Microsoft ANZ appoints Vanessa Sorenson as its channel chief

Microsoft ANZ has announced the elevation of Vanessa Sorenson as the ANZ channel head of the tech giants. She will take the new role of Global Partner Solutions director for Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, while also continuing as New Zealand country leader.

While sharing the update with her colleagues on linkedin, she shared how excited she is to be part of an incredible team and thanked her predecessor Rachel Bondi.

Sorenson joined Microsoft in 2017 as enterprise director for its New Zealand business and later rose to the role of NZ managing director in 2020. 

Prior to Microsoft, she worked at NZ telco Spark from 1998 to 2017, with her most recent role as general manager. She has also worked at IT services company Wang New Zealand (now Gen-i) from 1994 to 1998.