Appointed to the Board: May 2020 (Chair since January 2021)
Membership of committees
- Nomination & Governance Committee (since May 2020, appointed Chair January 2021)
- Remuneration Committee (since May 2024)
- Shriti is a standing attendee of the Audit and Risk Committees and the Sustainability Committee (formerly, the Responsibility & Sustainability Working Group)
Career
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.
Relevant skills and experience for Prudential
- Senior boardroom experience and leadership skills at complex organisations, including extensive experience in the financial services sector, with international operations and at the highest levels of international negotiations between governments and in multinational organisations
- Wide-ranging and global experience in economics, public policy and strategy, as well as deep understanding and insight into global and emerging markets and the macro-political and economic environment