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Margarita Anagnostopoulos

Chief Commercial - Revenue Growth Officer

About Me

Rita has 25+ years in the ICT Industry with International software and services experience in Europe, ASEAN and ANZ having worked for Oracle, IBM, Avanade (Microsoft portfolio), SAS Institute and led Data and AI solutions and implementation services for Thakral One across South East Asia including establishing a Centre of Excellence, as well as Verizon Business in Australia and New Zealand leading Network and Cybersecurity services. Rita has a Master of Business and International Trade from Deakin University Australia, a Bachelor of Commerce from Latrobe University Faculty of Law and is a Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant in Australia. Rita is also an associate member of Certified Fraud Examiners, Australian Women in Cybersecurity and a Women on Boards member.

Jurisdiction

Australia | Greece | Singapore | New Zealand | Cyprus

Notable Employer

  • Managing Partner- Acquisitions- FSI and Government at Verizon business
  • Head of Sales - Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, Media, Logistics and Transportation at SAS
  • Microsoft Sales Director - FSI- Product Industries at Accenture- Avanade
  • Sales Executive-Data and AI at IBM
  • Head of Sales- Financial services Industry Greece and Cyprus at SAS
  • Head of Sales- South East Europe- Enterprise performance management at Oracle
  • Strategic Alliances Director - Technology and Business Applications at Oracle

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Managing Partner- Acquisitions- FSI and GovernmentNotable
2022 - 2023

Head of Acquisitions team Country Leadership member, build Network and cybersecurity New Client partner team, Development of greenfield market penetration strategy and build new pipeline and win new business to secure Revenue targets and growth in Federal, State, Local government and large enterprise and FSI.

Head of Sales - Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, Media, Logistics and TransportationNotable
2020 - 2022

Head of Sales, Revenue growth target quota for ANZ region, Build a new Sales team. Develop market penetration strategy and win Net new customer logos, in the EUT industry and secure renewals and develop strategic partnerships

Microsoft Sales Director - FSI- Product IndustriesNotable
2017 - 2020

Responsible for Microsoft Business Portfolio Sales of software and services and delivery of MSFT solutions to clients across Product and Financial services Industries. Collaboration, Content management, ERP, CRM, Filed services, Data, AI, Azure cloud migration , MSP etc..

Sales Executive-Data and AINotable
2015 - 2017

Leading the Financial services, Government and large enterprise IBM software portfolio across Australia and New zealand. Focus on Enterprise content management, Case management, Data management and AI.

Vice President- Data and AI ASEAN region
2013 - 2015

Build the strategy, Go to market model, hire the talent and build Sales team, presales team and consulting, professional services teams and capability serving Financial services banking and insurance clients across 14 countries in south East Asia. Net new clients of 20 million qualified pipeline in less than a year. Strategic alliances with SAS Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines and Build the Brand of Thakral one as a leading Data and AI service provider and a Centre of excellence from the ground up.

Head of Sales- Financial services Industry Greece and CyprusNotable
2011 - 2013

Head of Sales for Greece and Cyprus for the entire SAS data and AI, Advanced and predictive analytics portfolio including AML, CDD, KYC, Operational risk management, Fraud management, Financial crimes, Debt Intelligence, Customer and marketing Intelligenece.

Head of Sales- South East Europe- Enterprise performance managementNotable
2008 - 2011

P&L responsibility for 7 countries, accountable for Sales , presales, marketing and partnerships acros South East Europe. Develop go to market strategy, marketing plan, strategic alliances, people enablement and overachieving target. 350% YoY commercial growth

Strategic Alliances Director - Technology and Business ApplicationsNotable
2004 - 2008

Develop the Allainces and channel strategy for the MAK region - a cluster of 5 countries across South East Europe. Build the team, strategy, and lead INdirect revenue growth and new customer acquisitions across multiple industry verticals and new Oracle offerings acquiring new customers contributing 100m to Oracle etc. Managed the largest GSI in the region and the largest Regional partners leading them to international partnership level and influencing investments in Oracle technologies.

Education

Masters of MBA -International Trade and BusinessDeakin UNiversity
2007 - 2010
Degree of Bachelor of Commerce- Major Accounting and CommerceLa Trobe University
2025 - 2025
Masters of CPA Program is equivalent to half MBAAustralia CPA
2002 - 2005

Certification

Total Certifications1

Fellow CPA Australia 9118102

Skills

Core skills10
Languages2

Skills

Revenue Growth
People Leadership
Go to Market Strategy
Business Strategy
New Market expansion
Commercial Growth
Problem Solving
Digital Transfromation
Strategic Alliances and partnerships
Stakeholder management

Languages

English
Greek

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