OpenAI has appointed Sandhya Devanathan, a senior executive from Meta Platforms (META.O), to lead its Southeast Asia and Australia business to capture growth across markets of more than 600 million people. Devanathan will be OpenAI’s top regional official, based in Singapore and reporting to APAC managing director Kiran Mani, responsible for consumer user growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, operations and regulatory engagement. She will take up the newly created role in October. Devana

OpenAI has appointed Sandhya Devanathan, a senior executive from Meta Platforms (META.O), to lead its Southeast Asia and Australia business to capture growth across markets of more than 600 million people. Devanathan will be OpenAI’s top regional official, based in Singapore and reporting to APAC managing director Kiran Mani, responsible for consumer user growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, operations and regulatory engagement. She will take up the newly created role in October. Devanathan said on LinkedIn she is leaving Meta; an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the appointment.