MSFT - Leadership updates

REDMOND, Wash., May 14, 2026  /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced the appointment of Carmine Di Sibio, former global chairman and CEO of EY, to the Microsoft board of directors. He will serve on both the Compensation Committee and Audit Committee, bringing expertise in financial services, risk oversight and global client leadership to meet the evolving needs of our customers while advancing Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more. With Di Sibio's appointment, the Microsoft board of directors has been expanded to 13 members.

SharonAI Holdings Inc. ("Sharon AI"), a leading Australian neocloud (NASDAQ:SHAZ), announced on February 24, 2026, that highly experienced global technology executive, Mr. Benjamin Adams, joined the Sharon AI Holdings Inc. board of directors on February 22, 2026. Mr. Adams is a global business and technology leader with deep and broad expertise across financial, technology and regulatory law, mergers & acquisitions, corporate securities reporting, intellectual property and real estate. "I am honoured to join the board at such a pivotal and exciting time. I look forward to leveraging my experience to help Sharon AI shape its strategic goals and expand its impact in the coming years," sai

Fresh off a social burst with Lisa Rinna, Candy Unwrapped 2025 puts players in the spotlight, turning their year-in-Candy Crush stats into a personalized celebration. NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Candy Crush® is celebrating its sweetest year yet with Candy Unwrapped 2025, the annual moment that spotlights the players who make the game a global phenomenon and gives each fan a personalized recap of their Candy Crush journey. This year, the brand enlisted Lisa Rinna as the first-ever Candy Coach, inviting fans to share their Candy Unwrapped stats and tag her on Instagr

Leslie Ravestein joins as Chief Legal Officer, David Lasater as Chief People Officer, and Pablo Gonzalez as Senior Vice President of Engineering Merlin Labs, Inc. ("Merlin"), a leading developer of assured, autonomous flight technology for defense customers, today announced key additions to its executive leadership team to optimize the organization in advance of its public listing via a Business Combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. IV (NASDAQ:BACQ). The hires include two C-Suite additions, Leslie Ravestein as Chief Legal Officer and David Lasater as Chief People Officer, to strengthen corporate governance, drive operational excellence, and elevate talent strategy. Merlin al

Borovik, a Harvard Law graduate, brings 20+ years of legal leadership across AI, tech, and defense, including as Director of Legal Affairs at Microsoft and key legal architect behind defense AI leader Helsing's $5Bn scale-up. He brings deep expertise in global negotiations and IP strategy across commercial and defense sectors - working with customers such as NATO, the UN, and Ukrainian forces. Joins as Circus' first core defense executive to accelerate international growth and legal strategy following the CA-M launch as its first autonomous solution for the defense sector and the CA-1 serial production. Circus SE (XETRA: CA1), a global leader in AI software and robotics for the

The Molson Coors Beverage Company ("Molson Coors" or "the company") (NYSE:TAP, TAP.A)) Board of Directors today announced that Christian "Chris" Cocks has been nominated as an independent Class B director for election at the company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2025. Cocks is a seasoned consumer goods executive who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Hasbro, Inc (NASDAQ:HAS), a leading games, IP and toy company. "With his background evolving a historic business in the consumer goods industry and a track record of driving commercial and operational success, we believe Chris will bring valuable experience and a great voice to our Board. We are very happy to nominate Chris for

Candy Crush All Stars® 2025 kicks off worldwide on March 20, 2025, following last year's tournament where over 15 million players competed for victoryThe massive $1M prize pool is back, and the stakes are just as sweet as ever.From millions of Crushers to just 10 finalists, only the top Crushers will advance to the live Los Angeles final – where they'll battle for the coveted Candy Crush All Stars title.NEW YORK, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BIGGER. BOLDER. SWEETER. King's Candy Crush All Stars is back for its fifth consecutive year, and the tournament is taking the competition to legendary heights. The stakes? A place to compete in the live final and a chance to win a monumental $1M prize

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that it has appointed Charles Lamanna to its Board of Directors and to the Board's Science & Technology Committee. Mr. Lamanna is currently Corporate Vice President, Business & Industry Copilot at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), where he drives product innovation in AI-powered business applications, low-code platforms, and autonomous agents. He oversees the design, product development, and engineering of some of Microsoft's most transformative technologies, including Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Copilot Studio. Prior to that, Mr. Lamanna was the founder and CEO of MetricsHub, one of the first public cloud

