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10 Microsoft finance leaders
These ten current and former Microsoft finance leaders, including Microsoft's CFO, have held CFO roles for the company and for its product groups, sales organizations, regions and country subsidiaries. A reader can learn how Microsoft's finance organization approaches planning, margin and investment decisions and business partnering.
Professionals to explore
01—10Amy Hood
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Microsoft
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft since May 2013, a role her profile lists in the Finance & Accounting department at C-Level. Her profile also lists various positions at Microsoft dated from 2000, and an Associate role at Goldman Sachs (1994–2002).
Bill Duff
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Vice President & CFO - Commercial Sales and Marketing · Microsoft
Corporate Vice President & CFO - Commercial Sales and Marketing at Microsoft since October 2024; his profile describes the role as Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft's Customer and Partner Solutions, with finance leadership for Microsoft's sales and go to market. His profile also lists Corporate Vice President & CFO - Consumer and Devices (from 2018), Corporate Vice President & CFO - Windows and Devices Group (2015–2018), CFO - Operating Systems Group (2013–2015) and CFO - Windows Phone Division (2012–2013).
Chad Hall
LinkedInExperience: CFO of Small, Medium Enterprises and Channel at Microsoft · Microsoft
CFO of Small, Medium Enterprises and Channel at Microsoft since August 2025. His Microsoft profile also lists General Manager, FP&A and Revenue Insights Team WW Commercial and Partner Solutions (2019–2025), CFO Microsoft Netherlands (2016–2019) and CFO Central America and Caribbean (2012–2016); his summary describes him as currently transforming finance at Microsoft.
Echo Jin
LinkedInExperience: Asia CFO · Microsoft
Asia CFO at Microsoft since October 2022, based in Singapore, and previously Greater China CFO at Microsoft (2019–2022) in Beijing. The profile also lists HPE China Managing Director (2017–2022) and HPE China CFO (2016–2017) at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and CFO at Express Elevator, a subsidiary of Otis (2007–2009).
Kristin Chester
LinkedInExperience: CVP & CFO, Cloud & AI (Azure GitHub) · Microsoft
CVP & CFO, Cloud & AI (Azure GitHub) at Microsoft since September 2025. Her Microsoft profile also lists VP & CFO, Cloud & AI (Azure GitHub) (2025), General Manager & CFO, Azure (Cloud and AI) (2023–2025), Senior Director Finance, Azure (Cloud AI) (2022–2023) and Finance Director, Cloud and AI (2019–2022).
Mat McBride
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President CFO- Commercial Products and Infrastructure · Microsoft
Executive Vice President CFO- Commercial Products and Infrastructure at Microsoft since September 2025. His Microsoft profile also lists CFO- Commercial Products and Cloud Infrastructure (2025), Corporate Vice President and CFO- Margin Strategy and Investment Optimization (2021–2025), Vice President of Finance - Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure, Gross Margin, R&D Investment (2018–2021) and GM Finance, CFO Cloud AI (2014–2018).
Mustafa Ozkeskin
LinkedInExperience: CFO and Corporate VP Central Finance · Microsoft
Former CFO and Corporate VP Central Finance at Microsoft (2022–2026). At Microsoft his profile also lists Corporate VP, Finance FP&A (2017–2022), General Manager, Finance Sales, Marketing and Services Group (2014–2017) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Advertising and Online (2012–2014). His profile summary says he is now Chief Financial Officer of G42 Americas, building its finance organization.
Natasha Milovic
LinkedInExperience: General Manager & CFO - Microsoft Search, News & Advertising · Microsoft
General Manager & CFO - Microsoft Search, News & Advertising since August 2022; her profile headline now reads General Manager & CFO - Microsoft AI & Advertising. At Microsoft she also held Senior Director, Finance - Productivity & More Personal Computing (2022), Finance Director - Devices Business (2020–2022) and Finance Director - WorldWide Commercial Business (2017–2020).
Nicolas Herman
LinkedInExperience: CFO - Americas Enterprise · Microsoft
CFO - Americas Enterprise at Microsoft since July 2023. His Microsoft profile also lists CFO - Canada (2021–2023), CFO - Latin America (2017–2021), Regional Finance Director, Middle-East and Africa (2014–2017) and CFO - España (2011–2014), with the Americas Enterprise and Canada roles listed at C-Level in Finance & Accounting.
Wendy Braithwaite
LinkedInExperience: CFO, Microsoft Canada · Microsoft
CFO, Microsoft Canada since July 2023; her profile says the role covers financial stewardship, strategic planning, performance management and governance. She was previously Chief Financial Planning & Orchestration Officer at Microsoft (2020–2023) and CFO & Head of Business Development Support at Sodexo (2017–2020), and has been a Board Member of AMEX Bank of Canada since 2024.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a product-group CFO sees investment and margin trade-offs while regional and country CFOs see how plans play out in sales and local operations. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Microsoft experience reflects the current finance organization or an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Microsoft's finance organization set targets and allocate investment across product groups?
- 02How do regional and country CFOs at Microsoft partner with sales leaders on forecasting and performance?
- 03What does Microsoft finance look at when weighing gross margin against growth investment in cloud and AI?
About this directory
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