Tayyeb Shah advises universities and governments on transnational education and international partnerships, through HSC Education. He is President of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) for 2026-27, a voluntary role separate from his advisory work. He was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Partnerships) at The University of Western Australia and Deputy Vice President (Global Business Development) at King's College London, where he initiated and led the negotiation of what became the SUSTech-King's College London School of Medicine. He is a trustee of Brightside and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was educated at Oxford, Cambridge and SOAS.