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Christopher Eyres

Sydney,Australia

Summary

Customer obsessed with a growth mindset

Results driven

Strategic thinker with consultative capacity

High communication skills

Experience of commercial and contractual negotiations with a complex set of customers with international reach

Expert knowledge in solution Value selling

C-level exposure (with high value for IT and business lines)

Experience of driving, shaping and executing large complex deals

A track record of at least 20 years of B2B selling to large global customers

Experience of commercial and contractual negotiations with a complex set of customers with international reach

Intellectual curiosity, easily grasp new products and solutions, and bring the spirit of innovation to customers

Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and regulations

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manager - Insurance Solutions

DXC Technology
03.2023 - Current
  • Own the GTM for all insurance accounts in ANZ selling core software solutions. and services for Policy, Claims, Life & Wealth, General and Re-insurance
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
  • Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue and effectively targeting new markets .
  • Built $200m USD of pipeline in year one
  • Closed $70m USD for a new Claims solution at a large ANZ customer


Sales Lead - Insurance - ANZ

SAS
05.2021 - 02.2023

Owned the vertical strategy and drive the digital transformation agenda of SAS in our most strategic insurance customers.

Provided solutions across a range of complex enterprise areas including risk & compliance, financial crimes, customer growth, data management and AI, ML & analytics capabilities.

Built and owned the vertical GTM for ANZ Insurance, and drove specific demand gen programs tied to my insurance strategy.

Lead a team of Sales,Technical Specialists within the insurance customers and prospects.

Customers include Suncorp, IAG, QBE, Resolution Life.

Work with closely with C-level leaders (Business and Technical) in insurance and coordinate across internal business units and geographies within SAS.

  • Achieved Targets YTD
  • Driving Modernisation and Transformation Agendas within the customers
  • Identified strategic revenue growth opportunities to support objectives to grow business for FY23,24 & 25

Senior Strategic Account Manager - FSI

SALESFORCE
01.2018 - 05.2021

Led the sales strategy for Enterprise organizations to help them deliver solutions to make intelligent data driven decisions. (AI)

  • Ran a strategic enterprise team pursuits to create and drive a compelling Salesforce AI strategy for strategic accounts in APAC across Banking, Wealth and Insurance
  • Increased profitability and lifetime customer value by coordinating go-to-market strategy, implementation and post-sales service experience. with Core, other cloud sales and partner stakeholders
  • Established client and market priorities to execute strategic course of action
  • Worked independently with minimal supervision.
  • Consistently hit 100% of Quota

ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT MANAGER

ORACLE
05.2013 - 01.2018

Managing Oracle’s 10 Enterprise customers in NSW and QLD focusing on Oracle Finance Cloud ERP Business Analytics /Enterprise Performance Management and Student Solutions

  • Consistently achieved Quota
  • Responsibilities include developing and owning solution strategy for these accounts, leading engagement with customers & a wider virtual team of specialists and partners both across on premise, hybrid and public cloud solutions and leading transformation initiatives
  • Client Lead – Qantas | Exec Business lead, coordinating sales activity and governance across all Oracle’s lines of business and Qantas departments, procurement and Executive. Managing the success of ERP/EPM/BI at Qantas Corporate
  • Marketed and sold solutions and services to stakeholders across multiple levels of organization.

GENERAL MANAGER - ANZ

ZAP TECHNOLOGY
09.2008 - 05.2013
  • Zap creates business intelligence software that helps mid-market companies through to enterprises improve corporate performance
  • Country Manager responsible for all sales, marketing, channel and operations of software and services for Zap Technology in the Australian & New Zealand markets
  • Manage the regions P&L statements - Most profitable subsidiary of Zap Global in Fy12
  • Manage all resources in ANZ responsible for the new business, services, channel sales, marketing support & customer retention
  • Growth of 35% Year on Year growth, 110% against Budget FY12
  • Built and managed a profitable direct services business in 12 months – 84% utilisation
  • Have executive responsibility for Key Global Customers with H/O in ANZ region
  • National Sales Manager from 2008-2011

PARTNER SALES MANAGER

MICROSOFT UK & AUSTRALIA
12.2003 - 01.2008
  • Overall responsibility for Global Partners, engaging with them in every aspect of their Microsoft relationship including joint sales execution with all segment account teams
  • Worked closely with partners and internal Microsoft stakeholders to shape their business and marketing plans to pull through incremental MS revenue
  • Achieved 100% Quota and non-revenue based KPIs

Education

ALevel - Biology, Psychology, Geography

Sir William Borlase Grammar School
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK
09.1996

Skills

  • Digital Transformation
  • Automation/ AI
  • Core to Cloud Strategy
  • Increase stakeholder return
  • Reduce and control cost
  • Manage risk and regulation
  • Increase agility and flexibility for change
  • Improve decision making by better use of data

Timeline

General Manager - Insurance Solutions

DXC Technology
03.2023 - Current

Sales Lead - Insurance - ANZ

SAS
05.2021 - 02.2023

Senior Strategic Account Manager - FSI

SALESFORCE
01.2018 - 05.2021

ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT MANAGER

ORACLE
05.2013 - 01.2018

GENERAL MANAGER - ANZ

ZAP TECHNOLOGY
09.2008 - 05.2013

PARTNER SALES MANAGER

MICROSOFT UK & AUSTRALIA
12.2003 - 01.2008

ALevel - Biology, Psychology, Geography

Sir William Borlase Grammar School
Christopher Eyres