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Pathfinder International Board Announces Departure of CEO Lois Quam, Appointment of Tabinda Sarosh as Interim CEO

Media Contact: Laurel Lundstrom, llundstrom@pathfinder.org

Washington, DC, May 13, 2024—The Board of Directors of Pathfinder International today announced that Lois Quam, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pathfinder, has taken a new position in the domestic US healthcare delivery marketplace and will be leaving Pathfinder. Tabinda Sarosh, the current Pathfinder President for South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, will assume the CEO role on an interim basis.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to thank Lois for her strong leadership as Pathfinder charted a new course as a country-focused organization to better meet the needs of the women and girls we serve in countries around the world,” said Collin Mothupi, Board Chair of Pathfinder. “We are blessed with remarkable leaders at Pathfinder, and we extend a warm welcome to Tabinda Sarosh as our interim leader. Tabinda brings continuity to Pathfinder’s country-led trajectory. We have great confidence in her and thank her for assuming overall leadership responsibilities during this time of transition.”

The Board established succession planning several years ago as part of its good governance agenda. To that end, a Search Committee is already in place and is moving ahead quickly to begin a search for a new CEO. As a result of its established succession planning, the Board is very confident that the transition will be smooth and provide the continuity necessary for the organization to remain focused on the strategic shift to a country-led, locally focused organization.

“It has been an honor and privilege to work at Pathfinder,” said Quam. ”We have a great global workforce doing remarkable work for women and girls and the communities where they live and work. I will do everything possible to help Tabinda during this transition. She is a great leader.”

Incoming interim CEO Sarosh said that, “As one of the regional presidents of Pathfinder, it has been absolutely thrilling to be part of the growth and transformation of Pathfinder. We are on track as an organization, and I look forward as interim CEO to keeping our momentum going and our organization focused on the people we serve.”

Sarosh will assume her new duties effective Monday, May 20, 2024.

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