on policy for business, regulation, productivity issues such as competition, enterprise, business tax reforms, science and innovation, corporate governance; and on international economic and development policy. Prior to that, she was an investment banker for 14 years with SG Warburg / UBS, with a particular focus on emerging markets.
