Ruth Barnett
About
Ruth Barnett is from London, England, United Kingdom. Ruth works in the following industries: "Computer Software", "Research", "Public Relations & Communications", "Information Technology & Services", "Broadcast Media", "Media Production", and "Commercial Real Estate". Ruth is currently Advisor at Ineffable Intelligence. Ruth also works as Advisor at Chai Discovery, a job Ruth has held since Dec 2025. Another title Ruth currently holds is Advisor at CuspAI. In Ruth's previous role as a Comms consultant at Sequoia Capital, Ruth worked in until Mar 2026. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Ruth was a Director of Communications at Sequoia Capital and held the position of Director of Communications at London, England, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Ruth was a Director of Communications at DeepMind from Nov 2020 to Aug 2022. Ruth started working as Head Of Communications at DeepMind in May 2017. From May 2016 to Apr 2017, Ruth was Director of Communications at Snap Inc., based in London, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Ruth was a Chief of Staff / Director of Comms at Second Home, based in 68-80 Hanbury St, London E1 5JL from Sep 2015 to Apr 2016. Ruth started working as VP of Global Communications at SwiftKey (acquired by Microsoft) in London in Apr 2012.
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Ruth Barnett's current jobs
Bespoke comms for remarkable founders & leaders, clients include early stage founders in AI and beyond.
Ruth Barnett's past jobs
Working with the partners and portfolio founders.
Led DeepMind's external, founder and internal communications and related teams. Led comms strategy for major breakthroughs including AlphaFold & AlphaFold 2, which later won a Nobel Prize.
Snap's first comms hire outside the US. Built initial EMEA comms team and strategy in the run up to the IPO.
Built and led global comms function from Series A to Microsoft acquisition. VC investors included Accel, Index and Octopus Ventures.
Later known as the Social Media Correspondent, I sourced stories using social networks for television and online and put social media at the heart of the Sky News newsroom.