Zheela is Director of Index Press, which produces deeply researched guides for founders, supporting them through their most critical challenges.
Since 2016, she has worked closely with Dominic Jacquesson to create four books for entrepreneurs about scaling startups, including the most recent, Scaling through Chaos, accompanied by the TeamPlan web app. The other books are Rewarding Talent (together with the OptionPlan web app), Destination USA, and Destination Europe.
Before Index, Zheela was the co-founder of Pakathon, a global network of changemakers and Director of Product at Metail, accelerating sustainability in the apparel industry. She created Upscale and Net-Zero for Tech Nation, which were the UK’s first Series A and Climate-Tech accelerators.
Zheela grew up in Pakistan, studied at Yale & MIT and lives in London. Her varied experiences bring a nuanced and open-minded approach to creating impact for startups and founders.