Former World Bank official Geoff Lamb was recently named new managing director of public policy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Lamb has been with the company since 2006 when he left the World Bank to become a senior-advisor to the Gates Foundation. The creation of this new position highlights the need for the foundation to work closely with world-wide governments in order to achieve successes in any area that relates to national laws and government services or programs. Lamb’s role will also extend to maintaining the foundation’s vision as more organizations look to it for help.