Who's who in #globaldev: January 2020 appointments

Packard Foundation Nancy Lindborg is the new president and CEO at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Lindborg is known for her leadership at the U.S. Institute of Peace as well at U.S. Agency for International Development, where she served as assistant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance. Between 1996-2010, Lindborg also served as president of Mercy Corps. AIIB Andrew Cross is the new chief financial officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, replacing Thierry de Longuemar, who retired in December 2019. De Longuemar will continue to work in an advisory role for AIIB. Cross joined AIIB in May 2019 as assistant CFO. The AIIB board of directors have also appointed Konstantin Limitovskiy as the bank’s vice president for investment operations. In his new role, he will oversee bank investments in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, East Asia, West Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. United Nations U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Raouf Mazou of the Republic of Congo as assistant secretary-general, and to serve as the assistant high commissioner for operations at the U.N. Refugee Agency. Guterres also appointed several new resident coordinators, including: • Chris Mburu of Kenya as U.N. resident coordinator in Congo. • Susana Sottoli of Argentina as U.N. resident coordinator in Bolivia. • Gita Sabharwal of India as U.N. resident coordinator in Thailand. • Zlatan Milišić of Bosnia and Herzegovina as U.N. resident coordinator in Tanzania. United Kingdom Labour Member of Parliament Sarah Champion is the new chair of the U.K.’s International Development Select Committee, which scrutinizes U.K. aid expenditure and policy. She beat three candidates for the position. DAI Eric Postel has joined DAI as its principal development adviser. Previously, he served in senior positions at USAID, including in the agency’s Africa Bureau during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Before USAID, Postel spent over two decades in the private sector, including working as vice president of Citibank in Tokyo and New York. Winrock Patricia McCall is Winrock International’s new vice president of corporate affairs and global strategy. In her new role, McCall is expected to lead the organization in developing impact investment programs, oversee corporate partnerships, and secure philanthropic partners. Before joining Winrock International, she worked in the banking sector, academia, and philanthropy. The Rockefeller Foundation William Asiko is now the managing director of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Africa regional office. Asiko was previously executive director at Grow Africa, and CEO at the Investment Climate Facility for Africa, a pan African development organization that helps government remove barriers to private sector investment. “William’s expertise and deep relationships with civil society, private and public sector leaders across Africa make him an ideal person to lead our work in the Africa region,” Steve VanRoekel, The Rockefeller Foundation’s COO, said in a news release. World Bank The World Bank has appointed Mari Pangestu as its new managing director for development policy and partnerships. She is expected to lead and oversee the work of the bank’s Global Practice Groups, the research and data group of the bank, as well as its external and corporate relations functions, according to a news release. She starts in March 2020. The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery Priya Basu is the new CEO at the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery. Before joining the fund, she was with the World Bank, where she most recently served as head of development finance, and head of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative. She replaces Jean Baderschneider, who will continue to work with the fund as chair of the board. BroadReach Christopher LeGrand will take over as CEO at BroadReach, a health solutions and technology company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, effective Feb. 1. He previously served as president at DAI Global Health, as well as CEO at the global health consulting firm the Futures Group. Out Leadership Fabrice Houdart, co-author of the U.N. Global LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business, is the new managing director for global equality initiatives at Out Leadership, a large coalition of companies working towards LGBTIQ equality globally. He was previously with the World Bank as well as the U.N., where he served as human rights officer at the U.N. office in New York. He also worked on Free & Equal, a U.N. campaign for LGBTIQ equality. Chemonics International Chemonics International has named Victoria Cooper as new senior vice president for its East and Southern Africa regional business unit, where she will oversee and develop the organization’s business strategy, management, and technical programming. The international development consulting firm has also named Julie Becker as senior vice president of its global health division. Becker will lead the firm’s health work in more than 19 countries around the world. ONE Scott McDonald is the ONE Campaign’s new chief development officer. He comes to the job from the International Medical Corps, where he served as director of development and campaigns, and senior adviser on resource development. He also previously worked for the Milken Institute, Guggenheim Museum, International Rescue Committee, and Tony Blair Faith Foundation. UNICEF UNICEF USA has announced Michael Nyenhuis as its new CEO and president, replacing Caryl Stern. Nyenhuis is currently president and CEO at Americares, and previously served as CEO of global nonprofit MAP International. He also served previously on USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, and chaired the board of the Integral Alliance, a global network of faith-based NGOs, according to a news release. He officially joins UNICEF USA in its New York office in March. EBRD Florentine Hopmeier is the new head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s office in Brussels. She comes to the job from the European Commission, where she served in multiple roles, including in the cabinet of EU Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn. Development Initiatives Development Initiatives has appointed Clarence Edwards as head of its external relations in the United States, a new role within the organization. His role is to raise awareness of the organization’s work and build relationships with key stakeholders in the U.S. government, the private sector, foundations, think tank and civil society organizations, according to a news release.