Theo Hourmouzis has joined Anthropic as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, representing the next phase of our commitment to the region. Hourmouzis will be meeting customers and partners this week together with executives from our global team as we officially open our new Sydney office. He brings over 20 years of technology industry leadership experience across the Asia Pacific region to the position. He joins us from Snowflake, where he most recently held the role of Senior Vice President for Australia, New Zealand and ASEAN. In that position, he helped enterprise and public sector organisations in financial services, retail, aviation and government shift AI from experimentation to tangible business impact. At Anthropic, he will head our expanding local team and develop a strategy focused on Australian and New Zealand customers, integrating Claude into their most critical workflows.
“Organizations across Australia and New Zealand are thinking carefully about how to adopt AI, and they want partners who take safety and rigor as seriously as they take the opportunity,” said Theo Hourmouzis, Anthropic General Manager of Australia and New Zealand. What attracted me to Anthropic. I’ve built my career collaborating with businesses and governments throughout this region, and the organizations that excel with AI will be those that combine bold ambition with rigorous discipline. Our expanding regional team will strengthen ties with organizations such as Commonwealth Bank and Quantium, as well as with our AI for Science collaborators including Australian National University, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and Curtin University—while advancing the commitments outlined in the MOU we recently signed with the Australian government. „Theo’s appointment reflects the shared belief we hold with the Australian government that AI can fuel economic growth when developed and deployed responsibly,“ said Chris Ciauri, Anthropic Managing Director of International. He’s dedicated decades to assisting organisations in embracing new technologies, and he’ll establish the team and partnerships required to provide enduring support for our customers throughout Australia and New Zealand.
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