Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera

Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, PC (born 23 June 1962) is a Ugandan-born British investment banker, and has been chair of Prudential plc since January 2021, having joined the board in May 2020. Until September 2009, she was a government minister jointly for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Cabinet Office. She was chair of Santander UK from March 2015 to October 2020, the first woman to head a major British bank.

The Baroness Vadera
Vadera in 2008
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
In office
10 June 2009  25 September 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business
In office
25 January 2008  9 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byStephen Timms
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office
In office
25 January 2008  25 September 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPhil Hope
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
11 July 2007
Personal details
Born
Shriti Vadera

(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962
Uganda
Political partyLabour
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBanker
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