Monica Rancati

Monica is responsible for HR across 14 countries in all businesses within Microsoft Sales Marketing and Services Group, as well as its Development Organization. She is currently focused on building a people strategy for Western Europe to support Microsoft’s goals to become the market leader in mobile and cloud computing. She is leading the team by continuously upgrading practices on talent management, succession planning for senior leadership positions, change management, and HR transformation, shifting from a reactive mind-set to a more proactive and predictive approach to HR across the organisation. Monica has also been partnering with Microsoft’s HR leaders to support the transformation of the HR function with the aim to deliver greater business impact, provide great experiences for managers and employees and drive the standardisation of core common goals. Leveraging her knowledge of the ICT sector in Europe and internationally, Monica will bring her solid perspective on how to lead an innovative customer experience in a fast-transforming environment, sharing her current and past experiences of working within large and continuously evolving companies.