Sneha Shah
Managing Director, Business Accelerator at Refinitiv,
Northeastern U.S.
Sneha is passionate about the role purposeful business can play in helping to solve important global problems.
In her current role leading the Refinitiv Business Accelerator, she is responsible for creating, investing in and developing new high growth businesses for Refinitiv in the financial services data and technology sector.
Prior to this, she was Managing Director of the Global Risk Managed Services business for Refinitiv in 2019, and Managing Director of Africa for Thomson Reuters from 2012 to 2018. In these roles, she drove significant growth through partnerships with leading international bodies, and developed solutions in close collaboration with public and private sector organisations to help fight illicit financial flows, digitize land rights, develop financial and capital markets and empower women and youth.
She’s also a speaker on digital innovation, disruption as a business opportunity, diverse talent as a competitive advantage, and the importance of purpose in the DNA of business.
She has held key roles in industry associations, including the Board of the US Chamber of Commerce US-Africa Business Center, 30% Southern Africa and One Young World (OYW) Africa. She has also been actively involved in several initiatives of the UN (High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development 2019, UNGA 2019, UNEP 2017), World Economic Forum (WEF), including the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) (2016-2018), and the Global Agenda Council on Governance (2014 to 2016).