Veeam has appointed Philip Goldie as Vice President for Australia and New Zealand, as the company points to growing enterprise focus on AI adoption and associated data risks.
Goldie brings more than 20 years of technology leadership experience, with roles spanning Microsoft, Okta and SafetyCulture, according to the company. He most recently worked at SafetyCulture, where Veeam said he led global teams across sales, pre-sales, customer success, partnerships and support.
Prior to SafetyCulture, Goldie served as Vice President and Country Manager for Okta in Australia and New Zealand, and spent 12 years at Microsoft in senior sales and partner roles across Australia and New Zealand. Earlier in his career he held regional marketing roles at Nortel across Asia.
The appointment comes as Veeam highlights a rise in AI agent use in Australian organisations. The company cited its own research indicating 88 per cent of Australian organisations are already using or piloting AI agents, while 53 per cent of executives cite intellectual property leakage as their top “Shadow AI” risk.
“Organisations across Australia and New Zealand are moving fast with AI, but speed alone will not build trust,” said Beni Sia, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan at Veeam. “The real test is whether their data is secure, governed, recoverable and trusted enough to support AI at scale. That is where Veeam leads. We have built the number one data resilience position in ANZ, and Philip is the right leader to help customers and partners turn that foundation into measurable business outcomes.”
Goldie said customers in Australia and New Zealand were looking for partners to help protect critical data, improve recovery when incidents occur, and “adopt AI with confidence.”
Goldie is a board member of the Children’s Medical Research Institute, where he chairs the Digital Strategy Committee. He holds an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
