Leena Bhutta

Leena Bhutta is the current Chief Investment Officer at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Bhutta began their career in 2000 as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs. After two years in that position, they became a Junior Analyst at Joho Capital in 2002. Leena was promoted to Senior Research Analyst in 2006 and remained in that role until 2011, when they left to become the Director of Alternative Investments at The Hollyhock Foundation.

Bhutta remained in that role until December 2017, when they were named the Chief Investment Officer at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Leena Bhutta has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics/Mathematics from Wellesley College.

They work with Guli Basu - CTO, Adrienne Fisher - Director of Grants Management & Evaluation, and Zeyba Rahman - Director for the Building Bridges Program. Leena Bhutta reports to Sam Gill, President & CEO. Some individuals on their team include Jennifer Katz - Director, Investments, Lisa Yeh - Investment Operations Manager, and Cynthia Haidar - Associate Director, Investments.