Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera

The Baroness Vadera
Vadera in 2008
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
25 January 2008 – 25 September 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPhil Hope
Succeeded byTom Watson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
In office
9 June 2009 – 25 September 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byIan Pearson
Succeeded byAnthony Young
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competitiveness and Small Business
In office
25 January 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byStephen Timms
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office
27 June 2007 – 25 January 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byGareth Thomas
Succeeded byJoyce Anelay
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
11 July 2007
Personal details
BornShriti Vadera
(1962-06-23) 23 June 1962
Uganda
PartyLabour
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBanker
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Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera, PC (born 23 June 1962) is a Ugandan-born British former investment banker and government minister who has been chair of Prudential plc since January 2021, having joined the board in May 2020. She served in the government of Gordon Brown in the Cabinet Office, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Department for International Development. She was chair of Santander UK from March 2015 to October 2020, the first woman to head a major British bank.