Harry & Meghan To Take Full Lead Of Archewell As Mandana Dayani Exits – Deadline

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to imagine full management of their Archewell Basis, because the group’s president, Mandana Dayani, is stepping down after 18 months.

Dayani was accountable for the day-to-day operations of the media and charitable group and has exited in what has been described as an amicable and deliberate transition. She won’t get replaced as Archewell’s founders Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had lengthy supposed to imagine full administration of the enterprise. 

Per an announcement shared with Deadline, an Archewell spokesperson stated Dayani was introduced on whereas the couple was off for parental go away and that “she has continued to form (Archewell’s) imaginative and prescient and future efficiently.” (See the complete assertion under.)

Dayani is an entrepreneur and legal professional who beforehand labored with trend guru Rachel Zoe and co-founded non-partisan outfit I Am A Voter. She additionally launched podcast, The Dissenters, with Debra Messing in 2020. 

Whereas information of her departure from Archewell comes a couple of days after the discharge of the trailer for six-part Netflix documentary collection Harry & Meghan, which Archewell produced, Deadline understands the choice was made months in the past. 

Right here’s the assertion from Archewell: “Ms. Dayani has been an integral a part of Archewell and we’re grateful for her ardour, dedication and management. Ms. Dayani was introduced on throughout their parental go away to maneuver the corporate and its tasks ahead. She has continued to form its imaginative and prescient and future efficiently. Her transition was mutually deliberate, with intent for The Duke and Duchess to now take full lead of their firm. There will likely be no alternative for this place, and Ms. Dayani is absolutely supportive of The Duke and Duchess of their new management roles, they usually stay buddies.”

Archewell, whose mission is to “unleash the facility of compassion to drive systemic cultural change,” encompasses the charitable basis, Archewell Audio and Archewell Productions.