Microsoft AI (MAI) has named Andréa Mallard as chief marketing officer (CMO).
The exec, who left Pinterest in January after seven years, confirmed her new role in a LinkedIn post.
“Just under two weeks ago, I began my new role as CMO for Microsoft AI,” she wrote. “AI is already the most consequential technological shift of my lifetime. It will shape our children’s lives in ways that are difficult to predict.”
She continued: “That’s precisely why I’ve joined profoundly thoughtful leaders like Mustafa Suleyman, Yusuf Mehdi, Jacob Andreou, Mike Davidson, Julia Beizer, Ciaran McCarthy, Charles Kha, Mark D’Arcy, and David Levenson (among many others I’ve yet to meet) to help build a technology that truly earns the trust needed to serve human potential.”
ADWEEK has reached out to Microsoft for further details on Mallard’s hire.
MAI is Microsoft’s dedicated AI research lab, established in 2024. It’s led by DeepMind co-founder Suleyman as CEO.
In late 2025, MAI unveiled new branding and a website showcasing its core tools and products, which include its LLM companion Copilot, AI-powered search engine Bing, its Edge browser, and communication platform GroupMe.
