Lewis Maconachy

Head of European Communications @ Anthropic

About

Comms and marketing leader with sector expertise in AI, VC, fintech and ecommerce

Country

City

United Kingdom

Industry

Internet

Skill

Reputation Management, Strategic Communications, Social Technologies, Media Relations, Digital, Social Media Communications, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Crisis Communications, Internal Communications, Message Development, Public Relations, Crisis Management, Press Releases, Reputation, Digital Communication Strategy, Public Affairs, Social Media, Communications Planning, Start-ups

Experience

Head of European Communications

Anthropic

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

London Area, United Kingdom

Director, Communications and Marketing

Index Ventures

2024-1 - 2025-12 · 2 yrs

London, England, United Kingdom

- Comms strategy to shape Index Ventures’s profile as a top tier global VC - Strategic counsel to European founders in the portfolio on comms and marketing - Video and content production with major portfolio startups like Revolut and Figma - Policy comms campaigns to reform EMI in the UK and drive awareness of EU INC - Book launches for Index Press.

Director, Product Communications

Shopify

2023-4 - 2024-1 · 10 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

Ran the product comms team at Shopify, leading strategic storytelling about AI, product partnerships and enterprise commerce.

Director, EMEA Communications

Shopify

2022-2 - 2023-4 · 1 yr 3 mos

Member of Shopify’s EMEA Senior Leadership Team responsible for building and managing a team of 6 communications professionals shaping Shopify's profile in Europe

Head of Global Enterprise Communications

Stripe

2019-7 - 2021-1 · 1 yr 7 mos

New York

Built a new strategic, global function in the communications team to develop Stripe's enterprise brand and manage joint storytelling with Stripe’s most strategic customers and partners, such as Afterpay, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Shopify, Slack, Visa and Zoom.

Head of Corporate Communications, UK and Ireland

Stripe

2014-11 - 2019-6 · 4 yrs 8 mos

London

Developed and implemented a communication strategy to build Stripe's reputation from scratch in the UK, drive awareness of Stripe’s product leadership in Europe, and shape our strategic response to complex policy and regulatory issues.