SUZMAN
Mark
Chief Executive Officer of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Organization: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Date of Birth: 20 September 1960
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Age: 64 years old
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Profession: Chief Executive Officer
Biography
Mark Suzman is Chief Executive Officer of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Career and Education
A native of South Africa, Suzman joined the foundation in 2007 as director of Global Development Policy & Advocacy, becoming president of Global Policy & Advocacy in 2012 and taking on the additional responsibilities of the foundation’s first chief strategy officer in 2016. As president, he helped build and manage the foundation’s growing global presence in Europe, Africa, India, and China, as well as overseeing all government relations, philanthropic partnerships, and strategic communications in the United States and globally. As chief strategy officer, he led an overhaul of the foundation’s approach to developing and measuring strategic priorities.
Before joining the foundation, Suzman held multiple positions at the United Nations, including senior advisor for policy and strategic communications in the Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and policy director at the United Nations Development Program. Prior to that, he was a correspondent for the Financial Times, serving in Johannesburg, London, and Washington, D.C. He holds a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
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