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Des Donnelly

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Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Silverback Consultants
📍 United Kingdom

Des Donnelly is an interim commercial leader specializing in driving growth and transformation within the B2B, healthcare, and SaaS sectors. He helps organizations with market entry, scaling, and rebuilding commercial performance. Colleagues describe him as professional, innovative, and enthusiastic, with a great insight into marketing trends and the sales process.

He is a certified AI Practitioner, holding qualifications in both AI Foundations and Applied AI.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Priorities

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Strategic Partnerships
He outlines the key characteristics of successful partnerships, emphasizing the need for board-level commitment and visible executive sponsorship based on his direct experience.
Sales Pipeline Quality
He discusses the importance of a realistic sales pipeline, questioning the value of its size and focusing on the actual probability of closing deals.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Silverback Consultants
9-2023 - 1-2025
Chief Commerical Officer (Interim)
Apex Health
7-2020 - 8-2023
Group Senior Vice President - Alliances, Partnerships & Business Development
International SOS
1-2017 - 7-2020
Group Vice President - Global Sales Distribution
International SOS
7-2011 - 12-2016
Regional Business Development Director, EEMEA
International SOS - Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa
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Education
Master's degree
Liverpool John Moores University
BSc Hons
Ulster University
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