US-based Rockefeller Foundation today said it has appointed Deepali Khanna as Managing Director for Asia with immediate effect.
Khanna will be the first Indian female 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.
The Rockefeller Foundation has a global grant making portfolio of around USD 200 million per year.
Khanna joined Rockefeller Foundation in 2015. Prior to that she served as Director of Youth Learning with The MasterCard Foundation. She also held multiple leadership positions with Plan International, including Country Director, Vietnam (2003-2007) and Regional Director for East and Southern Africa (2007-2010).'
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