# Chris Ciauri

Leadership · Managing Director, International at Anthropic · joined 2025

Led Google Cloud in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and ran Salesforce's EMEA business for a decade.

Full profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people/chris-ciauri

**At Anthropic:**
- Sep 2025 – present: Managing Director of International
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cciauri)

**Career before Anthropic:**
- Jun 2023 – Jun 2025: Unily, Chief Executive Officer
- 2019–2021: Google, President of EMEA Google Cloud
- 2009–2019: Salesforce, Executive Vice President & General Manager, EMEA
- 2007–2009: HydroPoint Data Systems, Vice President of Sales
- 2004–2007: Valen Analytics (an Insurity company), Vice President of Sales & Marketing
- 2000–2003: Epiphany, Vice President & General Manager, Latam & APAC
- 1995–1999: PeopleSoft, Sales Director Latin America & Caribbean
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cciauri)

**Education:**
- Masters of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Bachelor of Science, Finance, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
- Mastered Programme, Executive Coaching, Meyler Campbell, 2021-2022
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cciauri)

**Lesser-known facts:**
- Helped grow Salesforce's EMEA revenue from under $200 million to over $3 billion during a decade running the region. [1](https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-expands-global-leadership-in-enterprise-ai-naming-chris-ciauri-as-managing-director-of)
- Started out selling in Latin America, as PeopleSoft's sales director for Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 1999. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cciauri)
- Holds a Master of International Management from Thunderbird and completed Meyler Campbell's executive coaching program. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cciauri)
- Opened Anthropic's Milan office in 2026, its sixth in Europe, and said London would grow to 800 employees. [1](https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-boost-hiring-europe-after-opening-milan-office-2026-05-28/)
- Pitches safety as a selling point in Europe: "we have built a reputation around being vocal around safety, around ethical AI." [1](https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-boost-hiring-europe-after-opening-milan-office-2026-05-28/)
- Opened the Seoul office in 2026, calling Korea "one of our fastest growing markets in the world because of the technical and developer base." [1](https://voi.id/en/technology/580592)

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Everyone at Anthropic: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people