EMEA · B2B SaaS · 25+ Years

Graham
Hensher

Pre-Sales & Professional Services Leader

Proven senior B2B SaaS leader building and scaling high-performing teams across Presales, Professional Services, and Customer Success in EMEA. Rooted in coaching, high-trust culture, and developing exceptional people.

25+
Years in enterprise B2B SaaS leadership
$50M+
Annual revenue influenced in EMEA
25+
Team members scaled & mentored
88%
Renewal rate on $60M ARR portfolio
Career History

Work Experience

A track record of founding new functions, scaling teams, and driving revenue across EMEA's most complex enterprise environments.

Nov 2019 – Jul 2025 Pluralsight
Head of EMEA Presales
Built a high-performing team of Solution Consultants and Technical Account Managers partnering with 58 sales reps to directly influence $25–50M in annual revenue. Led the key technical function across UK&I, Nordics, DACH, and France — driving continuous solutioning from in-depth discovery and pilot programmes through to detailed proposals and security compliance. Served as the key interface into Product, managing all regional escalations. Conceived and sponsored a global Expert Group Programme (PEG) across Presales, sponsoring groups in Generative AI, Integration, Solution Development, Value Engineering, and Security.
$25–50M Revenue Influenced 58 Sales Partners Gen AI PEG EMEA Presales Leadership
Apr 2018 – Nov 2019 Pluralsight
Head of EMEA Customer Success
Recruited as part of the EMEA Leadership team to lead Customer Success, Professional Services, and Presales. Founded the new Professional Services team in EMEA and scaled the overall organisation to 25+ professionals. Navigated rapid growth and a successful IPO, consistently exceeding KPIs. Managed approximately $60M ARR renewal portfolio at an 88% renewal rate.
$60M ARR · 88% Renewal Rate Team of 25+ Built IPO Period Leadership
Nov 2014 – Mar 2018 Qlik
Practice Director, EMEA Services Innovation
Led a new Advanced Technology team across EMEA to drive awareness and first customer implementations of Qlik Sense. A team of Web Development, UX/UI Design, BI Consulting, and Data Analytics specialists delivered advanced analytics solutions to enterprise customers. Estimated to have influenced more than $35M in net new Qlik Sense revenue, with approximately $8M in Professional Services revenue impact.
$35M+ New Revenue Influenced $8M PS Revenue Qlik Sense Launch
Mar 2012 – Sep 2014 CA Technologies
Practice Director, EMEA Services – DevOps
Established and led a new EMEA-wide Professional Services team, hiring across UK, Central Europe, and Iberia. Drove adoption of DevOps solutions including Service Virtualisation and Release Automation, securing and delivering approximately $2M in PS revenue annually.
$2M Annual PS Revenue DevOps · Service Virtualisation
Aug 2008 – Mar 2012 TIBCO
Services Practice Director
Spanned Presales line management and Professional Services business development across the UK and Middle East, delivering in excess of $5M per year in revenue. Core areas included BPM, SOA, Complex Events Processing, Master Data Management, and Business Intelligence.
$5M+ Annual Revenue BPM · SOA · CEP · MDM · BI
1998 – 2008 Early Career
Solution Delivery, Programme & Services Management
Roles spanning IBM (Principal Support Account Manager, Professional Services Manager — including IBM LifeSaver, Team Player & Extraordinary ratings), Amdocs/Solect (Programme Manager), and TIBCO/Staffware (Solution Delivery Manager). Built foundational expertise across enterprise services delivery, technical account management, and programme management.
IBM · Amdocs · Staffware Programme Management · Account Management
Capabilities

Skills & Expertise

Leadership & Strategy
  • Pre & Post-Sales Leadership
  • Building High-Performing Teams
  • Strategic Sales Partnerships
  • Programme Management
  • Global Team Leadership
Customer & Revenue Growth
  • Solution Consulting
  • Customer Success
  • Professional Services
  • Technical Account Management
  • Value Engineering
Interpersonal & Operational
  • Coaching & Mentoring
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Culture Building
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Executive Communication
Technical Acumen
  • Software Engineering
  • Cloud Computing
  • Generative AI
  • DevOps & Service Virtualisation
  • BPM · SOA · Data & Analytics
Sales Methodologies
  • Customer Centric Selling
  • Value Selling
  • MEDDPPIC
  • Enterprise Discovery
  • Pilot Programme Design
EMEA Markets
  • UK & Ireland
  • Nordics
  • DACH
  • France
  • Iberia & Middle East
What Others Say

Recommendations

Words from colleagues, direct reports, and senior leaders across two decades of partnerships.

