Shilpa Shah is a Director in the Human Centred transformation practice at Deloitte specialising in health technology and bringing together the best of people, technology and insights to drive digital transformation. She is also a complex problem solver and loves exploring problems and coming up with innovative solutions that help her clients, people and society.
She is also the leader of the multi-award winning UK Deloitte Women in Technology network, chair of the Consulting Inclusion Think Tank and board member of the Institute of Coding’s Industry Advisory Board. She is also a co-author of the recently published book: Women in Technology: A practical guide to increasing gender diversity and inclusion.
Shilpa has an MEng in Computer Systems Engineering from UMIST (now University of Manchester) and has over 24 years of experience in Management Consulting, working with a range of clients to design and deliver digital and data enabled business change with a focus on people at the core.
Shilpa is recognised as a role model within and outside of her organisation including on the EMpower ethnic minority role model lists. Shilpa is passionate about increasing all forms of diversity in technology. This includes encouraging more girls and women to consider careers to work in what she considers to be the most exciting and interesting industry in the world – technology!
She also loves mentoring and supporting others, including those already working in technology and helping them to develop and progress their careers. Shilpa has two teenage daughters who have always been tech-curious. She wants to see longer term change for all and has been helping to create a more diverse, inclusive and equal technology skilled workforce to best solve the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Read about Shilpa in our Inspirational Woman interview here.
Why we believe Shilpa is a trailblazerFor being a role model for the tech industry and her work championing women in tech. Shilpa recently co-authored the book, Women in Technology: A practical guide to increasing gender diversity and inclusion to provide organisations with best practice for ED&I.