Jay Sheth

Jay was formerly Head of Economics, Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Virgin Money. Whilst at Virgin Money, he co-led the company’s work on the HM Treasury Women in Finance (WIF) Review and subsequent HMT WIF Charter. Jay left Virgin Money in late 2019 to spend some travelling around Central Asia, indulging his great interest in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Before Virgin Money, he worked for the European Commission, the CBI and the Treasury Committee, and in the UK House of Parliament as a Senior Economist and Policy Specialist. This included a secondment to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS), where he was part of the team that drafted the final report of the Commission on culture and standards in banking. Jay is a trustee of Hackney Empire and a member of the advisory board of Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF).