Financial Times: The Monday Interview: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Gates Foundation CEO
“When she is traveling in the developing world, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, a world-renowned oncologist and chief executive of the $40bn Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is often mistaken for a secretary. She finds it funny rather than offensive. ‘They’ll look for the chief executive of the Gates Foundation … and not look for a woman,’ she laughs, when we meet…” (Greenhalgh, 3/27).