Dr Manjari Prashar MBA. PhD.

Manjari is an executive level facilitator and qualified executive coach bringing an intersectional and cross-cultural lens to her work. Manjari works with individuals to help shape personal career and leadership journeys that embrace authenticity, visibility and confident action towards self-defined progression. She is an expert at facilitating individual and group discussions to identify barriers and forge a purpose-driven path to success.
Manjari has worked with Delta Alpha Psi at organisations such as Black Women in Asset Management, British Black Business Awards, EY’s gender and race/ethnicity programmes and 100 Black Women Professors Now. She has contributed to the award-winning Linklaters Women’s Leadership Programme for accelerating talent for over 10 years. She has coached executives at HSBC through Cranfield’s Customised Executive Development team.
Manjari is a visiting fellow at the Gender, Leadership and Inclusion centre at Cranfield’s School of Management. She regularly lectures on Inclusive Leadership and Cross-Cultural Management modules. She also contributes to research, including research related to the Parker Review of ethnicity on boards.
She has an MBA from McGill University and a PhD from Cranfield School of Management. Her experience as an account manager at the Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank, and communications consultant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) grounds her in the everyday realities of work and leadership. Manjari has completed the Professional Certification in Executive Coaching at Henley Business School as well as a course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Manjari has lived and worked in India, Canada, United States, France, and UK. She speaks English, French, and Hindi.

Recent research and articles:

• Navigating barriers to senior leadership for people from minority ethnic groups in FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies
  • https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/35607f19-d045-4270-a0a6-e6d2647a03ce/Navigating-barriers-to-senior-leadership-for-people-from-minority-ethnic-groups-in-FTSE-100-and-FTSE-250-companies.pdf
• The conversation on Race: The Law Society:
  • https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/en/topics/ethnic-minority-lawyers/the-conversation-on-race
• Diversity of UK Boards: The Parker Review
  • https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ethnic-diversity-of-uk-boards-the-parker-review