Key Points
- Intel has hired Robin Colwell, a top economic adviser to President Trump, as its new head of government affairs.
- The move comes months after the U.S. government acquired a 10% stake in Intel.
- This is part of a larger leadership shake-up under Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan. Other new hires also have close ties to the new CEO and his network.
- The previous head of government affairs, who served under President Obama, left after the last election.
Intel has hired a key economic adviser to President Donald Trump to lead its government affairs team. The move comes just months after the U.S. government took a 10% stake in the American chip giant.
On Monday, Intel announced that Robin Colwell, who served as deputy director of the National Economic Council, will now head its powerful government lobbying office. The position had been open since the previous head, a veteran of the Obama administration, left the company after the November elections.
This high-profile hire is part of a broader leadership shuffle at the company under its new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan. Intel also named James Chew, a former colleague of Tan’s, the new vice president overseeing its U.S. government business.
In another key appointment, Annie Shea Weckesser, a veteran of Cisco, will become Intel’s new chief marketing and communications officer. She also has ties to Tan, having recently worked at a chip startup where he is an investor.
This shake-up follows several other recent high-level departures, including Intel’s former chief technology officer, who left last month to join the AI company OpenAI.
These moves signal a clear effort by the new CEO to assemble a fresh leadership team with strong ties to both the current administration and his professional network.
