- OpenAI Communications Director Hannah Wong to Resign in Coming Weeks
- Lindsey Held Bolton, vice president of communications, will keep an eye on the situation until a replacement is found
- George Osborne recently joined OpenAI in a government liaison role
Hannah Wong, OpenAI’s communications director, announced that she would 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 skyrocketed following the public preview of ChatGPT.
Under his leadership, the company’s communications team has grown from about eight employees to more than 50 people across the United States, Europe and Asia, but the time has come for OpenAI to find his replacement.
OpenAI communications director resigns
“After nearly five years at OpenAI and a lot of reflection, I decided it was time for me to step back and move on to my next chapter,” Wong wrote, indicating that the decision to leave the company was his and not OpenAI’s.
Wong will take some time to spend with his family before moving on to his next role.
Meanwhile, Vice President of Communications Lindsey Held Bolton will lead the communications team, while Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch will be responsible for finding the next communications director.
The news comes the same week that OpenAI confirmed that former UK Chancellor George Osborne will become OpenAI’s country lead for the company – a role in which he is set to liaise with governments to help modernize systems and integrate productivity-boosting AI into more public services.
The company’s executives also have a lot more on their plate, including the $500 billion Stargate project, the recent Sora 2 launch, upgraded GPT-5.2, and even a possible restructuring ahead of a supposed IPO.
“Hannah has been instrumental in shaping how people understand OpenAI and the work we do,” CEO Sam Altman and Applications CEO Fidji Simo noted in a joint statement.
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