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Peter Mather

Sunbury-On-Thames,Surrey

Summary

I am an entrepreneurial IT sales professional with more than 25 years of B2B experience. My expertise lies in shaping highly profitable sales strategies, coupled with building robust and aligned Partner relationships across Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), Global System Integrators (GSIs), and technology alliances. This is evidenced by my achievements in both Leadership and Individual Contributor roles within organizations ranging from established Tier-one Enterprises to those experiencing rapid growth and change.

I have evidenced success in positioning a broad range of complex IT/Software and Professional Services solutions to both the Private and Public sectors, encompassing Digital Maturity/Transformation projects, Data Analytics, Data Management, CX, and Cybersecurity across the ever-changing landscape of Hybrid IT. This, together with my experience in building Partner ecosystems and working with the full spectrum of software consumption models (SaaS, Subscription, Open Source, and Perpetual), has enabled me to excel in this field.

I am passionate about creating a team culture and environment within which individuals are motivated and empowered to perform at their best, whilst adopting a mindset that challenges the status quo.

I use my experience to create innovative, customer-centric solutions that foster strong relationships at all levels. I have a well-defined sales structure and exceptional rapport-building abilities that help me and my teams understand customer needs and create value propositions with a clearly defined return on investment.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Head of Sales and Client Engagement

Ideal Health
London, UK
2023.04 - 2023.10
  • Company Overview:
  • Ideal Health is a leading Digital Transformation Consultancy firm delivering expertise to the NHS.
  • Hired to lead the Sales and Marketing team responsible for selling Professional Services to the NHS, with a specific remit of improving the Partner ecosystem and general GTM strategy.
  • Highlights:
  • Initiated a company-wide review of GTM messaging, resulting in more focused and packaged workstreams, enabling teams to penetrate a broader target market and Partner landscape.
  • Restructured the sales & marketing team to leverage previously non-targeted revenue streams, resulting in an immediate increase in the sales pipeline of 150%
  • Introduced Meddpicc sales methodology, re-engineered the use of Salesforce CRM, and created a new compensation program.

Sales Director - Strategic Accounts

Elastic
London
2020.11 - 2022.11

Company overview

  • Elastic, a leading global technology company, provides a data analytics platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity, enabling organizations to search and analyze data at scale.
  • Appointed to lead engagement with a focused set of global Accounts.
  • Highlights:
  • Achieved 131% of combined quota in the first full financial year, whilst developing strong relationships throughout the Partner ecosystem.
  • Grew footprint and set the foundation for establishing a 'Centre of Excellence' within BT.
  • Created internal customer forums in UBS, thereby increasing the cross-sell closure rate.
  • Secured new instances of Elastic across HSBC globally through collaborative cross-company initiatives.

Head of Sales - Global Accounts - Northwest Europe

Commvault
2017.06 - 2020.01
  • Company overview
  • Commvault is a global leader in providing software and services for data protection, information management, and cyber resilience, helping organizations to manage data across on-premise and cloud environments.
  • Highlights
  • Global Sales Director of the year 2018
  • Promoted to build and lead the inaugural Global Account Sales team and associated Partner base with a headcount of eight senior sales execs across Northern Europe, under a new company-wide Global Accounts initiative.
  • As part of the leadership team, I held responsibility for implementing a GTM strategy that resulted in my team "winning" the largest multi-million-dollar contracts across Commvault Worldwide.
  • Increased N Europe rolling 12-month Licence and Services pipeline from standing start to >$50m.
  • Appointed interim SD for UK&I Named Account team for Public Sector.
  • Major Wins included:
  • Lloyds Bank - $4m deal - Critical enabler as part of the customers' migration to 'XaaS'.
  • UBS - $3m - data analytics - Hit cost reduction targets & addressed GDPR compliance challenges.
  • Astra Zeneca - $5m TCV New Logo Licence & Svcs displacing, IBM, EMC & Symantec.
  • Novartis - $4.8m new Logo deal supporting customer migration to cloud initiative.
  • Piloted the first Account-based Marketing (ABM) program.

Global Account Director

Commvault
2011.08 - 2017.06
  • Promoted to become the Company's first Global Account Director, leading regional teams in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas in the pursuit of seven-figure deals. I won the following awards:
  • EMEA Sales Representative of the Year 2015
  • Global Sales Representative of the Year 2014
  • Secured Commvault's largest-ever software licence deal
  • Established a joint program of development with Hitachi, resulting in a groundbreaking SaaS offering.
  • Led 'in-person' C-level worldwide customer briefings throughout APAC, US, and EMEA.
  • Appointed to pilot and review a new company-wide Sales Methodology.

