Vanessa Hartley, originally from Waterford, has taken the helm as the new leader of Google’s Irish branch, stepping in after her predecessor moved on to a new venture.
With a decade under her belt at Google, Hartley has climbed through various leadership roles. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Large Customer Sales for Google EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), having previously led the Dublin hub in the same division. Earlier in her career at Google, Hartley took charge of the central Europe division and played key roles in the EMEA central operations and planning departments.
Educated in international marketing at Dublin City University, Hartley’s career began at Permanent TSB where she headed up personal banking and product strategy. She later moved on to roles as a Commercial Director at GloHealth and Group Marketing Director at Aviva Ireland.
The role of leading Google’s Irish operations has seen frequent changes in recent times. Hartley steps in following Adaire Fox-Martin’s departure last month after an impactful three-year tenure. Fox-Martin has now transitioned to the role of President and CEO at Equinix, with the changeover set for late in the second quarter of 2024. Charles Meyers, Equinix’s current president and CEO, will assume the position of Executive Chair.
Fox-Martin herself was appointed to lead Google’s Irish operations at the beginning of 2022, succeeding Nick Leeder who had held the role for two years. Just a year into her role at Google Ireland, Fox-Martin expanded her responsibilities by taking on the presidency of Google Cloud’s go-to-market teams.
Commenting on her new role, Hartley said, “It’s an enormous privilege to lead our Dublin site of more than 5,000 people as we unite behind our mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
“Those who know me or have worked with me know what a proud Irish person I am and how deeply committed I am to this country, its people and helping businesses succeed and make the most of AI.”
(Source: Silicon Republic)
