Amy Hood
Microsoft CFO since 2013; confirmed FY2027 headcount decline on May 2026 earnings call.
Amy Hood has been Microsoft's chief financial officer since 2013. On the company's May 2026 earnings call she confirmed Microsoft expects headcount to fall year-on-year in fiscal 2027.
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Amy Hood is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft, a post she has held since 2013. On the company's May 2026 earnings call she confirmed that Microsoft expects a year-on-year headcount decline in fiscal 2027, attributing it to AI productivity gains rather than cost pressure or a weaker business.
Hood's public statements carry weight because Microsoft has taken concrete steps that match her framing rather than merely signalling intent. In early May 2026 the company launched a voluntary retirement programme covering roughly 8,750 US employees and took a $900 million Q4 charge, while excluding AI divisions, Azure cloud engineering and strategic partnerships from eligibility.
She has also reshaped how Microsoft reports its own capital spending. She extended the assumed useful life of data-centre buildings from 15 to 25 years and shifted new capacity from finance leases to operating leases, putting Microsoft's calendar-2026 capital expenditure at roughly $175bn rather than the separately quoted $255bn-$260bn figure, which actually covers the fiscal year to June 2027.