Dr. Shanu S.P. Hinduja

Dr. Shanu is the Chair of ARYA Banque Privée and Co-Chair of the United Nations Global Accelerator. A female career banker, Dr. Shanu has dedicated her life to the empowerment of minorities. She has made it her mission to change the face of banking in the modern world, to increase transparency and to stress the value of robust regulation, as well as to champion the role of the under-represented. She pioneered as a woman chairing the board of a Swiss Bank. Leading from the front, Dr. Shanu has worked to embed a values-driven, progressive and meritocratic culture. She has been featured and profiled in major global publications such as the Sunday Times, Forbes and the Financial Times on her life’s work and continued efforts to call out bias in the financial sector. Dr. Shanu’s experience and insights as a visionary extend far beyond finance. She has written and lectured on subjects ranging from leadership, equality and technology, to education, Brexit and globalisation, across the world.