By Jordan Novet
Publication Date: 2026-02-04 17:14:00
The Microsoft logo and lettering can be seen on the Microsoft Deutschland GmbH headquarters building in Parkstadt Schwabing in Munich.
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Microsoft said Wednesday that top security leader Charlie Bell will take on a new role and that Hayete Gallot will return to the company to run security after a stint at Google.
Bell joined Microsoft in 2021 after 23 years at Amazon, where he played a key management role inside Amazon Web Services. He was seen as a candidate to become CEO of AWS, but Amazon picked former executive Adam Selipsky to run the market-leading cloud. Bell is moving into a position focused on engineering quality as an individual contributor, or IC, continuing to report to CEO Satya Nadella.
“Charlie and I have been planning this transition for some time, given his desire to move from being an org leader to being an IC engineer,” Nadella wrote in a memo to employees. “And I love how energized he is to practice this craft…
