Anthropic Appoints Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as First Chief Global Affairs Officer
Anthropic has officially appointed Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court Justice, as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer. He will report directly to co-founder and President Daniela Amodei, leading the company's global policy, international engagement, and government relations. As AI technologies advance rapidly, AI safety, regulation, and policy have become critical battlegrounds for tech companies. This high-profile appointment signals Anthropic's commitment to proactively navigating global regulatory frameworks and shaping AI governance. Cuéllar brings extensive legal and policy experience, having served as a California Supreme Court Justice from 2014 to 2021 and as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He will be based at Anthropic's headquarters in San Francisco.
## BACKGROUND
Anthropic is an artificial intelligence safety and research company founded by former members of OpenAI, known for its Claude LLM family. As governments worldwide draft laws to regulate AI, tech firms are increasingly hiring legal and policy experts to manage government relations and compliance.