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10 Amazon corporate development leaders
These ten current and former Amazon corporate development leaders have held director and vice president roles in corporate development, M&A, corporate development integration and corporate development finance at the company. A reader can learn how Amazon approaches corporate development from people who led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brock Hayes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development · Amazon
Director, Corporate Development at Amazon since July 2015, based in Boston, where their profile says they generate, evaluate and execute acquisitions, minority investments and strategic partnerships across Amazon's businesses. Before Amazon they were a Senior Associate at Staley Capital (2011–2013) and an Associate at Kamylon (2009–2011).
Chris Evans
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of M&A Integration · Amazon
Former Director, Head of M&A Integration at Amazon (2008–2022), after M&A Finance Lead there (2005–2008). Their profile describes 20+ years of leading teams in due diligence, integration planning and global business execution. Since 2023 they have been an M&A Leadership Advisor at Evans Expeditions and, since 2025, M&A Conference Chair at Transaction Advisors Institute.
Dan Grossman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Development · Amazon
Vice President, Worldwide Corporate Development at Amazon since January 2013, based in Seattle. Before Amazon they were a Principal at Venture Advisory (2011–2013), a Portfolio Manager at SAC Capital (2007–2011) and a Principal at Venrock (2000–2006), after an early role at McKinsey & Company (1995–1998).
Jonathan Monina
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development Finance · Amazon
Director, Corporate Development Finance at Amazon since May 2022, a Director-level role in finance based in New York. Before Amazon they were at Warner Music Group as SVP, Digital Strategy & Corporate Development (2022), VP, Digital Strategy & Corporate Development (2019–2022) and Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis (2017–2019).
Katherine Chen
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development · Amazon
Director, Corporate Development at Amazon since June 2024, a role their profile says leads acquisitions and strategic investments for Europe, Latin America and Japan. Earlier at Amazon they were Director, Head of Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (2021–2023) and Senior Manager, Corporate Development (2017–2021), covering logistics and supply chain.
Kristine Richardson
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development Integration · Amazon
Director, Corporate Development Integration at Amazon since June 2022, based in Seattle, Washington. Their profile describes them as head of Amazon's Corporate Development Integration organization, leading sign-to-post-close integration efforts for Amazon's acquisitions. Their profile lists no other employer, so their listed experience is this integration leadership role.
Nick Komorous
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate Development · Amazon
Vice President, Corporate Development at Amazon since August 2019, based in Seattle. Their listed Amazon career is entirely in corporate development: Manager, Corporate Development (2010–2013), Senior Manager (2013–2015) and Director, Corporate Development (2015–2019), a Director-level role, before their current role. They joined after Harvard Business School.
Ronak Sandil
LinkedInExperience: Director, Investments & Corporate Development · Amazon
Director, Investments & Corporate Development at Amazon since October 2021, based in Mumbai, a role their profile describes as venture investments and M&A at Amazon India. Earlier at Amazon they were Senior Principal, Corporate Development (2017–2021), after General Manager - Corporate Development at Times Internet (2016–2017).
Scott Levine
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development / M&A · Amazon
Former Director, Corporate Development / M&A at Amazon (2021–2026), where their profile says they sourced, evaluated, negotiated and executed mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and strategic partnerships for AWS. Before Amazon they were Managing Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund (2019–2021) and at Time Warner Investments (2011–2019).
Stephanie Gallina
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development · Amazon
Director, Corporate Development at Amazon since January 2024, supporting strategic transactions for Amazon's worldwide operations and logistics network according to their profile. They were earlier Senior Corporate Counsel, M&A and Investments (2019–2021) and Corporate Counsel, M&A and Investments (2017–2019) at Amazon, and AGC, Head of Corporate Legal at DoorDash (2022–2023).
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Match the person's region and business line to your question, since leaders covering AWS, operations and logistics, India, or Europe and Japan see different parts of the company. Check whether they work on deal execution, integration or deal finance, and whether the role is current, because each answers different questions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large company with many business lines organize its corporate development team by region and business?
- 02How is post-close integration run as its own function inside a corporate development organization?
- 03What does a corporate development finance team do during and after a transaction?
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