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Malini Mehra Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 29, 2026 • 4 min read

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AgeNot Known

BirthplacePunjab, India

ProfessionBusinesswoman, Civil Society Leader

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseNick Mabey

FamilyThree children, father Dr. Madhav Mehra (IAS officer, entrepreneur); mother name not known

Malini Mehra Biography

Malini Mehra is an Indian-born businesswoman and civil society leader based in London. A trained political scientist and gender specialist, she has worked

Early life and background
Malini Mehra was born in India and spent much of her childhood in Kolkata. Her family has roots across northern and eastern India, including Lahore, Delhi, Amritsar, Kolkata and Himachal Pradesh. Members of her maternal family were active in the Indian independence movement. Her father, Madhav Mehra, worked with Indian Railways, served as an IAS officer and later founded the Institute of Directors in India.

Mehra studied in Kolkata at the Calcutta International School before moving overseas for higher education. She earned a BA in Government and Women’s Studies from Smith College in the United States and completed an MA in Gender and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Career
Malini Mehra’s professional life blends sustainability, human rights and public policy. She founded the Centre for Social Markets (CSM) in 2000, an Indian NGO that focuses on corporate responsibility and climate change. Over the last three decades she has worked across international campaigns and institutions, including long-term engagement with the United Nations on issues such as sustainable development, human development reporting and disaster risk reduction.

Her early international work included campaigning at major global conferences, such as the UN Beijing Women’s Conference in 1995 and the UNFCCC Kyoto meeting in 1997. She has been involved in trade and human rights debates, and participated in WTO-related work in the late 1990s.

Mehra led projects for the UK government in the mid-2000s on international sustainable development and helped establish intergovernmental partnerships with countries including China, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa. She also served as an adviser to the UN Secretary-General on UN–civil society reform and held advisory roles for UN bodies such as UNICEF and UNCTAD.

In November 2014 she became chief executive of the international secretariat of GLOBE, the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment, where she developed initiatives on treaty coherence, youth engagement, legislative–judiciary dialogue on climate change, gender equality and citizenship education. She has held board and advisory positions with a range of organisations and companies, including China Dialogue, the Global Reporting Initiative, Rugmark International, Hewlett-Packard, Kimberly-Clark, Tetra Pak and BHP Billiton, and she spent around a decade serving on Unilever’s top sustainability body.

Mehra has received several recognitions for her leadership, including being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Asian Woman of the Year, and an Asia 21 Young Leader of the Asia Society. She has also been identified as a Principal Voice by CNN/TIME.

Public profile
Mehra has been active as a public speaker and moderator on climate, governance and gender issues. She has authored articles on women’s reproductive rights, climate change, trade and human rights, and has contributed to UN knowledge platforms. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as an ambassador for organisations including the Global Challenges Foundation and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Foundation UK. In 2017 she served as Commissioner on Sustainable Development to the Mayor of London.

Beyond advocacy and governance work, Mehra is an endurance athlete who has completed marathons, triathlons and long-distance swims. In 2018 she launched the Teach A Girl to Swim campaign to raise awareness about drowning; the campaign included extensive long-distance swimming across countries such as India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, the Philippines and the UK, and she completed an Ironman triathlon as part of that effort.

Her language skills include fluency in six languages, and she has a strong personal interest in history, particularly political and women’s history. In her free time she enjoys gardening and outdoor activities with family and friends.

Latest updates
In March 2023 Malini Mehra attended a Chatham House session in London where she questioned political leader Rahul Gandhi about the state of democracy in India. Her exchange at that event was recorded and widely circulated online, generating both support and criticism. The encounter brought renewed public attention to her views on India and her broader profile as an Indian-born civil society leader based in the UK.

Mehra continues to serve on boards and advisory panels related to environment and development, and in 2023 chaired the board of trustees of the Institute of European Environmental Policy in the UK.

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Recent Work

Chief Executive, GLOBE International secretariat

Joined as chief executive in November 2014 and led initiatives on treaty coherence, youth engagement, legislative–judiciary dialogue on climate change, gender equality and citizenship education.

2014
Founder and CEO, Centre for Social Markets (CSM)

Established the Indian NGO in 2000 to work on corporate responsibility and climate change.

2000
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Career Highlights

  1. Founder and CEO of the Centre for Social Markets
  2. Chief Executive of GLOBE International secretariat (from November 2014)
  3. Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum
  4. Serving as Commissioner on Sustainable Development to the Mayor of London (2017)
  5. Ambassadorial and advisory roles with international NGOs and UN bodies
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