Quantinuum Appoints New Chief Legal Officer and Chief People Officer

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  • Quantinuum has appointed Robin Schulman as Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary and Rory O’Byrne as Chief People Officer as the company expands its leadership team.
  • Schulman joins from GitLab with experience in legal, compliance, and corporate affairs roles, while O’Byrne brings more than 25 years of global human resources leadership experience.
  • The appointments come as Quantinuum focuses on scaling operations and advancing the commercialization of its quantum computing technology following its transition into a public company.

Press release – Quantinuum, Inc. (NASDAQ:QNT), a leading quantum computing company, today announced the recent appointments of Robin Schulman as Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and Company Secretary, effective July 13, 2026, and Rory O’Byrne as Chief People Officer (CPO), effective May 26, 2026. Ms. Schulman and Mr. O’Byrne both report to Quantinuum‘s President and CEO Rajeeb Hazra.

“As Quantinuum enters an exciting new chapter as a publicly listed company, we are pleased to welcome Robin and Rory to our leadership team,” said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum. “Both Robin and Rory are highly accomplished leaders who bring deep experience guiding technology companies through periods of transformation. Their proven track records of building high-performing organizations and world-class functions will provide an invaluable benefit to Quantinuum as we continue to scale our business and the commercialization of quantum computing accelerates.”

Ms. Schulman joins Quantinuum with more than two decades of legal and executive leadership experience guiding high-growth technology companies through periods of rapid expansion, strategic transformation, and public company evolution, with a track record of translating strategy into execution and building the foundations for sustainable growth. Most recently, Ms. Schulman served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs at GitLab, where she spent nearly seven years leading the company’s global legal, compliance, policy, competition, intellectual property, corporate development, sustainability and privacy strategy. Prior to that, she was the Chief Legal Officer at Couchbase and New Relic and held senior leadership positions at Adobe Inc.

Quantinuum sits at a fascinating intersection of groundbreaking science and real-world commercial impact, and I could not be more excited to join the team at this important moment in the company’s journey,” said Robin Schulman, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Quantinuum. “I look forward to partnering with Raj, our Board, and the leadership team to build a durable foundation that supports Quantinuum’s continued growth and long-term success.”

Mr. O’Byrne brings more than 25 years of global human resources experience leading public and private equity-backed organizations across the technology, energy, mining, and industrial sectors. Most recently, Mr. O’Byrne served as Chief People Officer for Advanced Energy, where he led the company’s human resources team during a period of integration, transformation, and operational expansion. Prior to that, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Jonah Energy LLC and Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources at MRC Global.

“I’m thrilled to be joining Quantinuum at such a pivotal moment for the company and for quantum computing more broadly,” said Rory O’Byrne, Chief People Officer of Quantinuum. “Having spent my career helping organizations scale through periods of rapid growth, I’m excited to build the people, culture, and infrastructure that will support Quantinuum’s next chapter as a public company. It’s a rare opportunity to help shape an organization at the forefront of a technology that will define the coming decades.”

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