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10 Google finance leaders
These ten Google finance leaders, including Google's CFO, hold or have held chief financial officer, vice president, business finance officer and head of finance roles at Google. A reader can learn from them how finance teams at Google support planning and decisions for the product areas and businesses they cover.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Rahman
LinkedInExperience: Global Head, Finance · Google
Global Head, Finance at Google since 2020, and Board Director at Global Blood Therapeutics (Pfizer, Inc.) since 2026. The profile headline cites capital allocation across 50 products in 45 countries. Former Senior Director, Corporate FP&A and R&D Accounting (2016–2019) and Senior Leader, US Sales & Marketing Finance (2013–2014) at Genentech.
Anat A.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Google
Chief Financial Officer at Google since 2024, a current role the profile lists in the Finance & Accounting department at C-Level. The profile headline reads Sr VP and CFO, Google and Alphabet, and the profile tags include chief financial officer, financial management and financial officer.
Ann Marie Petach
LinkedInExperience: VP Business Finance Officer Google · Google
VP Business Finance Officer Google at Google since 2015, a role the profile labels Senior Finance Leader. Former CFO (2007–2013) and Co-Head of US Client Solutions (2013–2014) at BlackRock. The profile also lists Member of the Board of Directors at BlackRock since 2009 and Trustee at Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) since 2012.
Cristina Bita
LinkedInExperience: Business Finance Officer, Platforms & Devices and Google Marketing · Google
Business Finance Officer, Platforms & Devices and Google Marketing at Google since 2024, which the profile describes as CFO for Google's Platforms & Devices and Google Marketing. Former Business Finance Officer (VP) and Head of Strategy & Operations & Chief of Staff functions (2022–2024), Business Finance Officer and VP, Finance (2018–2022), VP, Finance (2016–2018) and Sr. Finance Director, Product, Marketing, Technical Infrastructure and G&A (2015–2016) at Google.
Jeffrey Hollingsworth
LinkedInExperience: CFO - Google Public Sector · Google
CFO - Google Public Sector at Google since 2025. Former Managing Director - Google Cloud GTM Finance (2023–2025) and Managing Director - Google Cloud Consulting Partner Expense (2021–2023) at Google, and former Chief Financial Officer HPE GreenLake, A&PS & Software (2020–2021) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The profile summary mentions profit and loss management, sales forecasting, OPEX management and R&D modeling.
Lax Jadeja
LinkedInExperience: CFO - Global Public Sector · Google
CFO - Global Public Sector at Google since 2026. Former Chief Financial Officer at Viamo (2021–2026), Director Finance - Amazon Business International at Amazon Business (2020–2021), Director Finance - Amazon World Wide Public Sector, AWS at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2017–2020) and Vice President Finance - Public Sector at Xerox (2015–2017).
Linda Williams
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance at Google Cloud · Google
Vice President, Finance at Google Cloud at Google since 2021, and on the Board of Directors at Steelcase since 2020. Former SVP, HPE Products & Services CFO (2020–2021), Chief Audit Executive, VP of Enterprise Risk Management (2018–2020) and Vice President and CFO, HPE Pointnext Services Division (2015–2018) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Shafiq Ahmed
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance · Google
Vice President Finance at Google since 2026 and Senior Director Finance at Google since 2019, with both roles shown as current. Former Director of Finance (2014–2019) and M&A Finance (2011–2014) at Google, and former Director - Capital Markets Transaction Services at PwC (2006–2011).
Thomas Bossy
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Finance, CFO - App Advertising · Google
Global Head of Finance, CFO - App Advertising at Google since 2024. Former Head of Business Finance, APAC SMBs (2020–2023), Finance Manager in charge of APAC Small & Medium Enterprises (2017–2020) and Financial Analyst in charge of Spain, Italy and Portugal (2014–2017) at Google. The profile describes leading a global team of analysts providing financial insights and being part of the App Advertising Board of Directors.
Vicki Huff Eckert
LinkedInExperience: VP, Google Business Financial Officer · Google
VP, Google Business Financial Officer at Google since 2022. The profile describes the role as chief financial officer for Google's Core Platforms and Experiences product area, including Machine Learning, Developer Ecosystems, Data, Experience, Corp Engineering and Product Safety and Security. Former Vice Chairwoman (2020–2022) and Global New Ventures and Innovation Leader (2016–2022) at PwC.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's finance area to your decision, since a company-wide CFO, a product-area finance officer and a regional or public sector CFO each see different parts of the company's planning. Check each role's dates so you know whether someone speaks from a current seat or from an earlier one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large technology company's finance team decide how much to invest in each product area from one year to the next?
- 02What does a business finance officer do day to day to support product and engineering leaders?
- 03How do regional and public sector finance teams balance company-wide targets with the needs of their own customers and markets?
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