Anthropic Appoints Tino Cuéllar as First Chief Global Affairs Officer

Summary

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar has joined Anthropic as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer, bringing three decades of experience spanning law, technology, international security, and public policy. Cuéllar previously served as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Justice of the California Supreme Court, and held leadership positions at Stanford University, including as director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Cyber Initiative.

In his new role, Cuéllar will lead Anthropic's policy work, strategic international engagement, and government relationships across the globe. His appointment underscores Anthropic's emphasis on embedding top-level policy expertise as governments worldwide confront critical questions about AI governance and development. Cuéllar brings extensive experience shaping policy at international, national, and state levels, including service on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board, and roles across three presidential administrations.

The hire reflects the heightened stakes of AI governance at what Cuéllar describes as a "critical inflection point." Recent policy experience includes co-leading California's Frontier AI Working Group and serving as Senior Fellow at Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, positioning him to bridge Anthropic's technical work with the policy and diplomatic dimensions of global AI development.