Microsoft AI’s chief marketing officer, Andréa Mallard, is leaving the company just six months after joining from Pinterest. In an internal memo, Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi explained that Mallard will relocate her family to Europe in August to be closer to her ailing father, and will remain as an advisor until early next year.
Her departure coincides with a strategic shift at Microsoft AI, which recently merged its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single application.
Andréa Mallard is leaving Microsoft AI. She will remain as advisor until early 2027.
Marketing responsibilities are being consolidated under Jared Spataro, with no direct replacement planned for Mallard’s role.
Mallard, who previously served as Pinterest’s CMO for seven years and held senior marketing roles at Athleta and Omada Health, brought a strong consumer‑centric ethos to Microsoft’s AI marketing.
During her tenure, Copilot campaigns included a Super Bowl spot highlighting NFL data analysis in Excel and influencer collaborations with Alix Earle.
Her exit follows other leadership changes at Microsoft AI, including CEO Mustafa Suleyman’s move to lead a superintelligence team. Mallard had described AI as the most consequential technological shift of her lifetime, emphasizing the responsibility to build “humanist AI.”
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