Dido Schmidt

Director, Global Partnerships - Commerce Google

Dido leads Google’s EMEA Partnerships teams across Shopping, Consumer Payments, and Wallet, driving the strategic evolution on how people and businesses transact. With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of technology, product innovation and partnerships, she specializes in partnering with industry players to build and bring products to market and leading complex ecosystems through the era of AI transformation.

At Google, Dido has led partnerships teams across Google’s most influential platforms - including Search, Ads, and Chrome - giving her a distinct perspective on how ecosystem collaboration unlocks and accelerates international growth.

Dido began her career in strategy consulting at Oliver Wyman advising financial services clients across the European market. She holds a BSc of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.