Overview
- Hayete Gallot returns from Google Cloud to become executive vice president of security, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella.
- Charlie Bell departs the security post for an individual‑contributor role centered on engineering quality, continuing to report to Nadella and partnering with Scott Guthrie and Mala Anand.
- Ales Holecek is named chief architect for security under Gallot, tasked with aligning security architecture with core platforms and Microsoft’s Agent Platform.
- The leadership changes advance the Secure Future Initiative, launched in late 2023 and described as Microsoft’s largest cybersecurity engineering effort after a 2024 review found its security culture inadequate.
- The shift follows a recent quarter in which Azure growth trailed some analyst expectations and a new commercial operating rhythm that makes the security team accountable for product rhythms within Microsoft’s commercial cohorts.