- OpenAI Chief Communications Officer Hannah Wong will step down in the coming weeks
- Comms VP Lindsey Held Bolton will keep an eye on things while a replacement is found
- George Osborne recently joined OpenAI in a government liaison role
OpenAI Chief Communications Officer Hannah Wong has announced that she will leave the company at the end of January, about a year and a half after her appointment in August 2024.
Wong joined OpenAI in 2021 from Apple, when the company was still a small research lab before interest in the company increased after the public preview of ChatGPT.
Under her leadership, the company’s communications team grew from about eight employees to more than 50 across the US, Europe and Asia, but the time has come for OpenAI to find her replacement.
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer is stepping down
“After nearly five years at OpenAI and much reflection, I have decided it is time for me to step down and enter my next chapter,” Wong wrote, indicating that the decision to leave the company was hers, not OpenAI’s.
Wong will take some time to spend with her family before moving into her next role.
Communications Director Lindsey Held Bolton, meanwhile, will lead the communications team, with Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch tasked with finding the next Chief Communications Officer.
The news comes in the same week that OpenAI confirmed that former UK Chancellor George Osborne would become the company’s Head of OpenAI for Countries – a role where he is set to work with governments to help modernize systems and get productivity-enhancing AI embedded in more public services.
Company executives also have a lot more on their plates, including the $500 billion Stargate project, the recent launch of Sora 2, the upgraded GPT-5.2, and even a potential restructuring ahead of a purported IPO.
“Hannah has been instrumental in shaping how people understand OpenAI and the work we do,” noted CEO Sam Altman and CEO of Applications Fidji Simo in a joint statement.
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