Shehla Hasan
Director and Head - UK, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Shehla Hasan joined the Confederation of Indian Industry in June 2023.
She previously served as the Executive Director, Manchester India Partnership from April 2021 till May 2023. She has over 15 years’ experience in the UK India economic corridor.
Shehla headed the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) India office as Country Director- India in New Delhi between 2012 and 2021. Before that, she led inward investment work and healthcare trade for UKTI at the British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata for five years.
She started her career as corporate news reporter in Business Standard newspaper, followed by working four years at the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata. She did a brief stint as Consulting Editor at EEPC India, under the Indian Commerce Ministry.
She holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a professional diploma in management from the Open University Business School, UK.
She was included recently in March 2024, in the list of `‘Rising Beyond the Ceiling- inspiring Muslim Women of India in the global diaspora based in the UK and Europe’.
In August 2021, she was named as one of the most successful women of India origin in the UK by Purple Halo club.
In May 2019 she was named one of the 100 most influential women in the UK-India relationship.
In March 2018, she was included in the list of 11 inspirational women in the UK India business corridor by the CII.
She founded the Confederation of British Industry’s India Advisory Board, comprising 25 chiefs of UK companies in India and the first ever UK India Women’s Leadership Network. She was a member of the CII’s MNC and Ease of Doing Business committees.
She was part of the India Advisory Group of the Newcastle University Business School, and is a Committee Member of British Business Group, Delhi,
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