Meta has appointed Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman, bringing seasoned financial, geopolitical and strategic leadership into its top executive ranks as the company enters a more capital-intensive phase of growth driven by large-scale AI and infrastructure ambitions.

According to a Reuters report, marks a significant shift for Meta as it deepens its investments in frontier AI, hyperscale data centres, energy infrastructure and global connectivity. Powell McCormick, who previously served on Meta’s Board of Directors, now transitions into an executive leadership role at a time when the company is building what it describes as a massive physical and financial foundation for the next decade of computing.

Her move into management comes as Meta’s spending profile increasingly resembles that of large infrastructure players rather than a traditional consumer technology company. With multi-billion-dollar capital commitments underway, execution complexity has risen sharply, making global financial expertise and geopolitical insight central to the company’s long-term strategy.

Commenting on the appointment, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Powell McCormick’s experience at the highest levels of global finance, combined with her international relationships, makes her uniquely positioned to help guide Meta through its next phase of growth as President and Vice Chairman.

In her new role, Powell McCormick will join Meta’s management team and play a key role in shaping overall strategy and execution. She will work closely with the company’s compute and infrastructure leadership to ensure large-scale investments align with Meta’s strategic objectives while delivering positive economic impact in the regions where it operates. A major part of her mandate will include building new strategic capital partnerships and identifying innovative approaches to expand Meta’s long-term investment capacity.

Powell McCormick brings over 25 years of experience across global finance, national security and economic development. She spent 16 years at Goldman Sachs, rising to partner and serving in senior leadership roles including the firm’s Management Committee and as head of Global Sovereign Investment Banking. During her tenure, she led major economic development initiatives such as 10,000 Women, 10,000 Small Businesses and One Million Black Women, aimed at fostering inclusive, long-term growth.

Her public service career spans senior roles across two U.S. administrations. She served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald J. Trump and earlier held positions as Senior White House Advisor and Assistant Secretary of State under President George W. Bush’s administration, working closely with then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Most recently, Powell McCormick was Vice Chair, President and Head of Global Client Services at BDT & MSD Partners, operating at the intersection of long-term capital, family ownership and strategic investment.

The appointment underlines Meta’s ongoing transformation from a consumer internet company into a global AI and infrastructure platform, where financial scale, geopolitical understanding and long-term partnerships are becoming as critical as technological innovation.