Abha Thorat-Shah

Abha was a founding member of the British Asian Trust and previously led our Social Finance work across South Asia. In recognition of work in this area, Abha was a Fellow of Practice 2020 and 2021 at the Go Labs, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.

A recognised expert in her field, she is a co-chair of Taskforce 9 on Global Cooperation for SDGs Financing as part of Think20, the official engagement group of the G20 bringing together leading think tanks and research centres worldwide and is a member of the Asian Impact Leaders Network hosted by the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network.

Abha was previously the Chief Operating Officer of the UK India Business Council. Abha currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the London Stock Exchange Foundation.