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title: "Chris Liddell appointed to Anthropic's board"
description: "Anthropic has appointed Chris Liddell to its Board of Directors, adding more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across large, complex organizations. Liddell previously served as chief financial officer of Microsoft, General Motors, and International Paper, was Deputy White House Chief of Staff during President Trump’s first term, and directed the American Technology Council. He currently serves as a director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and the Council on Foreign Relations, chairs New Zealand’s largest environmental foundation, and has held nonprofit board roles. Daniela Amodei said Anthropic sought his judgment in technology, public service, and governance as AI’s societal impact grows, while Liddell said governance of transformative technologies matters as much as the technologies themselves."
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# Chris Liddell appointed to Anthropic's board

[Anthropic](https://yomu.fyi/company/anthropic) · Sep 9, 2026

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Anthropic has appointed Chris Liddell to its Board of Directors, adding more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across large, complex organizations. Liddell previously served as chief financial officer of Microsoft, General Motors, and International Paper, was Deputy White House Chief of Staff during President Trump’s first term, and directed the American Technology Council. He currently serves as a director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems and the Council on Foreign Relations, chairs New Zealand’s largest environmental foundation, and has held nonprofit board roles. Daniela Amodei said Anthropic sought his judgment in technology, public service, and governance as AI’s societal impact grows, while Liddell said governance of transformative technologies matters as much as the technologies themselves.

## Context

Anthropic says Liddell’s experience in technology, public service, and governance is relevant as AI’s impact on society grows. Liddell said the governance of transformative technologies matters as much as the technologies themselves.

## Approach / What changed

Anthropic appointed Chris Liddell to its Board of Directors. He joins Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Yasmin Razavi, Jay Kreps, and Reed Hastings on the board.

## Takeaways

- Chris Liddell previously served as CFO of Microsoft, General Motors, and International Paper.
- Liddell was Deputy White House Chief of Staff during President Trump’s first term and directed the American Technology Council.
- Anthropic is a Public Benefit Corporation whose board is elected by stockholders and the Long-Term Benefit Trust.

**Tags:** [AI](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai), [AI Governance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai-governance)

- Source: [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-liddell-appointed-anthropic-board)
- Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-liddell-appointed-anthropic-board
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-10T04:01:56.506Z

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