Shriti Vadera is the Chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council and Chair of the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab. She was previously the Chair of Prudential plc and Santander UK, non-executive director of AstraZeneca, Senior Independent Director of BHP; Minister in the Cabinet Office, Business Department and International Development Department; and led growth policy in the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury.