Ruchir Shah

Director of External Affairs for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, and formerly head of policy and campaigns for the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Ruchir has been a leading light in mobilising civil society around the Open Government and Sustainable Development Goals. He was, for a number of years, a member of the grants panel for the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund, is a member of the Government’s Data Delivery Group, and an elected member of the UK Open Government Steering Group. In his current role, Ruchir is also supporting sector-wide development around Conservation Finance and Digital Transformation within the environment sector. 

Ruchir Shah
Director of External Affairs