Monisha Shah
| Monisha Shah | |
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| Born | 11 September 1969 Bombay |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Member of the Content Board at Ofcom and Committee on Standards in Public Life. Trusteeship of Donmar Warehouse, Tate, Foundling Museum, Arts Council, Art Fund and the National Gallery. Member of Arts and Humanities Research Council. |
Monisha Shah (11 September 1969-)[1] is a media professional having worked for BBC Worldwide as Director of Emerging Markets. She is member of the Content Board at Ofcom and was a member of the UKs Committee on Standards in Public Life. She has held trusteeships of the Donmar Warehouse, Tate, Foundling Museum, Arts Council, Art Fund and the National Gallery and is a member of Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Education[edit]
After a childhood in Bombay,[2] she moved to England and graduated from the London Business School with an MBA in 2002 and obtained a Msc in Politics and Economics from SOAS in 1990.[3]
Career[edit]
Shah worked for BBC Worldwide from 2000 to 2010 as Director of Emerging Markets.[3] [4] As Director of BBC Worldwide India she worked on the BBC's adaptation of Yes Minister for India as Ji Mantriji[5][6] and in 2001 Penguin books published her three volumes about an Indian minister of administrative affairs, under the title Ji Mantriji: The diaries of Shri Suryaprakash Singh.[7] From 2010 to 2014 Shah was the director of Hogerty Hill Ltd.[1]
She was the chair of the Rose Bruford College a drama school in London.[8] She has also been a trustee of the Donmar Warehouse,[9][10] Tate,[11] Arts Council, Art Fund and the National Gallery.[12][13] In 2018 Shah acted as a judge for the Art Fund's Museum of the Year award.[14][15] Appointment as a trustee of the Foundling Museum followed a legal case between the museum and the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children.[16]
She is a member of the Content Board at Ofcom.[17][18]
In 2015 she became a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.[19][20] When she left the body was criticised for its lack of ethnic diversity.[21][22][23]
Shah serves on the Arts and Humanities Research Council.[12] She is also a board member of the Office for Students.[24] She also sits, as a lay member, on the Queen's Counsel Appointments Selection Panel.[25]
In 2021 Wikimedia UK, the United Kingdom chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, coopted her as a trustee and she was elected as chair of the board.[26]
Family[edit]
Shah's brother, Mohit Bakaya is controller of BBC Radio 4.[27]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Certificate of Incorporation". Companies House. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Monisha Shah Director of Emerging Markets BBC World News Worldwide". Speaker World. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Monisha Shah". UK Government. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Monisha Shah". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ Parthsarathy, Anand (1 September 2001). "A barbed look at babudom". Frontline. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "`Ji Mantriji' is serious business for BBC". The Times of India. 3 May 2001. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Ji Mantriji: The Diaries of Shri Suryaprakash Singh". Amazon UK. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Goverance". Rose Bruford College. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ Wild, Stephi (16 May 2018). "Donmar Warehouse Appoints Four New Board Trustees". Broadway World.
- ↑ "New trustees at Donmar Warehouse". Arts Professional. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Lord Browne and Monisha Shah appointed Tate Trustees". Tate. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Monisha Shah". AHRC Council. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Monisha Shah joins board of Cambridge Imaging Systems". MeBuCom. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Holledge, Richard (2 July 2018). "The Art Fund's Museum of the Year award: 'Everyone is a winner'". Finaicial Times. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2018". National Gallery. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Hasan, Zehrah. "Power struggle between Coram and Foundling Museum ends in settlement". Institute of Art and Law. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "New Board appointments for Ofcom". Diversity UK. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Chairman and trustees". Art Fund. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Monisha Shah". Committee on Standards in Public Life. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Hughes criticises DfE for claiming university regulator has FE representation". FE Week. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Allegretti, Aubrey (23 August 2021). "Chair of Whitehall sleaze watchdog laments lack of diversity on panel". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ Waugh, Paul (23 August 2021). "Sleaze Watchdog Diversity Warning After Boris Johnson's Oxford 'Chum' Appointed". Huffpost. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Our board and committees". Office for Students. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "The Selection Panel". Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Board". Wikimedia UK. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Minutes of meeting 1 October 2019" (PDF). Ofcom. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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