Mandeep Rai

Mandeep Rai went from private banking at JP Morgan in London to a pioneering ten years of creative activism, journalism and development.

She used her degree in Politics, Economics and Philosophy to report for the BBC World Service, covering the emerging markets from every angle. She travelled to up to 100 different countries, and produced documentaries, features and programmes on development issues across the board; from environmentalism in Ladakh to luxury goods trafficked into China.

Educated at London Business School, MIT and Harvard Business School, Mandeep has come full circle back to business. Equipped and ready to change the world, Mandeep has been working in the startup space both during and since her MBA, namely with Seedcamp, E-Lab (Hubspot), Mastermind Club (GLG) and The Oath Project (HBS).

She is a board advisor to Start Up Loans, a UK government backed company launched by Lord David Young and chaired by entrepreneur James Caan, with a budget of £117.5m to start over 25,000 businesses for young people between the ages of 18 and 30 in England.

She is also on the board of Creative Visions Foundations and is leading CV London with the charity’s co-founder Kathy Eldon. Mandeep is a member of the Creative Activist community at Creative Visions Foundation.
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