CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE MICROSOFT PARTNERS
The Group was established in 2020 and includes CEOs or Managing Directors of eleven Microsoft Partners as the foundation Members of this Group. These partners are eleven of Microsoft’s largest in the partner ecosystem, and combined they employ well over 10,000 people.
As more partners join the Group, the conversation regarding the importance of tech sector diversity and inclusion will be amplified; new programs to encourage women into the sector will emerge; capability will improve, and corporate cultures will become more inclusive. Together, the Members of the Microsoft Partners Group will strive for gender equality across the industry and serve as a diversity beacon for other sectors of the economy.
Group Co-Convenors
Elizabeth Broderick AO
Founder of the Champions of Change Coalition
Elizabeth Broderick AO has brought together captains of industry, sport, governments and Defence Force chiefs to address gender inequality in Australia and beyond. As Australia’s longest serving Sex Discrimination Commissioner (2007-2015), Elizabeth worked tirelessly to break down structural and social barriers faced by women and men, and to promote gender equality.
Members of Champions of Change Microsoft Partners
Partnering with Microsoft Australia
Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. As a global leader in technology and digital transformation, Microsoft has over 10,000 partners in Australia that employ more than 300,000 people.
LATEST NEWS
Champions of Change Coalition Impact Report 2020
Champions of Change Coalition release the 2020 Impact Report detailing action and impact on gender equality, advancing more and diverse women into leadership and building respectful and inclusive working environments for all employees.
Gender balance in Fire and Emergency Going beyond ‘it’s the right thing to do’ The Case for Change
The new report ‘Gender Balance in Fire and Emergency, Going Beyond ‘it’s the right thing to do’ – the case for change’ explores the benefits and rationale in addressing key risk factors including health and safety, reputational and political risk and community engagement, through improving gender balance and other diversity in the sector.
