Shatabhisha Shetty is the Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network. She is a co-founder of the European Leadership Network (ELN), serving as Deputy Director for over ten years before joining APLN. She is a member of the ELN Executive Board. Her research interests include arms control, strategic risk reduction, and global disarmament diplomacy, and has written and spoken internationally on an array of defense and nuclear-related issues. Educated at University College London, she has a Master in International Public Policy and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in 2004.