Ananda Shakespeare is a former journalist turned PR practitioner, and a lifelong environmentalist and vegan advocate. She founded two environmental charities in the UK, and currently runs two non-profit groups, one for the vegan community and ‘vegan curious’, another for the media community, both based in Dubai, UAE. 

She spent several years as head of content for a telecoms firm, before founding her own PR firm, Shakespeare Communications, which works with sustainable, ethical and innovative clients.