Twitter's new chief executive announces management reorganisation

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Twitter's new chief executive announces management reorganisation

Twitter’s new chief executive, Parag Agrawal announced a major reorganisation of the company's leadership to drive increased accountability, speed and operational efficiency. The company will shift to a General Manager (GM) model for the areas Consumer, Revenue and Core Tech, which will be led by Kayvon Beykpour, Bruce Falck and Nick Caldwell, respectively. The move comes soon after the sudden departure of co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey.

These GMs will lead all core teams across engineering, product management, design, and research. Lindsey Iannucci also joined the leadership team as Chief of Staff and VP of Operations to support Agrawal in strengthening operations across the leadership team, and the company. As part of these changes, Dantley Davis, Design and Research Lead, and Head of engineering Michael Montano will be stepping down from their positions at the company effective 31 December. They will remain as advisors through the end of the first quarter of 2022 to ensure an orderly transition. 

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