As Managing Director, Saadia leads the Foundation’s work on Innovation. Her responsibilities include shaping and scaling innovative finance solutions that change the status quo and raise private sector investment capital for the social sector in promotion of the Foundation’s dual goals of building resilience and promoting inclusive economies.
Before joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Ms. Madsbjerg was the Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Prior to NYCEDC, Saadia was the head of the Strategy and Analytics team for Cisco’s TelePresence Technology Group, and an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company.