FORA.tv Speaker - Lata Krishnan

Lata Krishnan is CFO for Shah Capital Partners. She was a co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of SMART Modular Technologies, a publicly held company recognized as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 Fastest Growing Public Companies.

Krishnan has also held corporate accounting and finance positions at Montgomery Securities, Arthur Andersen & Company LLP, and Hill Vellacott & Company in London, England. She received a B.S. with honors from the London School of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Krishnan is also the President of the American India Foundation, a premier foundation with a long-term commitment to accelerating social and economic development in India.

She is also a Board Member of the Commonwealth Club, American India Foundation and the San Jose Repertory Theater, Fellow of the American Leadership Forum and Advisor for the Global Philanthropy Forum.