USA News Group News Commentary Issued on behalf of Scope Technologies Corp. VANCOUVER, BC , Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group News Commentary – The market is witnessing another tech revolution so far in 2025, kicking off the Trump presidency with the massive $500-billion Stargate AI project, which sent the S&P 500 to a new high. In the past two weeks, the tech industry has witnessed significant advancements in both artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, signaling a transformative era for various sectors. Notably, quantum computing stocks have captured investors' attention, competing with AI stocks. Despite a recent roller coaster in the stocks of quantum computing com

USA News Group CommentaryIssued on behalf of Scope AI Corp. VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – How we embrace this surging adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in the economy of the future remains up for debate. Already, we're seeing the impact of AI adoption in the workplace, in culture, and in finance, but it won't end there. According to Goldman Sachs, AI is showing "very positive" signs of eventually boosting GDP and productivity, while some experts are remarking that the generative AI tech wave is sweeping in much faster (maybe 10x) than early internet. Behind the scenes, tech developers are building AI-powered tools that could potentially revolutionize pr

INSTANT®, a leading data automation and generative technology company specializing in real-time business intelligence for global enterprises and financial institutions, is delighted to announce the appointment of Rob Melnyk as Executive Vice President, Financial Services. With his extensive experience in leadership at high-growth investment management and capital markets firms, Rob brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the INSTANT leadership team. As Executive Vice President, Financial Services, Rob will spearhead efforts to refine the INSTANT Platform for Financial Services, assist with the product delivery sales process, drive strategic planning, and lead cross-organizational initi

Chairman of the Board Chris Hayes Appointed as President & CEO Dr. Audrey Lee joins the Board of Directors Spruce Power Holding Corporation (NYSE:SPRU) ("Spruce" or the "Company"), a leading owner and operator of distributed solar energy assets across the United States, today announced that Chris Hayes, Spruce's Chairman of the Board, will succeed Christian Fong as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 12, 2024. Additionally, Dr. Audrey Lee has joined the Board of Directors. "The Board is confident that Chris is the right leader to take Spruce to the next stage of its evolution and develop avenues of growth. Chris brings a wealth of experience to his role as CEO, incl

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESSWIRE / December 28, 2023 / OneSoft Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "OneSoft") (TSXV:OSS)(OTCQB:OSSIF) announced that it has renewed the appointment of Sophic Capital Inc. ("Sophic Capital") as its Capital Markets Advisory firm. As part of the contract renewal, Sophic Capital will continue to manage OneSoft's investor relations activities, focusing on increasing investor awareness of OneSoft by advancing its communications strategy with shareholders, investors, investment dealers and other financial professionals.OneSoft's engagement with Sophic Capital is a 12-month term, on a fee-for-services basis of $7,000 per month. In addition, OneSoft has granted Sophic 500,000 op

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, and S&P SmallCap 600 indices effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 18: Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASD:LULU) will replace Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASD:ATVI) in the S&P 500. S&P 500 and S&P 100 constituent Microsoft Corp. (NASD: MSFT) acquired Activision Blizzard in a transaction completed today, October 13.  S&P MidCap 400 constituent Hubbell Inc. (NYSE:HUBB) will replace Organon & Co. (NYSE:OGN) in the S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE:ONTO) will replace Hubbell in the S&P MidCap 400, and Organon & Co will re

REDMOND, Wash., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Sandra E. (Sandi) Peterson, Operating Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, as Lead Independent Director. She succeeds John W. Thompson, who has served in the roles of Lead Independent Director or Board Chair since 2012. Microsoft also announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.68 per share. The dividend is payable June 8, 2023, to shareholders of record on May 18, 2023. The ex-dividend date will be May 17, 2023. "I've always valued John's counsel and

EDMONTON, AB / ACCESSWIRE / December 29, 2022 / OneSoft Solutions Inc. (the "Company" or "OneSoft") (TSXV:OSS)(OTCQB:OSSIF) announced that it has renewed the appointment of Sophic Capital Inc. ("Sophic Capital") as its Capital Markets Advisory firm. As part of the contract renewal, Sophic Capital will continue to manage OneSoft's investor relations activities, focusing on increasing investor awareness of OneSoft by advancing its communications strategy with shareholders, investors, investment dealers and other financial professionals.OneSoft's engagement with Sophic Capital is a 12-month term, on a fee-for-services basis of $7,000 per month. In addition, OneSoft has granted Sophic 500,000 op

