Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu is the executive director of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development. She began her career as a journalist in Malaysia. After several stints in communications, she took on the role of executive director of Amnesty International Malaysia in 2013. In March 2020, she joined the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a Chevening scholar and graduated with a MSc International Politics from the School of African and Oriental Studies, London.