Microsoft appoints Brad Smith to oversee communications

<figure> <img alt="" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/gettyimages-2268973139.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith. | Image: Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The change will see Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith oversee communications, while the company searches for a replacement for Frank Shaw, chief communications officer, who is departing later this year.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thanked Shaw for his contributions to the company in an internal memo announcing the communications changes. Shaw announced earlier this month that he is leaving Microsoft after nearly three decades supporting the company's communications.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brent Colburn, …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/1000374/microsoft-comms-pr-brad-smith-cela">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>