The United States has nominated Amy Pope to be the next director general of the International Organization for Migration. Pope is the current deputy director general for management and reform at the organization.
A lawyer by training, Pope has been at the current role for a little over a year. Before that, she was a White House senior migration adviser at the beginning of the Biden administration. She will bring to the role years of national security experience following her time as a leading adviser with the National Security Council during President Barack Obama’s tenure at the White House.
Here’s a look at other high-level job moves, leadership changes, and executive appointments in global development during October.
Anuradha Gupta has joined the Sabin Vaccine Institute as president of global immunization. She spent the last 8 years of her career as deputy CEO at Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, or Gavi.