Carolina Dybeck Happe joins Microsoft as EVP and Chief Operations Officer

Carolina Dybeck Happe has joined Microsoft as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, a newly created role. She will be part of the senior leadership team (SLT) and will report directly to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO.

Satya Nadella commented on her appointment, saying, “I’ve come to admire Carolina through her work as a global business leader, including most recently her role in leading GE’s historic turnaround. She is recognized for her ability to drive transformational change at scale while delivering improved customer experiences and faster time to value. Carolina will partner with the SLT to help us drive continuous business process improvement across all our organizations and accelerate our company-wide AI transformation, increasing value to customers and partners.”

In her new role, Carolina will oversee the Commerce + Ecosystems organization within Cloud + AI, the Microsoft Digital organization within Experiences + Devices, and the Microsoft Business Operations organization within Finance, all of which will report to her.

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