Prior to joining the ICRC she served as a senior director for geopolitics and international security and a member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum. Kaspersen has also worked in business and has had a rich diplomatic and academic career. She is a published author and speaker. Kaspersen is a strong believer in multilateralism and in the power of science and technology diplomacy to ensure responsible innovation and applications.

She is an alumni International Gender Champion, a member of the IEEE Council on Extended Intelligence and Industry Activity on Life Science Innovation and AI and a member of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.

Prior to joining Facebook, Saha spent over eight years as a management consultant with Deloitte, originally joining the firm’s public finance / emerging markets practice where he advised ministries of finance and central banks throughout Africa and Asia on macroeconomic planning and public finance matters. In the post financial crisis period, he advised systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) on stress-testing and capital and liquidity management and later helped to launch Deloitte’s strategic risk practice, designed to help organizations manage the impacts of business model innovation, macroeconomic trends, and geopolitical shifts on their corporate strategies.

Previously, Saha spent several years in the international economic development sector, with NGOs and think tanks, including serving as special assistant to the president of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and as a researcher at Harvard University’s Hauser Institute for Civil Society.

He holds a BA from Kenyon College and MPP (international trade and finance) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.