Raymond Breckon - Co-Founder, Contester

Raymond Breckon

Co-Founder, Contester

More about Raymond Breckon

Working on the future of retail investment, building regulated digital financial products and NFT’s.

Deep Generalist

Efficient Growth, Restructure & Sales Transformation Expert

Highly Technical Sales and people manager / Leading large multi national teams / Product / Transformation / Business Change & company turn rounds / Interim roles / P&L responsibility

Based in Tallinn, Estonia and the UK


I have over 25 years of experience within the Technology industry, ranging from engineering, service delivery, technical architecture, sales & consulting. Knowledgeable in e-Government, Banking and Technology verticals.
Managing and mentoring multi national teams of up to 250 staff, working closely with internal & external teams and delivering to P&L and KPI targets. I am highly motivated, used to working in challenging & often unstructured environments, skilled in reaching business improvement and efficiency goals. Experienced in living and working in many different countries and environments. Politically agile; I get results without making waves and causing organisational issues
Co-founded start-ups, worked for both startups and global enterprises

• Efficient Growth expertise. Sales, Sales Transformation & Sales Managment
• Making complex technicals easily understandable
• Solid HR skills, recruit, on board, performance management
• Development and role out of new solutions, propositions and services.
• Extensive Senior Management and Leadership Experience

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