Fifteen engineering students joined Nottingham Alumnus; Shash Patel to discover his journey to success.
A group of engineering students attended a virtual networking event with alumnus and leader Shash Patel. The event, “lunch with a leader”, was open to all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students within the faculty. Students who wished to take part were required to put together an application for 1 of 15 places on the event.
The “Lunch with a Leader” event provides current students the opportunity to hear from an alumnus about their journey to success and an opportunity to network. The event would normally take place in person, however due to the ongoing pandemic the format of the event was moved online.
About our Alumnus; Shash Patel
Current Role
Director, Information Risk Management & Privacy, Air Products
Course studied
Theoretical Mechanics (Mathematics with Engineering)
Year of Graduation
1983
In his role, Shash is responsible for information governance, including risk assessments and response activities, which encompass the evaluation, mitigation, and reporting of information and privacy risks. This includes:
- leading an enterprise wide Information Risk Management (IRM) program covering Intellectual Asset Protection (IAP)
- Data Privacy (acting as the Chief Privacy Officer)
- Enterprise Records Management
He is currently Co-Chair of Spectrum Europe (The European chapter of Air Products’ LGBT+ Employee Resource Group) and is on the Tech Partnership Degrees Employer Board. His volunteering activities are focused on STEM related mentoring, education and awareness with Tech Partnership Degrees and charities such as SATRO and TeenTech.
Previous business roles include in the Air Products’ Corporate Risk Office, as Director of Intellectual Asset Protection. Prior to that, he has held various IT leadership roles including Global Director of Business Relationship Management and Director of IT Security, Compliance and Risk Management.
Over his career, he has lived and worked in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States of America.
Posted on Friday 6th November 2020