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10 NVIDIA public policy staff
These ten current NVIDIA public policy staff have worked in public policy and government affairs roles at NVIDIA. A reader can learn how public policy work is organized at a company like NVIDIA from people who have done it.
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01—10Afreen Akhter
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Policy · NVIDIA
Director of Global Policy at NVIDIA since 2026, according to their profile. Afreen Akhter was a Visiting Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2025–2026), Deputy Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asia Bureau at the U.S. Department of State (2022–2025) and Senior Adviser in the South and Central Asia Bureau (2021–2022).
Alberto M.
LinkedInExperience: Head of EU Government Relations · NVIDIA
Head of EU Government Relations at NVIDIA in Brussels since 2022. Alberto M. was Deputy Head of EU Office at Sky (2021–2022), held Sky EU communications and public affairs advisor roles (2016–2022) and was a Consultant at Harwood Levitt Consulting (2013–2016).
Ava Zekri
LinkedInExperience: Head of government relations, France · NVIDIA
Head of government relations, France at NVIDIA in the Paris region since 2026. Ava Zekri held Bloomberg roles as Head of external relations for France (2018–2026) and Head of EU philanthropy strategic engagement and partnerships (2021–2026), and advised Bloomberg Philanthropies at C40 Cities (2015–2017).
Bea Longworth
LinkedInExperience: Director of Government Affairs EMEA · NVIDIA
Director of Government Affairs EMEA at NVIDIA in the Munich area since 2024, with a Government Affairs EMEA row at NVIDIA from 2019. Bea Longworth also lists Head of Enterprise, Automotive and Corporate PR EMEAI at NVIDIA since 2014 and was Senior PR Manager EMEA and India at NVIDIA (2006–2013).
David Shahoulian
LinkedInExperience: Director of Government Affairs · NVIDIA
Director of Government Affairs at NVIDIA since 2025, based in Annapolis. David Shahoulian was Director, Workforce Policy and Government Affairs at Intel (2021–2025), Democratic Chief Counsel at the House Judiciary Committee (2011–2014 and 2017–2021) and Counsel at the same committee (2007–2010).
Faiza Khan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Policy Manager, Government Relations · NVIDIA
Senior Policy Manager, Government Relations at NVIDIA in the Washington, D.C. area since 2025. Faiza Khan was Counselor in the Office of the Administrator at the Transportation Security Administration (2024–2025) and Senior Advisor in the Office of Strategy, Policy Coordination, & Innovation at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2023–2024).
Flynn Rico-Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Government Affairs, Telecom · NVIDIA
Director of Government Affairs, Telecom at NVIDIA in Washington, D.C. since 2025. Flynn Rico-Johnson was a Policy Advisor in the office of an FCC commissioner (2024–2025), Deputy Chief Of Staff (2021–2024) and Legislative Director (2019–2021) for Congresswoman Matsui, and Government Affairs Manager at the First Responder Network Authority.
Max Beverton-Palmer
LinkedInExperience: Head of Public Policy, UK · NVIDIA
Head of Public Policy, UK at NVIDIA in London since 2024. Max Beverton-Palmer was Director, Internet Policy Unit (2021–2023) and Head of Tech and Society (2019–2020) at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, is a Policy Fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge, and lists Sky and Ofcom roles in their headline.
Ning Zou
LinkedInExperience: Director of China Gov't Affairs · NVIDIA
Director of China Gov't Affairs at NVIDIA in Beijing since 2026. Ning Zou held Intel roles as Managing Director, China Gov't Affairs (2024–2025), Senior Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs (2017–2023), Director, Communication Policy and Standards (2012–2017) and Senior Manager, Technical Policy and Standards (2006–2012).
Ruth Berry
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director and Head of Policy, Government Relations · NVIDIA
Sr Director and Head of Policy, Government Relations at NVIDIA in the Washington, D.C. area since 2023. Ruth Berry held U.S. government roles including Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Information and Communications Policy at the Department of State (2022) and Director for Digital Technology Policy and International Economics at the National Security Council (2021–2022).
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- 01How was public policy work divided between regions, topics and seniority levels when you were at NVIDIA?
- 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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