He completely transformed the presales function into a strategic pillar of the organisation. Graham possesses the strategic acumen to operate effectively at all levels — the key conduit for managing complex product requests and ensuring the voice of the customer was central to product development.

Marion van Leeuwen-Kemmere VP Global Accounts, Pluralsight

Graham is an exceptional and highly accomplished pre and post-sales senior leader. Strategic, customer-focused, and compassionate. His talent retention levels were the best in the company — he excels at making complex scenarios clear and actionable.

Mark Wynne EVP of Revenue, Pluralsight

What stands out about Graham is his ability to make complex sales and retention scenarios feel clear and actionable. He's a strong communicator who brings teams together across time zones and functions, with a sense of ease and humility that makes him a pleasure to work with.

Ryan Haber Product Management Leadership, Pluralsight

One of the most valuable aspects as a manager is that Graham has a great rare ability — to mentor by example. An excellent professional who always seeks to deliver the highest value to customers. An excellent professional and brilliant person.

Sergi Vives Customer Success Manager, formerly Qlik

He is a great communicator with an unerring ability to clearly define what needs to be done and motivate those around him to deliver. I have no hesitation in recommending Graham as a truly professional person.

Martin Weaver Founder, CT ECO Plus — formerly TIBCO

Graham is a technically astute manager that collaborates well to solve problems and drive deals to a successful conclusion. A hands-on tactical leader with a high level of emotional intelligence that enables him to resolve issues in a constructive and diplomatic manner.

Lisa Xygalas Director, Senior Legal Counsel at PwC Australia

Graham built an extraordinary services team from the ground up in a short timescale. Under his leadership the team developed extraordinary solutions incorporating compelling UI designs which left customers coming back for further engagements. I thoroughly recommend Graham for services leadership roles.

Jonas Jonsson Senior Director EMEA, RedHat — formerly Qlik

Graham's all-round expertise on understanding client objectives, working with sales and pre-sales to shape delivery, and working with the client through to successful delivery is not so easy to find in the industry. I would strongly recommend Graham.

Mukesh Gehlot CEO, Integration & Automation Consultancy

Projects

Ventures and platforms currently under development.

InvestSight — Coming Soon

InvestSight is a knowledge and insight platform currently in development. This space is reserved for its launch — showcasing example work, artefacts, and demonstrations that bring together decades of enterprise experience with modern AI-driven tooling.

Enterprise Intelligence
Curated insights from the front lines of EMEA enterprise sales, presales, and customer success.
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Solution Frameworks
Proven methodologies for discovery, piloting, and securing complex enterprise deals across EMEA markets.
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EMEA Market Perspective
Deep understanding of UK&I, Nordics, DACH, and France — tailored go-to-market insights for each region.

Example work, artefacts, and case studies will appear here as InvestSight develops.

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Recognition

Awards & Achievements

Pluralsight Sales & Success Achiever Award
Qlik Roadshow & Annual Sales Kickoff — Innovation Slot
TIBCO Regional Award — flagship new product implementation
IBM Regional Achievement Award & rating of 'Extraordinary'
IBM LifeSaver Award
IBM Team Player Award
Education & Training

Qualifications

Professional Training & Certifications
Selected programmes
  • Sales Methodology: Customer Centric Selling, Value Selling, MEDDPPIC
  • Pluralsight Leadership Training
  • Qlik Accelerated Leader Development Program
  • Accredited PRINCE2 — Foundation & Practitioner
  • IBM Advanced Project Management
  • IBM AVM (Accelerated Value Method) Academy
  • Selling, Presenting and Negotiating

Let's Connect

Actively seeking EMEA leadership roles in Presales / Solutions Engineering or Professional Services within high-growth B2B SaaS. Open to conversations about how I can help scale your organisation.