Baiju Shah

Baiju R. Shah is president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, the region's leading economic development organization and, with more than 12,000 members, the largest metropolitan chamber of commerce in the nation. GCP works to accelerate growth and prosperity through strategic initiatives, real estate investment and advocacy. He took the helm in April 2021.

Before GCP he was Senior Fellow for Innovation at the Cleveland Foundation, where he led the Cleveland Innovation Project. Earlier he was CEO of BioMotiv and co-leader of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, a national drug development initiative, and CEO and co-founder of BioEnterprise, an accelerator formed with Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Yale. He chairs Ohio Excels, is a trustee of the Ohio Business Roundtable, sits on the advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and serves on the boards of Destination Cleveland, Team NEO and Global Cleveland. He has been named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.