Appointments
Appointed to the Board: May 2020
Appointed Chair of the Board: January 2021
Appointed Chair of the Nomination & Governance Committee: January 2021 (member since May 2020)
Shriti is a standing attendee at meetings of the Audit, Risk and Remuneration Committees and the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group.
Relevant skills and experience
Shriti brings senior boardroom experience and leadership skills at complex organisations, including extensive experience in the financial services sector, with international operations and at the highest level of international negotiations between governments and in multilateral organisations. She contributes her wide-ranging and global experience in economics, public policy and strategy, as well as her deep understanding and insight into global and emerging markets and the macro-political and economic environment.
Shriti was chair of Santander UK Group Holdings, Senior Independent Director at BHP and a Non-executive Director of Astra Zeneca. Between 2009 and 2014, she undertook a wide range of assignments, such as advising the South Korean Chair of the G20, two European countries on the Eurozone and banking crisis, the African Development Bank on infrastructure financing and a number of global investors and sovereign wealth funds on strategy and economic and market developments.
From 2007 to 2009, Shriti was a Minister in the UK government, serving in the Cabinet Office, Business Department and International Development Department. She led on the UK government’s response to the global financial crisis and its Presidency of the G20. From 1999 to 2007 she was a member of HM Treasury’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Shriti’s career began with 15 years in investment banking with SG Warburg/UBS, where she had a strong focus on emerging markets. Shriti holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
Other appointments
Current key external appointments
- Chair, The Royal Shakespeare Company
- Institute of International Finance, Board Member