Tejal Shah

Former Chief Talent Officer, Kantar

Tejal is a commercially-focused enterprise transformation leader with expertise in private equity-backed value creation, AI-enabled productivity and operating model redesign. She partners with CEOs, boards and executive leadership teams to deliver measurable business impact through performance improvement, cost optimisation, organisational simplification and future-ready capability building.

Tejal is presenting at the Workforce Solutions Conference 2026
Responsible use of data and algorithmic decision-making
Wednesday 7 October, 9:00 – 9:40, Conference Room C

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Professional background

Known for leading transformation in complex and ambiguous environments, Tejal combines commercial rigour with a people-centred approach, helping organisations adopt AI at pace, scale capability and unlock productivity gains across FTSE 100 companies, global corporates and private equity portfolios.

Her work has been recognised through award-winning enterprise transformation programmes and as a multi-year executive inclusion role model, reflecting her ability to build inclusive, high-performing cultures that deliver sustainable impact. Her experience spans financial services, private equity, M&A, real estate and marketing, including roles with PwC, European Capital, Standard Chartered and Kantar.