Miguel Castro is currently a senior officer with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He joined the foundation in 2012 to help define and manage the foundation’s strategic and global communications partnerships and its global grant-making portfolio. His work includes developing joint projects with development organizations, media, international broadcasters, and digital/social media platforms to jointly achieve social change. Prior to this, he was special projects manager at the Open Society Foundations, and a professional journalist for over a decade. He is also a board member of The Conversation Media Group.