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Education
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Anthony Montgomery

Anthony Montgomery

Northampton,Northamptonshire

Summary

Results-driven sales leader with over a 18 years of management experience across the UK, EMEA, and global markets. Known for a hands-on leadership style focused on coaching, team development, and building strong relationships at all levels. Proven track record of driving business growth through a consultative sales approach, with deep expertise in complex solutions including SaaS and data-driven platforms. Skilled at aligning client needs with organizational goals to deliver tailored, high-value outcomes. Passionate about mentoring high-performing teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration. Broad industry experience with a strong focus on financial and professional services.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Director of Sales HotDocs

Mitratech
London
01.2020 - 08.2024

HotDocs, market leader in document assembly, automation and workflow. Headed up and coached the global sales team of 13 people, reporting to CEO with P&L responsibility.

  • Grew HotDocs by over 73% in 4 years, while exeeding quota each year
  • Drove the successful sale of HotDocs to Mitratech - June 2024
  • Grew the banking sector, HotDocs automated 25% of all commercial loans in US, 30% in the UK.
  • Turned the following clients into $1m+ ARR: JP Morgan, Bank of America, HSBC, Grant Thornton, LexisNexis, Philips Healthcare.


Head of Financial Services and Partnerships

ContractPodAi
London
11.2018 - 12.2019

ContractPodAi contract lifecycle solution, cloud storage, workflow, automation and utilizes AI. Built the financial services and partnership team.

  • Achieved 102% of quota, strong focus on banking and insurance.
  • Developed the partnership program and onboarded global partners in Europe, South Africa and Asia.
  • Part of the senior management team which raised $56m through Series B.

Head of Financial Services

HighQ
London
11.2017 - 09.2018

HighQ is a LegalTech SaaS, collaboration, automation and workflow. Develop financial services and build a team reporting to the head of EMEA.

  • 94% of quota YTD.
  • New logos including Barclays, EY and Grant Thornton.
  • Built playbook and set up team for financial services.

UK - Regional Sales Manager

Seerene GmBH
London
07.2016 - 10.2017

Seerene was a start-up, headquartered out of Germany which offered a SaaS solution which provided CIO's transparency across their software development landscape. My role was first on the ground in the UK.

  • Onboarded first clients outside of Germany.
  • Built relationships with CIO's, CTO's and CEO's of the major banks in the UK.
  • Onboarded partners including Accenture and Fujitsu.

UK Sales Manager

Datawatch Corporation
London
01.2014 - 04.2016

Datawach are market leaders in big data extraction, preparation and visualization. I lead and coached the UK sales team

  • Exceeded quota in years 1 (110%) and 2, (138%)
  • Launched new visualization platform and took to market
  • Built the first trading platform with a hedge fund and took this to 2 major UK Banks

VP of Sales

Company Watch
London
01.2011 - 12.2013

SaaS solution enabling finance departments to assess the financial health of their clients. Headed up the global sales team reporting to the CEO.

  • Implemented the sales playbook and rebuilt the sales team
  • Won major RFP with Apple
  • Achieved highest level of new sales and exceeded quota buy 120% year 2 and 130% year 3


VP of Sales EMEA

Internet Securities (ISI)
London
09.2006 - 01.2011

Internet Securities, market leader, Emerging market, news, data and research to financial markets. Head of EMEA, 20 direct reports, both in sales and product.

  • Successfully launched and sold new solutions for Compliance/Risk, M&A and Macro Economic data solutions.
  • Euromoney Senior Management program (Top 10 performing managers at Euromoney).
  • Transformed EMEA from £2.8m ARR to £11.2m ARR in 4 years.
  • Set up sales strategy for the company globally after continuously smashing quotas.


Education

8 GCSE's -

Arnewood School
09.1985 - 06.1990

BTECH National Diploma - Business and Finance

Brockenhurst College
Brockenhurst
09.1990 - 07.1992

Skills

  • 15 years in sales management
  • Grew HotDocs by 73% over 4 years ($15m to $26m)
  • Part of the senior management team which raised $56m Series A
  • Lead sales teams across UK, EMEA and Global
  • Top 10 Manager at Euromoney (Owned Internet Securites)
  • Sales Methodology - Challenger, MEDDIC, consultative




Previous roles before 2006

Perfect Information - Senior Sales Exec 2002-2006

Thomson Finanical - Senior Sales Exec 1996-2001

Financial Times - Analyst 1994-1996

Affiliations

  • History, Salsa, Football and Golf

Accomplishments

  • Branding committee for AbacusNext to transform into Caret (HotDocs was a subsidiary)
  • Promoted to Global Head of HotDocs sales
  • Captains club in 2022 and 2023
  • Accelerated leadership program at Euromoney (Owned, Internet Securities]

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Director of Sales HotDocs

Mitratech
01.2020 - 08.2024

Head of Financial Services and Partnerships

ContractPodAi
11.2018 - 12.2019

Head of Financial Services

HighQ
11.2017 - 09.2018

UK - Regional Sales Manager

Seerene GmBH
07.2016 - 10.2017

UK Sales Manager

Datawatch Corporation
01.2014 - 04.2016

VP of Sales

Company Watch
01.2011 - 12.2013

VP of Sales EMEA

Internet Securities (ISI)
09.2006 - 01.2011

BTECH National Diploma - Business and Finance

Brockenhurst College
09.1990 - 07.1992

8 GCSE's -

Arnewood School
09.1985 - 06.1990
Anthony Montgomery