Sandhya Devanathan is set to join OpenAI as Vice President, SEA and Australia, according to sources. She will be based in Singapore and will report to Kiran Mani, Managing Director, APAC & Japan.
Devanathan joins OpenAI after more than a decade at Meta, where she most recently served as Vice President & Head - India and South East Asia. She joined Meta in 2016 and held leadership roles across its Southeast Asia and APAC businesses.
At Meta, Devanathan helped build the company’s Singapore and Vietnam businesses and teams, as well as its e-commerce initiatives in Southeast Asia. In 2020, she moved to lead Gaming for APAC, one of Meta’s largest global verticals.
She was appointed Vice President of Meta India in 2022, where she focused on aligning the organisation’s business and revenue priorities with the needs of its partners and clients, while supporting the company’s growth in India.
Announcing her departure from Meta, Devanathan had said, “After more than a decade at Meta, I’ve made the bittersweet decision to move on to my next adventure. Saying goodbye to this incredible company and my amazing colleagues has been really difficult, but I leave with a heart full of gratitude and excitement about what lies ahead”.
She had also said that she would take a short break before moving to her next role, adding, “After a short break, I’m looking forward to my next exciting chapter - will share more on that soon”.
Devanathan is a global business leader with over two decades of experience spanning banking, payments and technology.
