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Biography
Anita Bhatia is a United Nations official, currently serving as Deputy Executive Director of UN Women. Prior to this, Ms. Bhatia served in various senior leadership and management positions at the World Bank Group.

Education and Publications
Anita Bhatia holds a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Calcutta, a master’s degree in Political Science from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law School. She is the author of the book “Privatization in Africa” (World Bank, 1998) and several articles and monographs on issues of private sector development.

Career
In a distinguished career at the World Bank Group and UN Women, serving in senior leadership positions in headquarters and the field, Anita Bhatia specialized in the areas of strategic partnerships, resource mobilization and management.

International Finance Corporation

Anita Bhatia joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in June 2003 as a Senior Private Sector Development Specialist in the Small and Medium Enterprise Department based in Bolivia, later moving to the position of General Manager of the Latin America Technical Assistance Facility in Peru in November of the same year. In this role, she oversaw the creation of IFC Advisory Services in Latin America and grew a very successful program, expanding its footprint into new markets in the region. In 2006, she was appointed the IFC Advisory Services representative on the GlobalLocal “Vision 2010” Task Force. Anita Bhatia set up IFC’s first change management office, the Global Local office, in Washington D.C. in 2007, and played a key role in supporting the implementation of the IFC's decentralization and Vision 2010. Subsequently, she led IFC Business Process Improvement efforts. In 2010, she was appointed IFC’s first Global Head of Knowledge, in which capacity she oversaw knowledge management efforts in the Corporation. In 2011, Anita Bhatia was appointed Director of Partnerships and Advisory Services Operations at the IFC, where she developed and expanded innovative partnerships with public and private sector partners to support IFC strategy in key areas, including fragile and conflict-affected states, gender equality, financial inclusion, support to women-owned businesses and other priorities critical for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She oversaw the areas of financial management, risk management, portfolio management, knowledge management and learning for Advisory Services across the globe.

World Bank Group

From May 2014 to August 2019, Ms. Bhatia served as Director of Development Partner Relations at the World Bank Group, leading efforts to ensure strategic alignment between institutional priorities and resource mobilization across the World Bank Group.

UN Women

In January 2019, Ms. Bhatia joined UN Women [on loan] from the World Bank Group as a Special Advisor on Resource Mobilization and Partnerships. On 30 May 2019, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced the appointment of Anita Bhatia as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships at UN Women. Her priorities in this role encompass the expanding and deepening of UN Women’s resource base and partnerships, management excellence, improving the workplace, maximizing influence, focusing on impact and making achievements sustainable and increasing coherence across UN Women.

Personal life
Anita Bhatia is married to John L. Newman. They have two children, Leela Bhatia-Newman and Rohan Bhatia-Newman.

Published works
"Privatization in Africa"(World Bank, 1998)

References/Notes and references
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/anita-bhatia https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/directorate/ded-resource-management-sustainability-and-partnerships https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/indian-origin-anita-bhatia-appointed-as-un-womens-deputy-executive-director/articleshow/69592329.cms https://www.devex.com/news/authors/anita-b-1483084 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/anita-bhatia-appointed-un-women-deputy-executive-director/article27376209.ece https://msmagazine.com/2020/03/27/the-ms-qa-un-womens-anita-bhatia-on-how-coronavirus-impacts-women-around-the-world/ https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/un-women-deputy-executive-director-anita-bhatia-interview/ https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/anita-bhatia-united-nations-assistant-secretary-general-un-women-antonio-guterres-1539436-2019-05-31