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Shaffi Mather is a Serial Entrepreneur, Lawyer & Public Policy Analyst.

Shaffi previously founded the pioneering Emergency Ambulance Service in India (Dial 1298 for Ambulance / Ziqitza Health Care Limited – www.zhl.in) which is the largest for profit Ambulance Company in the Developing World and Lifesupporters Institute of Health Sciences which is now Asia's largest Pre-hospital Care Training Oragnization. He was the founding CEO and presently the lead Promoter of the company. The company presently runs over 1250 Ambulances with 6000+ employees and serves over 2.0 million transports annually. Investors include Acumen Fund, Envision Health Care (World's Largest Emergency Care Company) and India's leading three financial institutions - HDFC, IDFC & IVFA.

Shaffi is a Mason Fellow in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University graduating with a Master in Public Administration degree (MPA) in 2008. He is educated at the Mahatma Gandhi University, India – St. Pauls College (B Com), University of Pittsburgh, USA (MBA – Strategic Planning & Policy and Marketing), University of Bridgeport, USA (MBA - Finance) and the London School of Economics, UK where he was a Chevening Senior Scholar in Leadership & Excellence.

Shaffi’s TED Speech has proposed a radical new fee for service initiative to assist citizens to fight individual demands for bribes. (https://www.ted.com/talks/shaffi_mather_a_new_way_to_fight_corruption)

Shaffi is YGL (WEF), World Young Leader (BMW Foundations), Asia Young Leader (Asia Society), Ted Fellow (TED), Aspen ILI (Aspen Institute), Kenneth Galbraith Scholar (Harvard University) & British Chevening Senior Scholar

Shaffi was one of the three Social Entrepreneurs from India invited by President Obama to the US President’s Summit on Social Entrepreneurship in Washington DC in 2009 and also member of the select group with whom President Obama had discussions during his India visit. Shaffi was also selected as a Future International Leader by British Government in 2012 where he was invited to spend time with senior British Government officials in London over two weeks.