Google shuffles top policy team amid ongoing antitrust cases

San Francisco

CAROLINE Atkinson, an experienced diplomat Google hired last year to steer its global policy efforts, is stepping aside from that management role.

Google confirmed her move but said it was an administrative change designed to place oversight of the policy role at its Mountain View, California, headquarters, and Washington-based Ms Atkinson will stay on as chief policy adviser. Leslie Miller, a Google policy director based in California, is filling in the top policy role on an interim basis. "Caroline will be focusing on external-facing work and priorities and Leslie will manage the team," a Google spokesman said. Ms Atkinson declined to comment.