Adaire Fox-Martin, New Head of Google

1st February 2022

Posted In: So In Demand

Adaire Fox-Martin has been announced as the new head of Google in Ireland.  She takes over from Nick Leeder who has returned to Australia as VP Google Business Global Projects.

Adaire is currently the President of Google Cloud EMEA, leading the EMEA sales organisation. She will continue in this role in tandem with her new announced position at Google.

Prior to her current role, Adaire was Executive Board Member and President of Global Sales, Services, and Customer Engagement at SAP, leading and growing the teams responsible for SAP’s global business and the success of over 440,000 customers. Prior to SAP, she held various leadership roles at Oracle.

Adaire is passionate about social issues and is a Global Buy-Social Ambassador with Social Enterprise UK. She was also part of the team that founded SAP One Billion Lives Ventures, a social intrapreneurship program focused on improving the lives of one billion people around the world through the creation of sustainable business ventures.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Equinix, the world’s largest data center and colocation provider. Two years ago she was named in Fortune Magazine’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women International List for the fourth time running.