OpenAI's communication chief steps down
OpenAI is losing its head of comms
· TechRadarNews By Craig Hale published 19 December 2025
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- OpenAI Chief Communications Officer Hannah Wong is stepping 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 she will be leaving the company at the end of January, around 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 surged following the public preview release of ChatGPT.
Under her leadership, the company's communications team grew from around eight workers 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 a lot of reflection, I’ve decided it’s time for me to step back and move into my next chapter," Wong wrote, indicating the decision to leave the company was hers, and not OpenAI's.
Wong will take some time out to spend with her family before moving into her next role.
Communications VP Lindsey Held Bolton will head up the Communications team in the meantime, with Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch tasked with finding the next Chief Communications Officer.
The news comes in the same week that OpenAI confirmed former UK Chancellor George Osborne would become the company's Head of OpenAI for Countries – a role in which he's set to liaise with governments to help modernize systems and get productivity-boosting AI embedded into more public services.
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