Microsoft Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi will depart after the next fiscal year. Mehdi has served at the company for 35 years.
He currently leads product marketing for Microsoft AI, Copilot, Windows, and Surface. Mehdi will spend his final year unifying the Copilot vision. He also plans to reimagine Windows for the agentic era.
CEO Satya Nadella is managing the departure as part of a broader executive reshuffle. The restructuring aims to focus leadership on artificial intelligence.
Mehdi has not announced future plans. He clarified that he is not retiring.