WE’VE BEEN THERE.
As members of queer communities and committed allies, the SameSame team has the lived experience to understand the challenge. We have decades of expertise building brands and digital services, and we’re connecting with local youth to ensure that we’re close to events on the ground.
Meet the SameSame team!
Our Board
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DIVLEEN JEJI
INDIA LEAD, GOOGLE HEALTH
Based in India, Divleen (she/her) is a physician with an MBA and has been working as a strategy lead across various organisations like KPMG for more than 12 years, specialising in healthcare technology and consumer health. In her current role at Google Health, she works with the Health AI team to help deploy AI based diagnostic solutions in real world healthcare settings. In her own words, Divleen is a healthcare professional with extensive experience in digital healthcare specially in product design, go to market strategy, team building and scale up. She has also worked in business strategy verticals across various healthcare providers, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and healthcare technology startups.
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EDLYNNE LARYEA
MD, CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS, META
Edlynne (she/her) leads the U.S. consumer packaged goods food and beverage business at Facebook, where she manages advertising partnerships (worth over $1 billion) that “help brands navigate the changing digital landscape and drive real business results”. She has a wealth of experience navigating regulated industries (alcohol, pharma, fin services) and has led many cross-functional teams to drive organization change. As a passionate advocate of new technology, Edlynne is an expert in helping organizations transform how they connect with the consumers of today and is a mentor to many young tech entrepreneurs.
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GUSTAV PRAEKELT
FOUNDER, TURN.IO
Based in Cape Town, Gustav (he/him) is a South African social entrepreneur who has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of digital technologies and social change. Most recently, he is the founder of Turn.io, working with over 150 social impact organisations—including the WHO—to build chat services to improve health, education and economic empowerment.