Jasmine Whitbread is the first international chief executive of Save the Children . The charity raises $ 1.6bn a year and works in 120 countries . ` If I went around talking about children , I do n't think that I would get very far , '' she says . She was appointed to her role by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on January 1, replacing Mark Malloch-Brown, who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment against two female aides. Our bottom line is children 's lives , says Whitbread .
Jasmine Whitbread is the first international chief executive of Save the Children . The charity raises $ 1.6bn a year and works in 120 countries . She was appointed to her role by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on January 1, replacing Mark Malloch-Brown, who resigned after being accused of sexual harassment against two female aides. Our bottom line is children 's lives , says Whitbread .