<p>US President Barack Obama has appointed Gargee Ghosh, an Indian-American expert on development policy and financing, to a key administration post.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ghosh, currently the Director of Policy Analysis and Financing at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been appointed to be a member of the President's Global Development Council.<br /><br />"I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead," Obama said yesterday while announcing several key administration posts along with that of Ghosh.<br /><br />Apart from working in the current position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, since 2012, Ghosh has also held roles in global health and international economics with the Gates Foundation from 2004 to 2009.<br /><br />Previously, she was a Senior Expert in the international development practice at McKinsey & Company, and also worked at Google and the Center for Global Development.<br /><br />She is a member of the advisory board of the University of California San Francisco's Global Health Group.<br /><br />Ghosh received a BA from the University of Victoria, an MSc in Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in International Relations from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.<br /><br />Obama has appointed a number of Indian-Americans in high places than any other US President. <br /></p>
<p>US President Barack Obama has appointed Gargee Ghosh, an Indian-American expert on development policy and financing, to a key administration post.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ghosh, currently the Director of Policy Analysis and Financing at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been appointed to be a member of the President's Global Development Council.<br /><br />"I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead," Obama said yesterday while announcing several key administration posts along with that of Ghosh.<br /><br />Apart from working in the current position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, since 2012, Ghosh has also held roles in global health and international economics with the Gates Foundation from 2004 to 2009.<br /><br />Previously, she was a Senior Expert in the international development practice at McKinsey & Company, and also worked at Google and the Center for Global Development.<br /><br />She is a member of the advisory board of the University of California San Francisco's Global Health Group.<br /><br />Ghosh received a BA from the University of Victoria, an MSc in Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in International Relations from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.<br /><br />Obama has appointed a number of Indian-Americans in high places than any other US President. <br /></p>