Jay Carney, the highest coverage and communications govt at Amazon and one-time White Home spokesman, has been named the pinnacle of coverage at Airbnb, marking one other high-profile departure for Amazon because it faces a shifting client panorama and heightened regulatory scrutiny.
Carney, who served because the press secretary for President Barack Obama, will be a part of Airbnb’s govt workforce and work with co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the corporate mentioned in a Friday weblog publish.
“Jay has labored on the highest ranges of each authorities and know-how, serving as a strategic counselor to the President, and at one of many largest tech corporations on this planet,” Chesky mentioned within the publish.
Carney will be a part of Airbnb in September in Washington, DC.
Amazon has seen string of exits since Andy Jassy succeeded founder Jeff Bezos as CEO final summer time. This month, Dave Clark, the chief govt of Amazon’s client enterprise who oversaw a mass enlargement of Amazon’s logistics footprint, left the corporate after 23 years. Clark, who will be a part of the logistics startup Flexport in September, was changed by Doug Herrington, one other govt who helped launch Amazon Contemporary in 2017.
Carney began with Amazon seven years in the past and ran the corporate’s international company affairs organisation, reporting on to the CEO. He oversaw Amazon’s coverage and public relations, specializing in the corporate’s relationship with lawmakers and the White Home.
Carney was White Home press secretary from 2011 to 2014 after serving as director of communications for then Vice President Joe Biden.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
