Petra Heinrich Liedtke.

VMware has appointed Petra Heinrich Liedtke as Vice President, Partner & Commercial business, EMEA at VMware.

According to a statement released by the cloud computing and virtualisation tech firm Heinrich Liedtke will lead a 500-strong organisation, responsible for enabling VMware’s highly developed ecosystem of partners with the digital foundation to deliver modernised applications and multi-cloud to customers.

The company added that customers are seeking business outcomes through their digital transformation, and Heinrich Liedtke will collaborate with these partners “to enhance their business models and unlock their capabilities through VMware’s solutions and services.”

VMware said Heinrich Liedtke brings with her deep channel expertise, with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, most recently as Vice President of Partner and Product Sales EMEA at Red Hat.

“She has a strong-track record of building robust and successful partner ecosystems, empowering partners as they guide organisations on their digital transformation journeys. She has also held senior positions at Open-Xchange and SuSE Linux/Novell,” reads part of the statement.

Heinrich Liedtke said, “VMware’s partners have always demonstrated exceptional consultancy and innovation to their customers, and I look forward to delivering customer-for-life value that prioritises and elevates both the customer and partner experience. VMware is fully committed to a future of multi-cloud and modern apps, and it is my mission to enhance our partner business models to support this future. We’ll do so by ensuring frictionless experiences across our connected ecosystem and unlocking our partners’ capabilities, so we can together deliver the digital foundation needed at scale.”