Biden Nominates Ex-HP CEO Meg Whitman As US Ambassador to Kenya

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated former Hewlett Packard CEO and president Meg Whitman as America’s ambassador to Kenya.

Whitman is likely to replace Kyle McCarter who left in January.

Whitman, a business executive and former candidate for Governor of California, is a Member of the Board of Procter and Gamble and General Motors, and National Board Chair at Teach for America, said the White House.

She ran in 2010 as a Republican for governor in California but lost to Democrat Jerry Brown.

She supported now-Sen. Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential bid – before she eventually became Sen. John McCain’s national campaign co-chair in 2012.

She backed Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race against the 45th POTUS Donald Trump.

Whitman is said to have given $500,000 to the Biden Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee that benefited the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

In announcing Biden’s selection of Whitman, the White House noted her extensive business background. Before she ran Hewlett-Packard, Whitman was the CEO of e-commerce giant eBay.

Whitman eventually became the CEO of Quibi, a short-lived, short-form video platform that was founded by Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberg.