Mandeep Rai
Mandeep Rai
Founder
The Values Compass, United Kingdom
Author of The Values Compass: What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life and Leadership
2021 Top Thinker to Watch (Thinkers50)
Highly Commended Business Book of the Year in the DEI (Diversity, Equality & Inclusion category)
Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has travelled to more than 150 countries and reported as a journalist for the BBC World Service and Reuters, amongst others.
She began her career in private banking at JPMorgan, and later worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and grassroots NGOs before setting up the UAE’s first media venture capital fund.
Mandeep studied philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), has an MSc in International Development from the London School of Economics, and completed an MBA at London Business School, with a year at Harvard Business School and MIT. She also holds a PhD in global values.