Shefaly Yogendra, PhD is an internationally experienced strategist with a focus on sustainable growth, inclusive leadership and emerging technologies, which underpin her work in shaping boardroom and executive conversations.
Shefaly is a non-executive director of two LSE-listed investment funds where she chairs remuneration and nomination committees respectively. She is also an independent governor and vice chair of London Metropolitan University where she chairs the audit and risk committee and earlier chaired the governance committee. On her boards, Shefaly leads conversations on risk, cyber and data issues, digital marketing, and inclusion and diversity. She is currently advisor to and incoming ESG advisory board member of a Luxembourg fund on forestry and sustainable agriculture.
Previously she was the COO and an executive director of Ditto AI, and the co-founder and COO of luxe startup Livyora. Her career began in corporate venturing in HCL Corporation. Through her career, Shefaly has worked with several founders and startups, advised investors in emerging and critical technologies, and worked on emerging technology and regulation projects for the European Commission. Shefaly was among the “100 Women to Watch” in the Female FTSE Board Report 2016 and holds a PhD in Political Decision Making from the University of Cambridge. She trained earlier in engineering, management, and technology policy
