Meta's India and Southeast Asia VP Sandhya Devanathan is joining OpenAI to oversee consumer growth and enterprise adoption across SE Asia and Australia (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Sandhya Devanathan, formerly Meta's India and Southeast Asia vice president, is joining OpenAI to oversee consumer growth and enterprise adoption across Southeast Asia and Australia. She will be based in Singapore and report to OpenAI's Asia-Pacific managing director, Kiran Mani. Devanathan will be responsible for consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations.

Devanathan is leaving Meta after more than a decade at the company. Her departure follows Prabhjeet Singh's appointment as OpenAI's India head. OpenAI has been expanding its presence across the Asia Pacific, opening offices in several countries.

Meta's India managing director, Arun Srinivas, will now report directly to Benjamin Joe, the company's vice president for Asia-Pacific, following Devanathan's departure.

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