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Michael White

Michael White

London

Summary

Results-driven B2B technology marketing consultant with expertise in developing global customer advocacy and account-based marketing programmes. Delivered multimillion-pound revenue growth for leading technology firms through innovative campaigns and high-performing teams. Managed seven-figure investments, achieving exceptional ROI across diverse marketing channels in both agile and enterprise contexts.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Global Program Lead

Citrix
London
06.2024 - Current
  • Established and scaled a global customer advocacy program from the ground up, transforming it into a strategic growth engine within its first year.
  • Delivered a record volume of customer stories, increasing advocacy output by over 300% and ensuring consistent representation across key industries and regions.
  • Cultivated relationships with 100+ C-level representatives, discussing strategic benefits of Citrix deployments and facilitating success story creation.
  • Built a pipeline of 100+ advocacy candidates and 150+ active references, equipping Sales with credible proof points that directly accelerated deals.
  • Embedded advocacy across the business by training 200+ Sellers and ATS members and launching a repeatable EMEA enablement workshop that continues to generate new leads.
  • Enhanced visibility and executive engagement through bi-weekly ELT reporting, highlighting progress with major accounts and elevating programme’s strategic profile.
  • Designed a framework enabling large enterprises to showcase innovation while maintaining compliance with strict publicity policies through CABs, roundtables, and 1:1 engagements.
  • Modernised customer storytelling by diversifying content formats and leveraging ABM strategies, effectively targeting key customers.

Senior Account Director

Hotwire Global
London
10.2022 - 06.2024
  • Strategic lead for the retention and growth of the Cloud Ecosystem brands, including AWS, VMware, Intel and Kyndryl, growing annual agency revenue from £1.5m to £2m
  • Consulted between partner alliances to develop and execute the joint ABM strategy for Kyndryl, VMware & AWS targeting the FSI sector, delivering 200% of pipeline target
  • Spearheaded ABM initiatives across client portfolio, most notably for Dell, harnessing intent data insights to guide key campaign decisions, resulting in customer pipeline ROI of 25:1+
  • Pitched C-Suite stakeholders at global tech companies, identifying challenges and formulating customer-centric strategies that secured six-figure investment
  • Led multi-faceted demand generation campaign for SaaS client into 4 new verticals, implementing strategies that increased customer breadth by 200% and average CLV by over 50%

Head of Marketing

Exertis
Basingstoke
01.2020 - 09.2022
  • Managed £11m marketing investment across 60+ brands, maximising return for clients including Microsoft, Intel, Dell and Samsung
  • Launched Exertis’ Cloud proposition to the EMEA market, onboarding new clients such as Adobe and Vimeo to achieve £1m+ revenue in the first 12 months
  • Formulated and executed three-year business strategy through cross-functional board-level collaboration, that achieved 18% marketing PBIT growth over tenure
  • Crafted customer lifecycle strategies with Sales and Commercial teams, driving 10% organic growth in customer base
  • Led and mentored a high-performing team of 14, transforming them into award-winning star performers
  • Pioneered a unique gaming experiential environment with Xbox, PlayStation, and Razer within Hamleys' flagship store, successfully introducing gaming as a new category for the Hamley’s brand
  • Global technology sales, marketing & distribution firm with an annual turnover of £4billion

Undertook a series of progressive roles, consistently earning promotions through exceptional performance against business and personal objectives:

  • Senior Marketing Manager (April 2017 – December 2019)
  • Marketing Manager (September 2016 – April 2017)
  • Marketing Executive (January 2016 – September 2016)

Marketing Executive

DCC plc.
Dublin, Oxford
09.2014 - 01.2016
  • Identified, developed and evaluated marketing strategies based on knowledge of company objectives and market trends.
  • Prepared detailed marketing forecasts on a daily, weekly and quarterly basis.
  • Created sales strategies to promote advertising offerings and motivate larger deals.
  • Secured a position in a two-year rotational graduate programme at a global sales, marketing, and services company.

Customer Services & Sales Assistant

More Than Safety Ltd.
10.2013 - 06.2014

Marketing Assistant

Eli Lilly & Co.
07.2011 - 08.2012

Education

BA (Hons) - Business & Marketing

Bournemouth University
01-2013

A-Level - BBC

AS Level - C

GCSE - A-B

Skills

  • Global strategy
  • Account Based Marketing
  • Customer Marketing
  • New Business Development
  • Marketing campaign development
  • Campaign frameworks
  • Market and data analysis
  • Project management
  • Team management
  • Cross-functional teamwork
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic leadership
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Customer management

Professional Highlights

  • Built the Citrix Advocacy Program from scratch, establishing it as a cornerstone of the GTM strategy (Citrix)
  • Orchestrated a dual-branded 1:Few ABM campaign for Citrix and Wipro across two verticals, managing concurrent workstreams and campaign alignment, success that led to Citrix recruiting me into their marketing team (Hotwire)
  • Launched Pico VR into Europe, utilising detailed consumer insights to inform messaging and tactics, surpassing sales targets by 200% (Exertis)
  • Championed a highly effective matrixed team, leading the Direct-To-Consumer eCommerce strategy and implementation to grow platform revenue from £10m to £17m (Exertis)
  • Project-led the largest event in Tech-Distribution history at Silverstone, with 120 brands & 1,500 attendees, managing a £1m budget (Exertis)

Timeline

Global Program Lead

Citrix
06.2024 - Current

Senior Account Director

Hotwire Global
10.2022 - 06.2024

Head of Marketing

Exertis
01.2020 - 09.2022

Marketing Executive

DCC plc.
09.2014 - 01.2016

Customer Services & Sales Assistant

More Than Safety Ltd.
10.2013 - 06.2014

Marketing Assistant

Eli Lilly & Co.
07.2011 - 08.2012

BA (Hons) - Business & Marketing

Bournemouth University

A-Level - BBC

AS Level - C

GCSE - A-B

Michael White