10 heads of communications
The head of communications title appears here at companies as different as ExxonMobil, Stripe, OpenAI, Etsy, Ericsson and Kalshi; eight of the ten hold it now, and three hold it for a single region, country or business unit rather than a whole company. A CEO hiring a first communications lead, or a new head deciding what to own in year one, can compare someone who managed 102 communications professionals with people covering one market.
Professionals to explore
Abbygail Reyes
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Communications · Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Product launch communications fit Abbygail Reyes, who describes more than 15 years launching and growing consumer brands, products and companies. Since 2025 Abbygail has been Head of Communications at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, following Vice President, Communications at Lulus (2023-2025) and Head of Communications, Product at Nextdoor (2022-2023), and also held Senior Manager, Communications at Roku (2015-2022) and Head of Communications at 11 Main, Inc. (2013-2015).
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Elisabeth Diana
LinkedInExperience: Head of Communications · Kalshi
Elisabeth Diana has been Head of Communications at Kalshi since December 2025 and Advisor at Laurel since 2025. Earlier, Elisabeth was Head of Communications & Social at Deel (2021-2025) and at Instagram (2019-2021), and Vice President at Facebook (2019-2021). Holding a combined communications and social title at two companies makes Elisabeth a good call on whether social media should sit inside the communications team.
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Elja Nordlöf
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President & Head of Communications · Alleima
Executive Vice President & Head of Communications at Alleima since 2022, Elja Nordlöf held Sandvik roles before that: Communications Specialist, Sandvik Group (2010-2016), Corporate Communications Manager Northern and Central Europe (2016-2017), Acting Head of Internal and Management Communication, Sandvik Materials Technology (2017-2018) and Vice President & Head of Communications, Sandvik Materials Technology (2018-2022). Elja is a fit for questions on the communications seat on an executive team and on internal communication.
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Gentry Brann
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Head of Communications · ExxonMobil
Gentry Brann was Global Head of Communications at ExxonMobil (2024-2026), leading the global communications function for a Fortune 10 company with 60,000 employees in 54 countries and managing a team of 102 communications professionals across policy and strategic communications and media relations. Earlier titles were Chief People, Culture & Communications Officer (2020-2023) at McDermott International, Ltd and Chief People and Administration Officer at Lake Resources (2023-2024). Gentry suits questions on structuring a large communications team.
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Gonzalo Del Portal
LinkedInExperience: Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs, Enterprise Markets (Latam, Emea & South East Asia) · Kimberly-Clark
Gonzalo Del Portal has been Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs, Enterprise Markets (Latam, Emea & South East Asia) at Kimberly-Clark since 2026. Other Kimberly-Clark titles were Corporate Communications Sr Leader Western Europe (2022-2023) and Associate Director, Global Communications roles for Digital Technology Solutions (2023-2025) and Enterprise Strategy & Engagement Communications (2025). Gonzalo describes helping multinational organizations navigate transformation and raise employee engagement, a fit for change communications.
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Johannes Persson
LinkedInExperience: Head of Communications, Cloud Software & Services · Ericsson
Corporate communications, issues management and crisis communication are the skills Johannes Persson names, a fit for executive communications questions. At Ericsson the titles are Head of Communications, Cloud Software & Services since 2026 and Head of Executive Communications, Cloud Software & Services (2025-2026); other Ericsson titles were Director Corporate Communications (2014-2020), Head of Campaigns & Activation Middle East & Africa (2020-2024) and Executive Communications Business Partner, Europe & Latin America (2024-2025).
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Lauren Bayse
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Communications · Etsy
A new global head's first priorities are a fit for Lauren Bayse, Global Head of Communications at Etsy since December 2025, after Senior Director, Corporate Communications there (2024-2025). Senior Vice President at Allison Worldwide (2015-2024) and Account Executive at Hill & Knowlton (2013-2015) came first. Lauren describes helping brands navigate complex communications challenges and build and maintain their reputations.
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Ollie Rickman
LinkedInExperience: Head of Communications · Stripe
Stripe's Head of Communications since 2023, Ollie Rickman fits questions on how the role splits between communications, marketing and public affairs. In Ollie's own words, earlier work included cofounding Milltown Partners and heading comms and marketing at DeepMind in the AlphaGo/AlphaFold era; the titles were Co-founder & Partner at Milltown Partners (2013-2016) and Director, Communities & Partnerships (incl Communications, Marketing, Public Affairs & Education) at Google DeepMind (2016-2022).
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Rima Awad
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Global Head of Communications · BNY
Reputation and crisis questions suit Rima Awad, who since 2026 has worked as Independent Senior Communications Leader AI - Corporate - Reputation - Crisis - Change. From 2019 to 2026 Rima was Director, Global Head of Communications at BNY, after BNY titles Principal, VP- Corporate Communications (2017-2018) and Group Manager, SVP- Corporate Communications (2018-2019), and was Group Director of Marketing and Communications at Marston Holdings (2014-2017).
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Vasundhara Mudgil
LinkedInExperience: Head of Communications - India · OpenAI
India communications at three companies make Vasundhara Mudgil the pick for questions on running communications for one country within a global company. Head of Communications - India at OpenAI since 2025, Vasundhara shapes how the company builds awareness, trust and public understanding in that market, with market narrative among the focus areas. The same title was held at Spotify (2018-2025) and Intel (2016-2018), and Vasundhara was Associate Partner at Burson (2007-2014).
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Choose the right perspective
For a company-wide remit, Gentry Brann, Ollie Rickman, Rima Awad, Lauren Bayse and Elja Nordlöf hold or held global or company-level communications titles. Gonzalo Del Portal, Vasundhara Mudgil and Johannes Persson hold the title for a region, country or business unit, which suits questions on central versus local control, and Elisabeth Diana and Abbygail Reyes are the better call for social and consumer product communications.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which parts of communications, such as media relations, executive, internal and social, should report to a new head of communications from day one?
- 02How should a head of communications divide time between the CEO's public profile and the company's own product announcements?
- 03When communications covers several countries or business units, what should be decided centrally and what locally?
About this directory
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