Vatsala Joseph leads Shakti’s financial strategy and manages all financial activities ranging from budgeting , internal controls, compliance, legal, reporting, monitoring and audits including grant and contract management. Prior to joining Shakti in July 2012, Vatsala worked with Care, Oxfam and AIACHE. With over 27 years of experience, Vatsala specialises in financial planning, process and procedure implementation, fund management, budgeting, donor financial contract management, audits, taxation and general administration. She has extensive experience in administering large budgets funded by donors like USAID, DFID, British High Commission, European Union, ECHO, UNICEF, UNDP and CIDA.