Shalini Mahtani is one of Hong Kong’s most authoritative and respected voices on social issues, particularly diversity and inclusion. In addition to founding The Zubin Foundation, amongst the city’s most accomplished non-profit organisation’s on racial diversity, Shalini is the founder of Community Business, the first organization in Asia that brings together companies around women, LGBT, and disabilities at work and one of the founders of The Women’s Foundation. Shalini is a qualified accountant and spent her early years in PWC. Shalini’s strength is the intersection of community, business and public policy.

Shalini is a thought leader and has helped to influence public policy on transport, special needs, children and board diversity. She has held positions on various government advisory and statutory bodies including the Transport Advisory Committee and the Commission for Children, amongst others. Shalini is the recipient of numerous accolades including the Medal of Honour by the Hong Kong SAR government and the MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Shalini was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.

Shalini is from Hong Kong, married and has three children. She is a graduate of The London School of Economics and her executive education is from Harvard, Yale and Lee Kuan Yue Schools of Public Policy.

Sala will be the Moderator of the Seminar.

Sala works full-time as a mediator focusing on families in Hong Kong. She is an accredited mediator (Australia NMAS) (USA FINRA) (Hong Kong HKMAAL/HKIAC) (UK CEDR). She teaches as an adjunct associate professor at HKU in the LLM ADR Programme (Financial Dispute Resolution / Family Mediation). Sala originally qualified as a solicitor in the UK (1995) and HK (1996). She attended the University of Bristol (LLB Hons) and Pepperdine University (LLM).