Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera

Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, is a Ugandan-born British former investment banker and government minister who has been chair of Prudential plc since January 2021, having joined the board in May 2020. She served in the government of Gordon Brown in the Cabinet Office, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for International Development. She was chair of Santander UK from March 2015 to October 2020, the first woman to head a major British bank.