Prof. Joanna Mankad is an Adjunct Faculty – Operations at FLAME University. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Leeds, U.K and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad.

Prof. Joanna brings over two decades of experience as a senior professional across Banking, Shipping and IT with global organizations like Credit-Suisse, Maersk Line, P&O Nedlloyd IT Services, Nihilent Technologies, Task Placemark Consultants & CII. She currently serves on boards in insurance, online consulting & education.

Leveraging on her excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, Prof. Joanna is able to motivate stakeholders across levels to adhere to governance / policy frameworks and increase the professional standards for the organisation. Her deep experience, both domain and general management, equips her with the requisite strategic thinking and the ability to analyse impact of issues across organisational functions and processes.

As a Certified Lead Assessor for Data Privacy by the Data Security Council of India, she advises companies on setting up frameworks and measures to comply with global and Indian regulatory requirements. She is also a subject matter expert for universities and start-ups on corporate governance systems, processes and legalities, compliance framework and structures, management of IT and regulatory risk and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In her spare time she loves to read, cook and paint.