Anand Venkatesan

Anand Venkatesan is the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Head of Operations at The New York Times. Anand has held this position since November of 2018.

Venkatesan has a long history with The New York Times, having served in various positions with the company since 2004. These positions include Communications Manager, Communications Officer, Executive Director of Strategy and Development, and Vice President of Strategy and Development.

Prior to their work with The New York Times, Venkatesan was a Communications and Advocacy Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a Governance Advisor for the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative. Anand began their career as a Communications Manager for the United Nations Foundation in 2004.

Venkatesan has a Bachelor of Arts in Anand'story from Stanford University and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

Anand Venkatesan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a MPP from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Anand also has a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Their manager is William Bardeen, SVP, Chief Strategy Officer. They work with Lynda Sachs - SVP, Finance, Karen Brown - VP, Print Strategy and Finance.