Ethiopian American Mimi Alemayehu has been appointed to the board of directors of Twitter.
Mimi who is currently a Senior Vice President for Public – Private Partnership at Mastercard has 29 years of experience in marketing and investment sectors.
Twitter announced Mimi’s expertise would contribute to the better social corporate responsibility and enhance the company’s mission to create international community.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Ms. Alemayehou was the Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors for Black Rhino Group, (a portfolio company of Blackstone) an investment platform focused on the development and acquisition of energy and infrastructure assets across Africa, based in Dakar, Senegal.
Her previous roles included Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the development finance agency of the U.S. Government, which provides loans, guarantees, and insurance to catalyze foreign direct investment and private equity into emerging markets.
Ms. Alemayehou was appointed to the post by President Obama and confirmed unanimously by the full Senate. During Ms. Alemayehou’ tenure from 2010 to 2014, OPIC’s portfolio grew by more than 24 percent to $18 billion and the corporation’s Africa portfolio tripled to nearly $4 billion. Previously, Ms. Alemayehou was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Executive Director on the Board of Directors for the African Development Bank (AfDB).
ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊቷ ሚሚ አለማየሁ የትዊተር የዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ አባል ሆና መመረጧን ድርጀቱ አስታውቋል፡፡
ከ20 ዓመታት በላይ የኢንቨስትመንት እና የገበያ ባለሞያነት ልምድ ሚሚን ለቦርድ አባልነት አብቅቷታል ተብሏል፡፡
በዓለም ላይ ህዝባዊ ውይይቶች እንዲዳብሩ ዓልሞ እየሰራ ያለውን ትዊተር አደንቃለሁ ያለችው ሚሚ በበኩሏ የትዊተር ገለልተኛ ቦርድ አባል በመሆኔ ኩራት ተሰምቶኛል ስትል ደስታዋን ገልፃለች፡፡
ሚሚ አለማየሁ በማስተርካርድ የመንግስት እና የግል ጥምረት ከፍተኛ ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት በመሆን እያለገለች ትገኛለች፡፡
Source: EBC
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