US President Joseph Biden has appointed Vinai Thummalapally as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Vinai Thummalapally, a Telugu origin former US diplomat.
Prior to this appointment, Thummalapally served as US Ambassador to Belize and as the Executive Director of SelectUSA, a US Department of Commerce initiative that facilitates job-creating business investment into the United States.
Sharing USTDA’s tweet about the appointment, Telangana IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao congratulated Thummalapally on being appointed as the COO of the agency.