Dipika Matthias is a Deputy Director on the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her career spans both the public and private sectors, with a focus on the commercialization of global health technologies. Prior to Gates, she was on the executive team of a social enterprise start-up in the coffee value chain, and worked at a global health NGO, where among several leadership roles, she led a program to integrate fortified rice into the diets of malnourished populations.