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Moves, 30 days103In their seats384

103 moves, 30 days · 384 in their seats

Moves in August 2026

33 data and AI leadership moves announced this month, 15 of them for AI roles.

PromotedAug 31, 2026Phil Schiller promoted at AppleApple Fellow · TechCrunchJoinedAug 28, 2026Sandhya Devanathan joins OpenAIHead of Southeast Asia and Australia, from Meta · TechCrunchJoinedAug 27, 2026Barret Zoph joins GoogleVice President of Research, from OpenAI · TechCrunchJoinedUnverifiedAug 26, 2026Nikita Ivanov joins Grid DynamicsHead of AI · Stock TitanJoinedAug 25, 2026Triona O'Keeffe joins NatWestChief Data and Analytics Officer, from London Stock Exchange Group · CDO MagazineLeftAug 25, 2026Chris Malone leaves OpenAIHead of Data Centers · TechCrunchJoinedAug 20, 2026Mano Mannoochahr joins Ford Motor CompanyChief AI and Data Officer, from Verizon · The National CIO ReviewRetiredAug 20, 2026Lisa Hunter retires from Simmons BankExecutive Vice President and Chief Data Officer · Simmons Bank via PR NewswireJoinedAug 20, 2026Andrew Bestwick joins RigettiChief Technology Officer · Rigetti 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-08-20JoinedAug 19, 2026Drew Smith joins ChristianaCareChief Data & AI Officer · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 17, 2026Shahzad Alam joins CitiSingapore Chief Data Officer · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 13, 2026Nimrod Barak joins SynchronyChief AI Officer, from Citi · Synchrony via PR NewswireLeftAug 13, 2026Denise Dresser leaves OpenAIChief Revenue Officer · TechCrunchJoinedAug 13, 2026Dali Rajic joins OpenAIChief Revenue Officer, from Wiz · TechCrunchJoinedAug 12, 2026Vikas Sah joins UPSVP of AI and Machine Learning, from VF Corporation · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 12, 2026Lee McIntire joins Fermi AmericaCEO · TechCrunchJoinedAug 11, 2026Igor Babuschkin joins River AIFounder, from xAI · TechCrunchJoinedAug 11, 2026Chandhu Nair joins TargetChief AI Officer and SVP, from Lowe's · CIO DiveLeftAug 11, 2026Brad Lightcap leaves OpenAILead, special projects · TechCrunchJoinedAug 10, 2026Vishal Vallabha joins Powerfleet, Inc.Chief AI Officer · Powerfleet, Inc. 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-08-10PromotedAug 10, 2026Kristen Summers promoted at MANTECHChief Data and AI Officer · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 7, 2026Shobhit Varshney joins OptumChief AI Officer, from Citi · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 6, 2026Mikko Einiö joins VerdaChief Financial Officer · Verda newsroomJoinedAug 5, 2026Sanjay Ghemawat joins Discovery LoopCo-founder, from Google · TechCrunchJoinedAug 5, 2026Quoc Le joins Discovery LoopCo-founder, from Google · TechCrunchJoinedAug 5, 2026Oriol Vinyals joins Discovery LoopCo-founder, from DeepMind · TechCrunchPromotedAug 5, 2026Koray Kavukcuoglu promoted at DeepMindSVP of Google DeepMind · Google BlogLeftScientistAug 5, 2026Jeff Dean leaves GoogleGoogle BlogJoinedAug 5, 2026Jeff Dean joins Discovery LoopCEO, from Google · TechCrunchRetiredAug 5, 2026James Benson retires from DynatraceExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer · Dynatrace 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-08-05PromotedAug 5, 2026Demis Hassabis promoted at AlphabetChair of GDM and Chief Scientist of Alphabet · Google BlogJoinedAug 5, 2026Anton Groom joins GE AerospaceChief Data & AI Officer, from Merck · CDO MagazineJoinedAug 3, 2026Mark Mathewson joins Ally FinancialChief Information and Data Officer, from Capital One · CDO Magazine
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