Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Claire Dixon joined VMware in July 2017 as senior vice president and chief communications officer. She leads the company’s global communications team, including public relations, industry analyst relations, stakeholder engagement, employee communications and thought-leadership campaigns. Dixon’s team is the custodian of VMware's company narrative. Every day they bring that narrative to life for stakeholders across all aspects of the company to demonstrate the extraordinary business and social value of VMware and its products and services.

Dixon is a seasoned communications leader, and has held senior roles in major European and US companies. Prior to joining VMware, she was vice president of global communications at eBay where she led all aspects of the company’s external communications, as well eBay’s global impact and the eBay foundation. Before joining eBay, Dixon held communications roles at healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline, consumer products giant Unilever and global PR agency Weber Shandwick. Dixon is British and holds a master’s degree from Cambridge University.