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Chriselna Welsh

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Field Marketing Manager - SSA at Palo Alto Networks
📍 Pretoria Metropolitan Area, South Africa

Chriselna is a B2B marketing leader with over a decade of experience driving growth in the technology and cybersecurity sectors across Africa and META. She specializes in creating integrated, omnichannel campaigns that accelerate pipeline and deepen partner relationships. She holds a BBA from the University of South Africa.

Described by colleagues as intelligent, tenacious, and dedicated, Chriselna thrives on collaboration and innovation. She leads with authenticity and a positive, determined approach that inspires trust and performance. She recently traveled from her home in South Africa to the UK for team brainstorming sessions.

Unique fact: Before her marketing career, she was recognized as the #1 recruiter in her company.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Field Marketing Manager - SSA
Job Level
Middle
Location
Pretoria Metropolitan Area, South Africa
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AI in Marketing
Recently completed a course on AI fundamentals to better harness its power for enhancing productivity and work performance in her marketing role.
Channel & Partner Growth
Has extensive experience building and optimizing partner programs, co-marketing investments, and alliances to accelerate revenue and pipeline across the META region.
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Career

Work history

10-2026
Field Marketing Manager - SSA
Palo Alto Networks
10-2024 - 9-2026
Senior Channel Marketing Manager META
F5
4-2022 - 9-2024
Senior Field Marketing Manager META
F5
1-2020 - 4-2022
Field Marketing Manager (Africa)/Digital Marketing META
F5
4-2018 - 1-2020
Field Marketing Manager (SSA)
F5
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Education
2006 - 2008
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
2015 - 2016
Professional Diploma
Brandschool
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