{"id":8234,"date":"2016-09-03T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfglobal.org\/?post_type=press&p=8234"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:23:16","slug":"wadhwani-foundation-focus-india-sea-latin-america-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/wadhwanifoundation.org\/id\/press\/wadhwani-foundation-focus-india-sea-latin-america-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayasan Wadhwani mengintensifkan fokus pada India, Asia Tenggara, Amerika Latin dan Afrika Timur"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an endeavor to strengthen its fast growing global footprint, Wadhwani Foundation today announced the appointment of Suman Sasmal, Managing Director – India and Asia, Javier Campos, Managing Director – Latin America and Varsy Wanjau, Managing Director – East Africa. This further shores up the highly skilled and experienced global management team at the Foundation and reaffirms its global job creation strategy led through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development initiatives.<\/p>\n

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This strategic hiring aligns with the Wadhwani Foundation’s mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies. The Foundation is present in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Bangladesh in Asia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia in East Africa and soon in Mexico, Chile, Columbia and Peru in Latin America. In each of these countries the Foundation is forging partnerships with governments, educational institutes, corporates, mentors \/ investors networks, associations, to create entrepreneurial and skilling eco-systems by sharing IP, resources and experiences from its journey in India. It has plans to expand to 15-20 more countries in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, by 2020.<\/p>\n

Emphasizing on the strategic importance of these hires, Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO, Wadhwani Foundation said, “The Foundation has developed a tried and tested model for job creation and job fulfillment in India, and is now rapidly scaling operations in multiple emerging economies. Leveraging technology, building capacity networks and establishing government partnerships form the cornerstone of this expansion strategy.<\/p>\n

Having tested this expansion model in Malaysia and Indonesia earlier, the Foundation is now launching its initiatives in multiple countries in East Africa, Latin America and Asia. To achieve these objectives, the Wadhwani Foundation is pleased to have on board three seasoned professionals, Suman Sasmal, Javier Campos and Varsy Wanjau to head India& Asia, Latin America and East Africa regions respectively. With their years of experience managing businesses and technology, the Foundation hopes to accelerate scaling and accessibility of its entrepreneurship and skilling initiatives, globally”.<\/p>\n


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