The new head of Twitter’s board isn’t a big tweeter

Twitter has been punished by investors because it doesn’t have as many users as social media king Facebook. He became a senior adviser in August, helping the company through its rebranding as Alphabet Inc.

Kordestani, a long time Googler, had been the chief business officer at Google for just over a year, taking over from Nikesh Arora after he left for Softbank.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Kordestani started his career in Silicon Valley as a Product Marketing Manager at HP, followed by a series of start-up experiences at early smartphone innovator, GO Corporation, and interactive gaming company, 3DO. Kordestani has been with Google since 1999 and he was the company’s 11th employee.

The announcement comes after Twitter revealed that it would layoff 336 employees, or roughly 8% of the company.

The company had said it would seek an external appointment as chairman in a bid to allay concerns about Mr Dorsey’s dual role as Twitter boss and chief executive of Square, the mobile payments company he founded. He also received a bonus of $5 million when he returned as chief business officer.

He’s also a longtime Google executive and close advisor to the cofounder who runs Google, which will likely raise a few eyebrows as Google is frequently listed as a potential acquirer of Twitter.

It has been a busy two weeks for Dorsey since Twitter named him chief executive. Mr. Kordestani will be at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters regularly and will be responsible for ” providing leadership and support for the executive team, as well as recruiting key talent”, the spokesman said. Twitter and Google have forged a deeper relationship lately.

Kordestani is just one of many Kurds who have made it to the top of United States giants.

Kordestani assumes the post that Jack Dorsey vacated when he was officially named Twitter’s CEO last week.

Dorsey has acknowledged that Twitter needs to do a better job of being easier to understand for neophytes so it can attract more users.

Twitter shares fell 3.1 per cent to $29.90 in extended trading on Friday (pictured).