Vidya Shah
Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation
India
Vidya Shah is the CEO of EdelGive Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Edelweiss Group, and a board member at Edelweiss, a leading financial services conglomerate. Vidya spent the first 11 years of her career in Investment Banking with companies like ICICI Bank, Peregrine, and NM Rothschild in Mumbai, where she advised corporations on Capital Raising and M&A transactions. At Edelweiss, as the Chief Financial Officer, she oversaw various essential functions such as Finance, Human Resources, and Administration. Vidya serves on the board of various prominent organizations like Agastya International Foundation, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, Common Purpose, Janaagraha, Toolbox India Foundation and Masoom. She graduated from the Bombay University and received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.