GOOGLE BOLSTERS COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP WITH APPOINTMENT OF RISHA MAGU

Google has appointed Risha Magu as Director, Communications & Public Affairs. With over 25 years of experience spanning consumer technology and communications, Magu brings deep expertise in brand strategy, integrated campaigns, and crisis management to one of the world’s most prominent technology companies.

Google has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Risha Magu as Director, Communications & Public Affairs, a role that places her at the heart of one of the technology industry’s most high-profile communications operations.

Magu arrives with a career spanning more than a quarter of a century, during which she has built a reputation for navigating the complex intersection of consumer technology and strategic communications. Her professional record encompasses brand strategy, integrated campaigns, and crisis management — a combination of disciplines that positions her well for the demands of a role at a company operating under constant global scrutiny.

The appointment comes at a time when technology giants face mounting pressure from regulators, policymakers, and the public alike, making robust communications and public affairs leadership more consequential than ever. Google, whose parent company Alphabet operates across search, advertising, cloud computing, hardware, and artificial intelligence, requires communications executives who can manage narratives across a sweeping range of business areas and geopolitical contexts.

Magu’s background in crisis management is particularly notable given the sustained regulatory attention Google has faced across markets in recent years, including scrutiny over competition practices, data privacy, and the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence products. Experience in guiding organisations through reputational challenges is a premium skill set in today’s technology communications landscape.

With her appointment, Google signals a continued commitment to investing in senior talent capable of bridging the worlds of corporate communications and public policy — a boundary that, for a company of Google’s scale and influence, grows ever more difficult to define.