Twitter vice president of media for the Asia-Pacific region, Middle East and North Africa Rishi Jaitly is leaving the company later this month.
Jaitly announced the move in a series of tweets (embedded below), saying that after four years with the social network, he was ?sharing my intention to move on to new opportunities, same mission,? and describing that mission as to ?harness tech and media?s scale to connect users and citizens to their voices, agencies and leadership in places they care about.?
Building/leading @TwitterIndia, and expanding @TwitterMedia across Asia Pacific & Middle East, was the leadership experience of a lifetime.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 1, 2016

Today, after 4 years of user/business momentum in India & the region, I?m sharing my intention to move on to new opportunities, same mission — Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 1, 2016

My mission remains the same: harness tech/media?s scale to connect users/citizens to their voice/agency/leadership in places they care about
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 1, 2016

I myself care deeply about the United States, India, emerging markets & intend to devote myself to building bridges in service of my mission
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 1, 2016

While a personal/civic calling takes me to Chicago, I?ll spend significant time in India/Asia, drawing on my past to further tech's promise.
— Rishi Jaitly (@rsjaitly) November 1, 2016

I?ll always be g...