Tejal Maniar

Tejal is a strategic finance and transformation leader with 20 years of experience driving commercial growth and operational excellence across the telecommunications sector. She has held senior executive roles, including Managing Director and Finance Director at BT, where she led large-scale transformation programmes — investing in new technology, scaling operations, and delivering sustainable profit improvement.

Her expertise spans financial governance, commercial strategy, and organisational redesign. She has a strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business impact. Drawing on recent study at Cambridge Judge Business School, Tejal brings a thoughtful approach to embedding inclusion, equity, and long-term value creation into organisational strategy.

She is passionate about building inclusive, high-performance cultures and brings a deep commitment to accountability and social impact to her role as a trustee.