New Board Members Bring Critical Experience and Skills to the Company's Leadership Team Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GROV) ("Grove" or "the Company"), a certified B Corp™ and leading sustainable consumer products company, today announced three additions to its Board of Directors including Virgin Group Investment Director Rayhan Arif, former eBay Chief Strategy Officer Kristine Miller, and GitHub Chief of Staff Naytri Shroff Sramek. Their appointments were effective on June 16. "We are delighted to have three new dynamic leaders joining our board, each with industry experience that bolsters the strength, aptitude and diversity of our board as we continue our journey as a leadin

Azure Executive will Advise on Procore's Platform Strategy Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:PCOR), a leading provider of construction management software, today announced the appointment of Erin Chapple to its Board of Directors. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211222005166/en/Microsoft Executive Erin Chapple appointed to Procore Board of Directors. (Photo: Business Wire) Chapple serves at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as the Corporate Vice President of Azure Core, a public cloud computing platform. She has held this position since March 2021 and has been with Microsoft for more than two decades. In her current role, Ch

Will expand UK & European footprint Infogain, a Silicon Valley-based leader in human-centered digital platform and software engineering services, today announced the appointment of Vivek Sharma as the company's new VP & Head of Sales- Europe. Vivek brings more than 20 years of experience in technology sales, consulting, client services and operations. "We are excited to welcome Vivek to our team," said Rohit Nagpal, Chief Business Officer at Infogain. "Vivek's experience in the consumer, travel & transportation, manufacturing & technology, energy & utilities, and media & telecom verticals complement Infogain's focus areas. He will be instrumental in ensuring we achieve our aggressive grow

Vision is to leverage AI across client solutions, delivery, internal operations Infogain, a Silicon Valley-based leader in human-centered digital platform and software engineering services, announced the appointment of Anil Kaul, PhD as its Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer. He will also continue to serve as EVP – AI and Analytics at Infogain and CEO at Absolutdata, an Infogain company. Dr. Kaul will guide Infogain customers through their AI-led digital innovation and transformation journeys and enable them to build cloud data platforms and to install and run AI algorithms. He will also build AI competency across Infogain's delivery organization and enable internal process improv

Former Corporate Vice President of R&D for General Motors Joins Accomplished Executives and Industry Pioneers from Procter & Gamble, Vonage, and Dataminr Wejo, a global leader in connected vehicle data, today announced the appointment of Lawrence D. Burns, former Corporate Vice President of Research and Development at General Motors, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Burns' appointment will take effect following its upcoming business combination with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:VOSO) ("Virtuoso"). Mr. Burns joins a board that includes directors with diverse and complementary backgrounds in areas critical to Wejo's business. Non-executive directors include Timothy Lee, Chairman of the

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share, reflecting a 6 cent or 11% increase over the previous quarter's dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 9, 2021, to shareholders of record on Nov. 18, 2021. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 17, 2021. The board of directors also approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $60 billion in share repurchases. The new share repurchase program, which has no expiration date, may be terminated at any time. The bo

London, April 26, 2021 CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE:CNHI) today announced that it has appointed Parag Garg as Chief Digital Officer and Marc Kermisch as Chief Information Officer for Off Highway business. This follows the appointment of Kevin Barr as Chief Human Resources Officer on March 19, 2021. In these positions, Mr. Garg, Mr. Kermisch and Mr. Barr will join the Company's Senior Leadership Team (SLT), an operational decision-making body of CNH Industrial, which is responsible for reviewing the operating performance of the segments and making decisions on certain operational matters. These executive appointments form part of CNH Industrial's renewed focus on customer centricity and serve

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share. The dividend is payable March 11, 2021, to shareholders of record on Feb. 18, 2021. The ex-dividend date will be Feb. 17, 2021. Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. SOURCE Microsoft Corporation

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking to shareholders at Microsoft Corp.'s annual meeting on Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella outlined Microsoft's opportunity and responsibility: to help its customers and partners thrive in a world where every company is a technology company and to create technology that benefits everyone on the planet, including the planet itself. "2020 has been a year like no other. We saw the world come to a near standstill, confronted by compounding challenges: a public health and economic crisis, persistent issues of racial injustice and inequity, and the effects of climate change," Nadella said. "Amid this disruption, I'm proud of ho