10 OpenAI finance leaders
OpenAI's CFO, Sarah Friar, and Chief Accounting Officer, Ajmere Dale, anchor a finance group that also covers accounting policy, corporate finance, B2B strategic finance, applications finance, consumer hardware and robotics finance, and international controllership. Three list roles at Stripe and two at Block or Square, useful for an AI company working out planning, accounting policy or a growing set of international entities.
Professionals to explore
Ajmere Dale
LinkedInExperience: Chief Accounting Officer · OpenAI
Ajmere Dale has been Chief Accounting Officer at OpenAI since February 2026, following the same title at Block (2016-2026). VP & Corporate Controller at SolarCity (2009-2016) and Corporate Controller roles at Standard BioTools (2007-2009) and Nasdaq Calypso Technology (2002-2006) make Ajmere the person for questions on building out the accounting and controllership function.
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Andrew Girgis
LinkedInExperience: Head of Finance - Consumer Hardware & Robotics · OpenAI
Hardware is Andrew Girgis's finance specialty: Head of Finance - Consumer Hardware & Robotics at OpenAI since December 2025, following Senior Director of Finance - Robotics & Hardware at Meta (2017-2025). Senior Finance & Business Operations Manager at Dell Technologies (2013-2017) and Senior Finance Manager - Surface Tablet Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Microsoft (2011-2013) add manufacturing and supply chain finance, a fit for costing and planning a hardware product.
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Benson Chang
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance, Strategic Initiatives · OpenAI
Finance compliance and governance are the fit for Benson Chang, Director of Finance, Strategic Initiatives at OpenAI since June 2025, following Controller Head of Compliance and Finance Operations at X, The Moonshot Factory (2021-2025). Chang was Finance Operations and Compliance Manager there (2016-2021), held Google compliance roles including YouTube Risk Management and Compliance Lead (2012-2015), and also mentions ERP migrations.
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Karen Spelliscy
LinkedInExperience: Head of Corporate Finance · OpenAI
OpenAI's Head of Corporate Finance since June 2026, Karen Spelliscy was VP, Corporate Finance and FP&A at Docusign (2021-2026). NBCUniversal titles include SVP, NBC News Group Finance (2021), VP, FP&A and Growth Initiatives, NBC News Group (2015-2020) and CFO, MSNBC (2013-2015), so Spelliscy fits questions on corporate FP&A and on finance for a media business.
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Karuga Kimani
LinkedInExperience: VP - Head of Accounting Policy, Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting · OpenAI
Accounting policy and reporting questions suit Karuga Kimani, VP - Head of Accounting Policy, Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting at OpenAI since May 2026, following Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) at OnePay (2025-2026). Kimani was also VP Global Head - Accounting Policy and Reporting at Square (2016-2025) and Senior Director of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting at SolarCity (2014-2016), and holds a seat on Evidence Action's Audit and Finance Committee.
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Lauren Beaudette Gordon
LinkedInExperience: Strategic Finance Director · OpenAI
Instacart is where most of Lauren Beaudette Gordon's strategic finance titles sit: Senior Director, Strategic Finance (2024-2025), Director, Strategic Finance (2021-2024), Senior Manager, Strategic Finance (2021) and Senior Manager, Strategy & Business Operations (2020-2021). Since July 2025, Gordon has been Strategic Finance Director at OpenAI, a fit for questions comparing strategic finance at Instacart and at OpenAI.
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Ryan Engels
LinkedInExperience: Head of B2B Strategic Finance · OpenAI
Ryan Engels has been Head of B2B Strategic Finance at OpenAI since June 2024, following Growth Finance and Strategy at Stripe (2018-2024). Growth Equity Associate, Internet & Technology Investing at General Atlantic (2013-2015) and Investment Banking Analyst, M&A Advisory at Greenhill & Co. (2011-2013) round out a record suited to B2B planning and growth finance questions.
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Sarah Friar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · OpenAI
CFO priorities, public company readiness and board reporting are questions for Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI since June 2024, whose LinkedIn summary describes Friar as most recently chief executive officer of Nextdoor, where Friar helped take the company public. Friar has held board seats at Walmart (since 2018) and Consensys (since 2022) and sits on Stanford University's Board of Trustees (since 2026).
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Stacie Faggioli
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Strategic Finance · OpenAI
Strategic and financial planning across OpenAI is what the Stratfin team covered, by Stacie Faggioli's description, while Faggioli was VP Strategic Finance there (2023-2025); since November 2025 the title has been Business Finance Officer - Applications at OpenAI. Chief Financial Officer at Swoop Technologies (2020-2023), the role right before OpenAI, and Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy at Stripe (2019-2020) make Faggioli a fit for company-wide planning questions.
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Tiernan Fahy
LinkedInExperience: International Controller · OpenAI
Tiernan Fahy has been International Controller at OpenAI since March 2025, following Director of Accounting - International Controller at Fivetran (2023-2025). EMEA Controller (2020-2022) and APAC Controller (2017-2021) at Stripe and International Accounting Lead at Fivetran (2022-2025) make Tiernan the one to ask about controllership across international entities.
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Choose the right perspective
Ajmere Dale, Karuga Kimani and Tiernan Fahy cover accounting, policy and international controllership, and Benson Chang compliance and governance. For planning, Stacie Faggioli held the company-wide strategic finance title, Ryan Engels and Lauren Beaudette Gordon hold strategic finance roles (Ryan's for B2B), Karen Spelliscy covers corporate finance and Andrew Girgis hardware and robotics, while Sarah Friar suits questions at the CFO and board level.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does OpenAI's strategic finance team plan compute spending against B2B and consumer revenue when usage swings from quarter to quarter?
- 02What accounting policy choices come first when a company sells subscriptions, usage-based access and consumer hardware?
- 03How should OpenAI set up controllership and reporting for legal entities outside the U.S.?
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