Rachel Bondi is a Corporate Vice President, Small Medium Enterprises and Channel, Microsoft Asia at Microsoft. She possess expertise in product marketing, go to market strategy, strategy, enterprise software, marketing strategy and 20 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I had the pleasure of being part of Rachel's leadership team, when she was Chief Partner Officer of Microsoft ANZ. Rachel has been instrumental in growing the partner business, raising the profile and advocating for the partner ecosystem, both externally and internally. What I do appreciate of Rachel's leadership is her strong sense of curiosity, business acumen, and empathy towards people and business. Rachel has the curiosity to dialogue complex concepts with incredibly pointed insightful questions and then turning that complexity into something that is simple, crisp and executable in the business. She is also a wonderful leader at connecting to every level of the organization and with external customers and partners. This stems from her innate curiosity, sense of empathy on what matters to others and how to best support . She has a wonderful way of backing up her team and our customers/partners when she believes in the cause. It is always amazing to see how Rachel does this while still balancing tough business goals across all levels of organisation." and "I’ve had the absolute pleasure of learning from Rachel for the last 3 years as part of Global Partner Solutions in Microsoft ANZ, where she led the business as our Chief Partner Officer. I was an AI Cloud Solution Architect in one of the Tech Teams reporting into Rachel. Under her leadership, we empowered Partners to build high-margin Microsoft Cloud and Microsoft Plus solutions for customers, driving the ANZ economies. Being in her organization means that you’re equipped with creative freedom to generate impact beyond norms, because fundamentally Rachel is boundaryless in how she creates businesses, teams, and impact. Rachel inspired us to build long-lasting growth for our Partners. She created a clear vision and “excellence-in-execution” that focused on accelerated innovation through emerging technologies. Her “what’s on the horizon” curiosity empowered our teams to proactively anticipate future customer needs through Partner practice building, setting up the GPS ANZ organization for sustainable growth beyond her tenure. Her leadership infused energy into winning partnerships with customers and Partner executives. Beyond this, Rachel is an industry leader who wholeheartedly cares about her organization. It’s rare to find a leader who excels in defining business strategy and culture, let alone one who intrinsically believes that the latter informs the former. I remember when I joined her organization in 2020. In the first All Hands, she opened the session with her learnings, stories of her children and how “good values underpin business success”. I smiled knowing I was working for a leader who was grounded in humanity and has the fundamental intuition to center on the right thing for her business and her people. Rachel powerfully advocates for diversity and inclusion, and long-term corporate breakthroughs for talent in her organization. She inspires women by empowering them to think expansively, to relentlessly pursue their dreams, and to see that they too are leaders. Simply put, Rachel builds the next generation of leaders by generously nurturing the person and their career. Without a doubt, I am better professional and person because of our connection and my experiences in her organization. Getting to know her, you’ll immediately know a wonderful leader and person with high-integrity, compassion, and curiosity to leave things better than she found it. On a personal note, without Rachel’s support and mentorship, I can unequivocally say that I truly wouldn’t be where I am in my career today. She believed in me from Day 1, and she generously nurtured me to pursue my dreams. I look forward to many more years of working with Rachel, learning from her, and celebrating the greatness she creates for Microsoft, her people, global customers, and beyond. Microsoft is truly lucky to have her as an influential leader."