Renee Cathcart is a senior marketing executive with extensive experience leading high-tech SaaS organisations through periods of transformational change. Currently, she serves as the Senior Director of Marketing for Workday Australia and New Zealand, where she fosters a high-performing culture rooted in mentorship, integrity, collaboration and FUN! Her leadership is centered on empowering talented marketers to drive innovative, customer-centric strategies that reflect Workday’s position as a leader in AI-powered innovation. Prior to her current role, Renee was a Group Owner of Marketing at Telstra Enterprise, partnering with senior leadership to identify growth opportunities and oversee campaign development across key portfolios like cloud, security, and AI. Her career also includes significant leadership tenures at VMware, where she served as Marketing Director for ANZ and successfully realigned team structures to support local business priorities while fostering a strong high-performance culture. Renee’s international expertise was further developed at Oracle, where she led SaaS go-to-market strategies across the Asia Pacific region and earned a global award for her work in digital nurture campaigns. Her professional foundation was built over several years at Microsoft Australia, focusing on public sector marketing and SaaS transformation. A results-driven leader, Renee is deeply passionate about diversity of thought and serves as an advocate for the role marketing plays in delivering on a company’s ESG ambitions. Outside of work, Renee loves to spend time travelling with her family, experiencing different cultures and making magic memories.
Renee Cathcart, Senior Director Marketing – Workday
