Meta appoints lead for global comms and public affairs

Mace | 21st October 2026 | Moves
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Meta’s new global communications and public affairs lead will succeed David Ginsberg, who is becoming VP of products and insights innovation.

Meta has appointed Tucker Bounds to lead its global communications and public affairs function, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios. Bounds will reportedly oversee Meta’s public messaging across corporate, product, internal and CEO communications. He succeeds David Ginsberg, Meta’s former VP and head of global communications and public affairs. According to the internal memo, Ginsberg will remain at the company and transition to the role of VP of products and insights innovation. Bounds and Meta did not respond to PRWeek’s requests for comment on Bounds’ official title. In his new role, Ginsberg will work alongside Meta chief data officer Alex Schultz, the memo stated. “After five years of leading comms at Meta, I’m taking on a new role focused on innovation for how research and product development should operate in the age of AI,” Ginsberg wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday (28 September). Ginsberg, who was not immediately available for comment, joined Meta in 2017 as dire...

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