Sai Shanmugarajah

Sai is responsible for Governance and Professional Standards at Ciarb. He leads on maintaining effective corporate governance across all decision-making entities of the organisation. In his capacity as lead compliance and risk officer for Ciarb, Sai ensures the organisation meets its regulatory obligations in the UK and internationally. As the lead officer for Professional Standards, Sai and his team ensure that all Ciarb members maintain the expected standards of propriety and professional conduct befitting an internationally recognised Chartered membership body.

A specialist in Board and strategic leadership development, senior talent management and corporate governance, Sai brings over 20 years’ direct experience of working within and with the UK Civil Service and private consultancy - as an advisor, practitioner, author and trainer. He has operated at central and local government levels, internationally, in industry and with front line public services - helping clients develop and achieve their organisational goals through effective governance and improvements to operational efficiency. He has made major contributions to Board and organisation development thought leadership in central government and the NHS. Sai was, more recently, Company Secretary at the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children’s Charity and Director of Governance at the Chartered Insurance Institute.

In his operational roles Sai has successfully managed, often complex, governance processes to optimise operating capability and efficiency. He has conducted quality assurance and capability reviews of organisations across the public sector helping them achieve operational effectiveness across delivery channels. In advisory and consulting roles, Sai has provided strategic leadership support to senior leaders, on areas including Board and Director development; succession planning; recruitment and assessment of senior leaders (most recently across the NHS, Ministry of Defence and MET Police).

Additionally, Sai runs workshops for Business School students (at Imperial College and London Business School to name but a few) designed to develop their emotional intelligence and empathic capacity. Sai helps students become more empathetic leaders, who are more in tune with themselves, those around them and the environments in which they will operate as a leader.