Microsoft exec Charlie Bell shifts to new role as Hayete Gallot returns from Google to lead security

by Todd Bishop on Feb 4, 2026 at 10:10 amFebruary 4, 2026 at 10:12 am

In today’s installment of “As the Tech World Turns” …

A former Microsoft exec is returning to the company from Google to lead its security initiatives, replacing the former Amazon exec who’s exiting the security role to live out a longstanding engineering dream, serving as an individual contributor at the Redmond company.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Wednesday that Hayete Gallot is rejoining Microsoft from Google Cloud as executive vice president of security, taking over the organization built by Charlie Bell in the more than four years since he joined Microsoft from Amazon Web Services.

Nadella said in the post that he had asked Bell “to take on a new role focused on engineering quality,…