Government and public sector
10 Amazon public policy staff
These ten current Amazon public policy staff have worked in public policy and government affairs roles at Amazon. A reader can learn how public policy work is organized at a company like Amazon from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Amanda Armistead
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, Public Policy · Amazon
Senior Manager, Public Policy at Amazon in Washington, D.C. since 2022 and Manager, Public Policy there (2020–2022), according to their profile. Amanda Armistead was Senior Vice President at McGuireWoods Consulting (2017–2020) and Policy Advisor at Akin Gump (2015–2017).
Amber Bechrouri
LinkedInExperience: Director of Public Policy · Amazon
Director of Public Policy at Amazon in Brussels since 2023 and Senior Manager, Public Policy there (2017–2023), according to their profile. Amber Bechrouri was Head of EU Public Affairs at Which? (2015–2017) and Government & Public Affairs Manager at Nike (2011–2015).
Charles Knutson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager Public Policy, Amazon · Amazon
Senior Manager, Public Policy at Amazon since 2020; their summary says they lead Amazon's government affairs in Washington state. Charles Knutson was Senior Advisor for Innovation and Global Affairs in the Washington State Office of the Governor (2013–2020), according to their profile.
Cheryl Tan
LinkedInExperience: Manager, Public Policy, Southeast Asia · Amazon
Manager, Public Policy, Southeast Asia at Amazon in Singapore since 2022, according to their profile. Cheryl Tan was Head of Southeast Asia, Government and Corporate Affairs at Expedia (2018–2022) and Deputy Director (ASEAN) at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (2016–2018).
Elise Beuriot
LinkedInExperience: Head of Public Policy Amazon France · Amazon
Head of Public Policy Amazon France since 2025 and Principal, Public Policy for Amazon.fr (2022–2025), according to their profile. Elise Beuriot also held Amazon roles as Principal Program Manager, Amazon Future Engineer (2021–2022) and Head of Fulfillment by Amazon for Marketplace Amazon.fr (2017–2021).
Jon Guinea Hernández
LinkedInExperience: Public Policy Manager · Amazon
Public Policy Manager at Amazon in Madrid since 2021, according to their profile. Jon Guinea Hernández was Regulatory Manager in Telefonica Business Solutions at Telefónica (2018–2021), Specialist in Regulatory Affairs at Vodafone (2009–2018) and a regulatory analysis expert at Telefonica Spain (2006–2009).
Karol Kasiński
LinkedInExperience: Public Policy Manager - EUPP Digital · Amazon
Public Policy Manager - EUPP Digital at Amazon since 2023 and Public Policy Manager - Poland & DACH since 2025, according to their profile. Karol Kasiński was Public Policy Manager - Operations and Technology CEE at Amazon (2022–2025) and Public Affairs Manager at EU Strategy (2021–2022) and at Grayling (2019–2021).
Monica Ariño
LinkedInExperience: Director of Public Policy, UK and Turkey · Amazon
Director of Public Policy, UK and Turkey at Amazon in London since 2022 and Director of Public Policy UK, Ireland and Nordics (2020–2022), according to their profile. Monica Ariño was a director at the International Institute of Communications and lists BT and Ofcom in their headline.
Sebastian Köhler
LinkedInExperience: Public Policy Manager, Privacy Lead · Amazon
Public Policy Manager, Privacy Lead at Amazon in Berlin since 2022, and also Tax & Payments Lead since 2024, according to their profile. Sebastian Köhler was Senior Specialist, Global Public Policy & Government Affairs at Delivery Hero (2021–2022) and held a content policy role at Facebook.
Shiho Takeoka
LinkedInExperience: Principal, Public Policy Japan · Amazon
Principal, Public Policy Japan at Amazon since 2024 and Manager, Public Policy Japan (2017–2024), according to their profile. Shiho Takeoka was Head of Public Policy Japan at Twitter (2015–2017) and an associate in the Office of Government Affairs at Goldman Sachs (2009–2015).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How was public policy work divided between regions, topics and seniority levels when you were at Amazon?
- 02How did public policy staff work with legal, product and communications colleagues on an issue that affected the business?
- 03What did a typical week look like in your public policy role, and what took most of your time?
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