About
Samantha Wessels is President EMEA at Box, a company focused on intelligent content management. She has more than 20 years of experience in the global information technology and communications (ICT) industry, with a background in sales leadership, operational management, and leading globally distributed teams.
Experience
- BoxPresident EMEAcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Earlybird Venture CapitalAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- ChiefMember2023 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- SnykSVP Sales International2022 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- ElasticVP Sales EMEA2018 — 2022London, United Kingdom
- Sales Enablement SocietyFounder Member2017 — 2020London, United Kingdom
- Association of Professional SalesCo Chair - Inclusion and Diversity2018 — 2019London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Dimension DataSVP Group Sales Operations and Enablement2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Dimension DataSVP Group Sales Cloud2013 — 2017UK
- Dimension DataData Centre Solutions, Sales Manager2011 — 2013Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Dimension DataGlobal Client Executive2003 — 2011Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Dimension DataAccount Manager, Siebel2000 — 2003Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- The Power Of OneSnr Manager1996 — 2000Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Education
- De la Salle Holy Cross college
Skills & more
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)1International Sales1Business DevelopmentContract NegotiationManaged Services72Data Center73Solution Selling96Cloud Computing93Unified Communications25Sales Management15IT Outsourcing12Key Account Management6
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Professional ServicesService DeliveryRelationship ManagementForecastingSales ProcessSales PresentationsSales Management CoachingTalent AcquisitionSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)StrategyFrom Samantha's professional profile.
Colleagues at Earlybird Venture Capital
Akash Bajwa
Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital
Andre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Ben Wilkening
Vision Lab Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Benedetta Montani
Fund Management at Earlybird Venture Capital
Christian Nagel
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital
Dan Lupu
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital
David Kozisek
IT Officer at Earlybird Venture Capital
Denis Jesske
Accountant at Earlybird Venture Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samantha Wessels?
- Samantha Wessels is President EMEA at Box, a company focused on intelligent content management. She has more than 20 years of experience in the global information technology and communications (ICT) industry, with a background in sales leadership, operational management, and leading globally distributed teams.
- Where does Samantha Wessels work?
- Samantha Wessels is Catalyst Venture Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital.
- Where did Samantha Wessels go to school?
- Samantha Wessels studied at De la Salle Holy Cross college.
Shared employers
Also worked at Box63
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsByron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersRory O'DriscollPartner at Scale Venture PartnersSam BakerInvestor Relations at Scale Venture PartnersJuliette PetitChief of Staff at Keen Venture PartnersJules GsellInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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Also worked at Chief67
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystLiz FoxProduct Marketing and Communications at In-Q-TelJesse MiddletonGeneral Partner at Flybridge Capital PartnersRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalSaydeah HowardCo-founder & Managing Partner at Cherryrock Capital
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Also worked at Snyk23
Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ken FoxPartner at StripesBryan GertzogPartner at StripesMax ZangInvestor at AudaciousMatt CarbonaraInvestor at Mayfield FundEd SimFounder and General Partner at boldstart ventures
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Also worked at Elastic19
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesJustin HoffmanPortfolio Partner: GTM/Sales at OSS CapitalMandy AndressSecurity Advisor at Modern TechnicalChetan PuttaguntaGeneral Partner at BenchmarkGaurav GuptaPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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