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Shriti Vedara: the 100 Women Interview

Now the Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business.

Chairwoman of Santander UK, Shriti Vadera is a leading voice in British business and as shining example of what can be achieved. Born in Uganda into a land-owning family, Shriti Vadera was exiled to India at the time of Idi Amin's expulsion of all of Uganda's Asians. At the age of only five, she insisted that her family find the money to pay the school fees of her carer, who couldn't afford them herself. At 14 she went on hunger strike demanding to be sent to school in England and it is in the UK that she has stayed, building a reputation as a formidable economist, with the wit of mind and the strength of argument to persuade both the British government and the banking sector that she is someone to have inside their tent.

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News: 100 Women

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News: 100 Women

Half the world speaks: the lives of women around the world

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