Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL is one of the UK's most distinctive voices on entrepreneurship, governance, technology, and economic ideas. He is the creator and host of Thought Economics — a journal of intellectual capital read in over 120 countries, featuring exclusive one-to-one interviews with Nobel laureates, heads of state, and the world's leading thinkers.
Vikas was awarded an MBE for Services to Business and the Economy in the Queen's 2018 New Year's Honours List, and in 2021 became a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester. He is a Non-Executive Director at the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Institute of Directors, and chairs the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee at the UK Government's Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ). He is Chairman of Rdentify, an AI scale-up, and a board director at Certo Aerospace.
A published author — Thought Economics (Michael O'Mara Books) — conference chair, and moderator, Vikas brings intellectual rigour and warmth to complex conversations on leadership, AI, deep tech, and the future of business. He is an Honorary Professor of Business at the Alliance Business School, University of Manchester, and has been recognised alongside the New York Times, Financial Times, and National Geographic for best writing in editorial.
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