US based company Rockfeller foundation on Thursday appointed Deepali Khanna as Managing Director for Asia. She will be the first woman leader of the foundation in Asia and will oversee the Foundation’s programmes, initiatives, policy, advocacy, grant making, and partnerships in the Indian sub-continent, China, and Southeast Asia, the Foundation said in a statement.
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Khanna joined the foundation in 2015 and she served as Director of Youth Learning with The MasterCard Foundation and held multiple of leadership positions with Plan International, including Country Director, Vietnam and Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.
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“Expanding our work and partnership in Asia is an important priority for The Rockefeller Foundation,” Rajiv J. Shah, President of the Foundation said adding that “her valuable experience and leadership at the Foundation will help us build on our transformative work in India and other parts of Asia”.