Vasuki Shastry

Author, ESG & Strategic Communications Expert

Vasuki Shastry is an author and senior advisor on ESG, strategic communications, and geopolitical risk for several public and private sector firms. He serves on the Advisory Council of Chatham House on the UK & The World Program and the Global Commemorations Committee of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He was until 2019, the Global Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Standard Chartered Bank in London, a time of significant change for the financial sector in articulating and delivering ESG goals and on the role of business in protecting human rights. Prior to Standard Chartered, Vasuki held senior communication and public affairs roles at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C. and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). At the IMF, where he joined as Asia Pacific spokesperson at the height of the Asian financial crisis in 1998, he was at the vanguard of managing crisis communications and public affairs for many of the institution’s defining moments during the last two decades.

Vasuki previously served on the Board of the UK-India Business Council, Asia House, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). He is a published author, most recently of “Emerged Markets – The Global Economy’s Better Half” (Routledge). He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Forbes Asia, Fortune, and the Atlantic Council. He divides his time between Washington D.C. and Dubai.