Alisha is the Director of TrustLaw Connect. Prior to joining the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Alisha was Senior Manager of Community Investment at Standard Chartered Bank. Alisha oversaw global strategy on community initiatives in the Bank’s 70+ countries. One of Alisha’s key achievements was the successful design and implemetation of the award-winning, Goal programme, a global initiative which uses sport to empower adolescent girls with life skills and financial literacy.
Prior to joining the Standard Chartered, Alisha was Senior Director of Corporate Social Engagement at Changing Our World, developing strategic social responsibility programmes for corporate and nonprofit clients including ConAgra Foods, the UN World Food Programme, and MasterCard International, among others. She also worked as a management consultant for Monitor Group.
Alisha is a trustee of Coin Street Community Builders, Women Win, and an advisor to Lend-A-Hand India. She received a Master’s Degree in Gender, Development, and Globalisation from the London School of Economics where she studied Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality, and graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Women’s Studies.