Sarika is an experienced business leader in a mixture of public and private organisations, and has worked as a senior corporate finance professional at Zeus Caps (a principal investment and advisory platform focused on infrastructure and related sectors operating in India, Europe and the Middle East) and Grant Thornton.

Sarika is the Chair of abrdn Equity Investment Trust plc and is a non-executive director of and chair of the audit committee at Foresight Forestry Fund plc. Sarika is the Chair of Action for Children and is a board member of the Office for Nuclear Regulation where she chairs the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee.

Sarika is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Marketer and is a double graduate in Law and Commerce.