Shveta Shah

Shveta Shah has around 20 years’ experience in global human rights and humanitarian sectors drawing on experience covering advocacy, policy and learning, programming and innovation, humanitarian field work, governance and management roles. She is currently Program Director of the Bertha Justice Initiative at the Bertha Foundation, where she works with an international network of human rights lawyers, activists, investigative journalists and storytellers.

She was previously Director of Strategic Operations at the Start Network and prior to that in various roles at Oxfam, Save the Children International, Amnesty International, Red Kite Learning, ActionAid International and Operation Black Vote and Charter88.

Shveta has worked in over 30 countries in every region often working in complex dynamic environments in collaborative initiatives. She has previously served as a Trustee of Cambridge House and was a member of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) Learning Advisory Board. As a keen runner, she regularly runs and volunteers at parkrun.