Priya Guha

{{Short description|British business executive (born 1973)}}

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{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Priya Guha
MBE

| office = British Consul-General in San Francisco

| image = Priya Guha.jpg

| preceded = Julian Evans

| primeminister = David Cameron

| succeeded = Andrew Whittaker

| occupation = Businesswoman

| term_start = April 2011

| term_end = August 2016

}}

Priya Guha MBE (born 1973){{cite web |last=Mackie |first=Colin |title=A Directory of British Diplomats |url=http://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf |date=25 July 2016 |accessdate=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104239/http://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} is a British business executive who is general manager of Rocketspace in London,{{cite web |url=http://www.rocketspace.com/about |title=Executive Team + Advisors |publisher=Rocketspace |accessdate=27 October 2017}} and a Venture Partner at [https://www.merianventures.com/ Merian Venture Capital], a venture capital firm that funds female entrepreneurs in tech.{{Cite web |last=EV |date=2024-04-30 |title=The CEO Letters – Priya Guha{{!}} By EV |url=https://estrellaventures.com/blog/the-ceo-letters-priya-guha/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=EV |language=en}} Previously she was a diplomat who served as British Consul-General in San Francisco 2011–2016. She was the first woman to hold the post.{{cite web

| url = http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/sf/our-consul-general/priya-guha-bio

| title = Our Consul-General Priya Guha

| date = 10 September 2011

| author = British Embassy Washington

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120701084917/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/sf/our-consul-general/priya-guha-bio

| archive-date = 1 July 2012

| accessdate = 6 August 2016

}}{{Cite web

| url = https://www.gov.uk/government/people/priya-guha

| title = Priya Guha - GOV.UK

| website = www.gov.uk

| series = British Consul General in San Francisco

| access-date = 29 January 2016

}}{{Cite web

| url = http://babcsf.org/about-us/directors-staff/priya-guha

| title = About Us – Directors & Staff – Priya Guha

| website = babcsf.org

| publisher = Northern California British-American Business Council

| access-date = 29 January 2016

}}

Guha studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and joined the Foreign Office in 1996. Prior to San Francisco, she spent four years at the British High Commission in India, where she was First Secretary for Political and Bilateral Affairs (2007–11), leading on Indian politics and the UK-India bilateral relationship.