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Karen Jaques

Regional Senior Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa

Since 2022, Karen Jaques has served as the senior regional vice president for sub-Saharan Africa at Operation Smile. She joined Operation Smile UK in January 2016 as its CEO, a position she held for five years before moving into the regional leadership role to guide and support the delivery of Operation Smile’s strategic, operational and program goals in ten countries in Africa.

Prior to her work with Operation Smile, Jaques worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East with international medical development organizations ORBIS, AMREF and THINK Consultants for over 25 years. Her experience spans entrepreneurial business leadership, development and income generation, marketing and communications in both the private and not for profit sectors.

Born in India, raised in Kenya and having lived in Pakistan, Yemen, Hong Kong and Singapore, she feels privileged to be focusing her energies on sub-Saharan Africa, bringing cleft care to the children of Africa where her heart remains and has always been. Jaques currently resides in Devon, England, but travels extensively within Africa.

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