Business Director - OEM and Enterprise Partners

Commvault
2009.04 - 2011.08
  • Promoted to lead a fresh initiative focused on building stronger relationships with UK's Tier One Alliances and GSI's as part of the drive to secure Global account New Logo's.
  • Created the first UK-managed service partner (MSP) contract with Hitachi Data Systems.
  • Secured Commvault's position as Lead Vendor in Computacenter's Solution Specialist Program.
  • Established partnerships with TCS and Wipro.

Business Director - Enterprise Sales, Finance & Legal

Commvault
2007.03 - 2009.04
  • I was headhunted by my previous manager from Veritas to lead the Financial Services sector, post IPO.
  • This was a New Business role to establish a financial services footprint within the major players in this vertical. Accounts included: HSBC, Barclays, Citigroup and Lloyds.
  • Set up and established Vertical GTM approach.
  • Mentored the first 'Lead generation' initiative in the UK.

Sales Director (UK) - Financial Services

CA Technologies
2006.02 - 2007.03
  • I was hired by Oblicore Inc, a leader in the provision of ITSM Software platforms, subsequently purchased by CA.
  • I was first 'Boots on Ground' to establish a Financial Services Business in the UK.
  • Grew pipeline from a standing start with Major Financial institutions with notable successes including $700k deal with ABN Amro.

Senior Account Manager - Financial Services

NETSCOUT
2004.12 - 2006.02
  • Company Overview: Netscout, formerly Network General, provider of network security and performance analytics software.
  • After two months, I was promoted to take responsibility for its largest £multi-million Account, HSBC.

Network Director

Capaz Business Continuity
2003.06 - 2004.12
  • Company Overview: Providing Business Continuity and Operational Risk Management software & consultancy solutions.
  • I joined this 'Start Up', providing Business Continuity and Operational Risk Management software & consultancy solutions, to build the sales division.
  • I established the GTM strategy and successfully onboarded, trained & mentored 15 consultants.
  • I was part of the team responsible for pitching to Angel Investors to secure seed funding.

Senior Account Manager - Finance and Legal 'Named' Accounts

Symantec
2000.04 - 2003.06
  • Company Overview: Veritas, subsequently purchased by Symantec, is a global ISV leader in data management and analytics.
  • I was hired by my previous Manager, to develop strategic Accounts within the Finance and Legal division which included Citibank, Morgan Stanley, BNP and JP Morgan.

Client Director

Fujitsu
1997.07 - 2000.04
  • Company: ICL/Fujitsu.
  • Utilising my Financial Services knowledge, I transitioned to 'IT sales', joining ICL/Fujitsu as a Client Director.
  • I was responsible for leading the engagement and the positioning of the full portfolio of solutions, which incorporated Infrastructure, Software, and Professional Services into a defined set of Tier One New Business and 'existing' Financial Services Accounts.

Business Development Manager

Zurich Financial Services
1994.12 - 1997.07
  • Originally named Allied Dunbar, subsequently purchased by Zurich Financial Svcs.
  • Advising and selling a suite of investment-related products to a panel of Independent Financial Intermediaries.

Education

FPC MLIA (Dip) - Financial Services, Financial Planning and Services

FSA (Financial Services Authority)
London

Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Agriculture

University College of North Wales, Bangor
Bangor, Gwynedd

Skills

  • Global market acumen
  • Core business understanding
  • Strategic partner relationships
  • Global team coordination
  • Collaborative proposal writing
  • ICT Consultancy

Certification

Certified NLP Practitioner, ITS (International Training Seminars)

Accomplishments

Global Sales Director of the year - Commvault 2018

Sales representative of the year - EMEA - Commvault 2015

Sales Representative of the year - EMEA - Commvault 2014

Timeline

Head of Sales and Client Engagement

Ideal Health
2023.04 - 2023.10

Sales Director - Strategic Accounts

Elastic
2020.11 - 2022.11

Head of Sales - Global Accounts - Northwest Europe

Commvault
2017.06 - 2020.01

Global Account Director

Commvault
2011.08 - 2017.06

Business Director - OEM and Enterprise Partners

Commvault
2009.04 - 2011.08

Business Director - Enterprise Sales, Finance & Legal

Commvault
2007.03 - 2009.04

Sales Director (UK) - Financial Services

CA Technologies
2006.02 - 2007.03

Senior Account Manager - Financial Services

NETSCOUT
2004.12 - 2006.02

Network Director

Capaz Business Continuity
2003.06 - 2004.12

Senior Account Manager - Finance and Legal 'Named' Accounts

Symantec
2000.04 - 2003.06

Client Director

Fujitsu
1997.07 - 2000.04

Business Development Manager

Zurich Financial Services
1994.12 - 1997.07

FPC MLIA (Dip) - Financial Services, Financial Planning and Services

FSA (Financial Services Authority)

Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Agriculture

University College of North Wales, Bangor
Peter Mather