Monisha Shah

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Monisha Shah
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BornSeptember 1969 (age 52)
India
NationalityBritish
OccupationMedia and public servant
Known for
Notable work
Ji Mantriji (Yes Minister) books

Monisha Shah (September 1969–)[1] is a British Indian-born media professional. She worked for BBC Worldwide (BBCW) as Director of Emerging Markets in the earlier part of her career and has since used her experience in several executive and trustee appointments. She has served in multiple roles on boards and panels of creative arts bodies including the Tate. She serves on two regulatory bodies, the Content Board of Ofcom, and the Office for Students. A lay member of the Queen's Counsel Selection Panel, she previously served a term on the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL).

Early life[]

Shah was born in Mumbai, India, in September 1969, to Amrit Shamji Shah and Rekha Shah (née Pavagadhi).[1] She graduated from the University of Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1989 with a degree in political science.[2][1] Later in England she gained a MSc in Politics and Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1990 and graduated from the London Business School with an MBA in 2002 after embarking on her career with BBCW.[3]

Career[]

Shah joined BBCW (a commercial sales and distribution arm of the BBC) in 1999.[4][a] In an early project of BBC Worldwide India she worked on Ji Mantriji, the BBC's adaptation of Yes Minister for India; re-writing the accompanying UK books in a hybrid English-Hindi format as Ji Mantriji: The diaries of Shri Suryaprakash Singh.[5] She was appointed to the position of Director of Emerging Markets in 2005, with BBCW CEO John Smith crediting Shah and her team for doubling income from TV, formats, digital media and publishing over the subsequent three years.[4] She left the BBCW in 2010,[3] with CEO Smith citing “achieving a better work-life balance to enable her to spend more time with her family” as the reason.[4]

Shah's appointment as Tate Trustee was from 1 August 2007 while she was still at BBCW, initially for four years, but ultimately to eight, the Tate indicating in their press release they expected her "knowledge and enthusiasm for new media developments will be a great benefit to the Board, as Tate seeks to build on the innovative developments of Tate Media".[6][7] From July 2013 she also acted as the Tate's liaison with the board of the National Gallery.[7]

In 2015 she was appointed by the Prime Minister David Cameron to the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) for a five year term.[7][b] In June 2020, in an independent blog on the CSPL site, Shah observed at that time "The disproportionate effect of the pandemic on BAME communities and the fact we have yet to see a plan to deal with that is yet another example [of structural inequality].".[9] In the same blog she also emphasised the need for continuing support of the CSPL Nolan Principles: "In the new normal, it is clear that the Nolan Principles remain central to our understanding of the political world we share."[10] At the end of her appointment in 2021 the composition of the subsequent committee was criticised for its lack of ethnic diversity.[11][12]

Shah has become a lay member on the Queen's Counsel Selection Panel for the annual competition to appoint Queen's Counsel.[13] She also serves on two regulatory bodies: the Content Board at Ofcom from 2018;[14] and the Office for Students.[13]

Shah has also been a member of several other boards and panels including:[7] chair of the governors of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance from 2015 to 2021;[15] trustee of the Foundling Museum in 2014,[16][17] board of the Art Fund in 2017;[18][19] and is chair of Wikimedia UK.[20] She was one of the judges of the Art Fund's 2018 Museum of the Year.[19][21]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Some biographies, including the UK government website, note a join date of 2000.[3]
  2. ^ Shah was willing to extend her appointment by eight months to cover a temporary shortfall until replacement committee members could be appointed.[8]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who 2022 (174 ed.). December 2021. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U247229. ISBN 978-1472979070. Shah, Monisha.
  2. ^ "Indian-born advisor appointed to PM panel". AsianExpress. England. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Monisha Shah". UK Government. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Rosser, Michael (21 April 2010). "Shah to leave BBCW". Broadcast. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ Parthsarathy, Anand (1 September 2001). "A barbed look at babudom". Frontline. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Lord Browne and Monisha Shah appointed Tate Trustees". Tate (Press release). 19 July 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Monisha Shah appointed to Committee". GOV.UK. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ CSPL Secretariat (2021). CSPL (21) 59 - Committee on Standards in Public Life Two Hundred and Ninetieth Meeting held at 10.00 on Thursday 15 July 2021 - Minutes (Report).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Waugh, Paul (23 August 2021). "Sleaze Watchdog Diversity Warning After Boris Johnson's Oxford 'Chum' Appointed". Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via Yahoo! Finance.
  10. ^ Shah, Monisha (15 June 2021). "Building equality into our Coronavirus recovery". Committee on Standards in Public Life. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  11. ^ Woodcock, Andrew (23 August 2021). "Diversity warning over sleaze watchdog after appointment of PM's university friend leaves it all-white". The Independent. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ Allegretti, Aubrey (23 August 2021). "Chair of Whitehall sleaze watchdog laments lack of diversity on panel". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. ^ a b "The Section Panel". Queens Counsel (appointments). 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  14. ^ "New Board appointments for Ofcom". Diversity UK. February 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  15. ^ "New Chair and Vice Chair Appointed". Rose Bruford. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  16. ^ Hasan, Zehrah (6 August 2014). "Power struggle between Coram and Foundling Museum ends in settlement". Institute of Art and Law. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Governance: Board of Trustees". The Foundling Museum. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Chairman and trustees". Art Fund. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2018". Subject Specialist Network: European paintings pre-1900. National Gallery. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Journey of exploration at the Research in Film Awards". UK Research and Innovation. 2 December 2021. 2021 ceremony. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Tate St Ives Named Museum Of The Year 2018". World Architecture Community. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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