Vanessa Kingori

Vanessa Kingori is the Managing Director of Technology, Media, and Telecoms at Google, where she oversees strategic operations and industry partnerships. Alongside her primary executive responsibilities at the global search engine operator, she functions as an active investor and sits on the leadership committee for Peanut StartHer. As one of the key decision-makers at this specialized venture capital microfund, she helps deploy critical early-stage capital to pre-seed female founders building new technology enterprises. Her extensive professional contributions to the media landscape and her sustained advocacy for diversity and inclusion initiatives within the corporate sector were formally acknowledged when she received an Order of the British Empire honor from the British monarchy. Kingori currently focuses on scaling enterprise growth across the telecommunications ecosystem while simultaneously working to dismantle structural barriers for underrepresented entrepreneurs navigating the venture funding landscape.