Alphabet Names New CFO From Eli Lilly

<p><strong>MOUNTAIN VIEW<&sol;strong> — Alphabet Inc&period; is hiring Anat Ashkenazi&comma; currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Eli Lilly and Company&comma; as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Google and Alphabet&comma; effective July 31&comma; 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company had previously announced in July 2023 that Ruth Porat was commencing a new role as President &&num;038&semi; Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google&period; She will continue as CFO until Anat starts&comma; including through the company’s Q2 earnings&period; Alphabet is the parent company of Google&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anat Ashkenazi is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Eli Lilly and Company&comma; where she has worked for over twenty three years&period; Anat joined Eli Lilly in 2001 and has had a diverse career spanning financial&comma; strategy and operations roles&period; Prior to her current position&comma; Anat served in the role of Senior Vice President&comma; Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Lilly Research Laboratories&period; She also held roles as the chief financial officer for a number of global divisions within Eli Lilly&comma; including Oncology&comma; Diabetes&comma; Global Manufacturing &&num;038&semi; Quality and Research &&num;038&semi; Development&period; Anat holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BA in economics and business administration from the Hebrew University&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anat will be based in the Bay Area&comma; reporting to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re very pleased to have found such a strong CFO&comma; with a track record of strategic focus on long-term investment to fuel innovation and growth&comma;” said Sundar Pichai&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The AI era is giving us an incredible opportunity to innovate at scale across our core products&comma; and to create entirely new products and experiences for our users and customers&period; I look forward to working with Anat as we invest responsibly to support our next wave of growth&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Google’s growth and evolution over the last 25 years has been an incredible story&comma; helping billions of people and millions of businesses around the world&period; Today&comma; the opportunity for impact is greater than ever&comma; and I feel honored to be joining Sundar and his leadership team as they invest for the company’s future at such an exciting moment&comma;” said Anat Ashkenazi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;