How Can NEDs and Boards Add Value in a Fast Changing Environment?

NEDonBoard members have increasingly referenced a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) external environment in which businesses and charities are operating in today.

This online fireside chat explores through the NED lens how to approach investment and navigate the rapidly evolving digital and geopolitical landscape with perspectives from portfolio board member Priya Guha MBE.

Priya works across technology, innovation and investment in the UK and globally.

She is a Non-Executive Director at Reach PLC, UK Research & Innovation & Herald Investment Trust, Senior Independent Director at Digital Catapult & GB Badminton, Advisor to Gallos Technologies & We Are Spark, a member of the Investment Governance Board at Future Planet Capital, the Responsible AI UK International Ambassadors Council, and is Associate Faculty at Hult Ashridge.

She was previously GM for RocketSpace, launching their UK operations. Priya used to be a career diplomat, most recently as British Consul General to San Francisco and previously in India and Spain. She now chairs the Indian Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) UK Advisory Group. Priya also sits on the RAEng International Committee, Durham University Business School International & Venture Lab Advisory Boards and Global Tech Advocates Advisory Board. She is a Trustee at TechSheCan.
Priya was awarded an MBE in 2021 for services to international trade and women in innovation.