Vanessa Kingori to Exit Condé Nast, Join Google

27 Nov 2023

Vanessa Kingori, Condé Nast Britain’s chief business officer and Vogue European business advisor, is exiting the company to join Google, according to sources and internal communications seen by BoF.

In recent years, Kingori has been vital to helping Condé Nast navigate an increasingly challenging environment for legacy media players, spearheading innovative ways to open and expand new revenue streams like digital content creation for brand clients.

She will be joining Google UK as managing director of technology, with a focus on deploying new tools including artificial intelligence. In recent months, the search giant, like many other big tech players, has begun introducing features powered by generative AI. Shopping has been a key area of experimentation for the company.

Google’s new AI-powered virtual try-on tool lets users see what a clothing item looks like on a wide range of computer-generated models, and for the holidays the tech giant is testing an AI-powered feature that offers intelligent gift recommendations.