
- Role
- Chief Brand and Communications Officer
- Joined Anthropic
- 2023
- Before Anthropic
- Thrive Capital
Career
- Anthropic
- Chief Brand and Communications OfficerNov 2025 – present
- Head of Brand and CommunicationsAug 2023 – Nov 2025
- Thrive Capital
- VP, Brand and CommunicationsDec 2022 – Jul 2023
- Stripe
- Head of Brand CommunicationsSep 2015 – Oct 2022
- EY
- Corporate Communications Manager and EY Entrepreneur of the Year LeadApr 2013 – Aug 2015
- The Undergraduate Awards
- Brand and Communications ManagerApr 2011 – Apr 2013
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Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Culture, Communication and Media Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Lesser-known facts
- Co-built Stripe Press, Stripe's book imprint.
- Built a team of about 200 people across communications, editorial, social and brand.
- Named one of Ad Age's Leading Women in 2026.
- Studied culture, communication and media at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and trained at Dublin's Gaiety School of Acting.
- Worked in communications at EY and The Undergraduate Awards in Ireland before moving to Stripe.
- Became Anthropic's first-ever chief communications officer in November 2025, reporting to Daniela Amodei.
- Ranked third on PRWeek's 2026 Power List for building Anthropic's reputation through a run of Claude launches.
- Describes her mission as radical transparency about AI research, demystifying the technology and raising awareness of its risks.
Known for
- Co-built Stripe Press
- Built Anthropic’s brand from the ground up
Honors
2026 Ad Age Leading Woman
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Interviews and talks
- Axios Communicators NYC on-stage interview with Eleanor Hawkins (2025)axioscommunicatorsnyc2025.splashthat.com