Boardwave
Phill Robinson has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning multiple industries and leadership positions.
Starting in 1996, they joined Siebel as a Director of Marketing in Europe, playing a pivotal role in establishing the company's presence in Europe and contributing to its growth from $50 million to over $2 billion in turnover. Phill then progressed to positions of increasing responsibility, including VP of European Marketing, VP of International Marketing, and VP of International Business Development, Alliances & Marketing.
In 2003, Phill joined salesforce.com as Vice President of EMEA Marketing, helping to develop the European business and establish field offices across Europe. Phill later became Chief Marketing Officer and eventually served as Chief Operating Officer of Sales & Distribution.
Moving on, Phill became CEO of Velocix in 2007, a Digital Asset Delivery Network that achieved $5 million in subscription revenue in its first year under their leadership. Phill then served as CEO of IRIS Software, a leading Business Software company in the UK, where they oversaw significant revenue growth and maintained strong profit margins.
Phill subsequently joined HgCapital as an Operating Partner, working in their portfolio to improve the performance of current investments and assist in diligences for new deals. Phill also served as Interim CEO of Achilles, helping reset the product strategy and hire a new leader for the business.
In 2021, Phill took on the role of Chair of the Development Board at Cure Parkinson's, leading fundraising efforts to accelerate research into new treatments for this progressive neurological condition.
Phill is currently the Chairman of the Livingbridge Software Advisory Board, supporting the evaluation of software investments and driving enterprise value within Livingbridge's portfolio. Phill is also the Founder of Boardwave, a networking platform that brings together European software leaders to foster collaboration, best practice sharing, and mentorship.
In addition to their professional roles, Phill is a Strategic Advisor and Director at Expedition Growth Capital, contributing their expertise to support the growth of companies in their portfolio. Overall, Phill Robinson's work experience showcases their strategic leadership abilities and their commitment to driving growth and innovation across various industries.
From 1984 to 1988, Phill Robinson attended Coventry University, where they obtained a BSc degree in Computer Science.
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Boardwave
We are a powerful community of Software leaders, who recognise that we can be more successful together than alone. Boardwave’s exclusive members are the “who’s who” of the European software sector. Boardwave empowers each of them to build better businesses and together shape the future of the European software sector. Boardwave uniquely provides a high powered networking group for brilliant leaders; independent of their business size, from start-ups to large PE backed businesses; for talented first time CEOs, to the industry's most accomplished and successful Senior Executives and their Investors. Boardwave delivers a programme of informal networking events, drives further discussion through a series of more intimate dinners and debates. Then its mentoring programme helps executives to confidentially discuss their own business issues and personal development with world-class leaders, with relevant experience. It's completely free to join and independent, so there’s no sales pitches. Just open free flowing debate between thought leaders, at our curated events. Our mentoring programme is especially helpful to developing software CEOs and Founders. We connect them with deeply knowledgable & experienced Senior Executives. Helping develop them as leaders and accelerate their business success. Boardwave is not-for-profit, our revenue comes from our sponsors, to enable us to build the Boardwave community. We do this with a conscience. Having run all our programmes, each year, if there is surplus capital, we donate it to our charity partner, Cure Parkinsons. Boardwave - connecting like-minded people to facilitate their growth and success.