President Biden Nominates Ex-HP CEO Margaret Whitman as US Ambassador to Kenya

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United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday, 8th December nominated former Hewlett Packard CEO and president Margaret C. Whitman (Meg) as America’s ambassador to Kenya.

If approved by the Senate she will replace Kyle McCarter who resigned following the end of Donald Trump administration on 20th January 2021.

The position is currently under Eric Kneedler who was appointed as the interim American Ambassador to Kenya shortly after Joe Biden was sworn in as 46th President of the United States.

According to the White House statement, Whitman is a business executive and former candidate for Governor of California, is a Member of the Board of Procter and Gamble and General Motors, and a National Board Chair at Teach for America.

She is the former CEO of Quibi, a streaming content platform for mobile devices, and a former President and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the Hewlett Packard Company, eBay, and FTD. She has held senior leadership positions at Hasbro, StrideRite Corporation and the Walt Disney Corporation, and she is a former partner at Bain and Co.

Whitman received a B.A from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Among numerous honors, Meg has been inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame and the US Business Hall of Fame.

She received an Honorary Doctor of Business Practice from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School and was awarded the Corporate Citizenship Award by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc.

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