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Zahir Abdelouhab

SVP EMEA at Navan

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Overview 

Zahir Abdelouhab is the SVP EMEA at Navan, with a background that includes leadership roles at companies like MongoDB and Good Technology. He has a strong track record in sales and strategic partnerships, with a focus on telecommunications and SaaS solutions. Zahir's career highlights include serving as Vice President at MongoDB, where he led worldwide sales to ISVs, and as a Strategic Account Manager at Good Technology. He currently excels in his role as SVP EMEA at Navan, showcasing expertise in sales, account management, and security consulting.

Work Experience 

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Navan

  • Senior Vice President, EMEA

    2023 - Current

    Make travel easy with the best modern travel and expense management company in the world. Leading and Expanding Navan's business & teams across EMEA.

  • General Manager, France

    2022 - 2023

    From 0 to 50 employees, 100+ customers, $10M+ ARR Built all teams from scratch: 3 sales teams (Commercial, Mid Market, Enterprise), SDR, Account Manager, Marketing...

  • Vice President Sales, SEMEA

    2021 - 2022

Navan provides travel, expense, and corporate card management to automate manual processes and drive spend visibility.

Raised $2,240,500,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Coatue.

navan.com
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Breega

  • Limited Partner

    2020

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MongoDB

  • Vice President, WW Sales to ISV

    2021 - 2021

    Built new Strategic Sales Organization focused on sales to ISV. Team across the global: US, UK, Germany, France.

  • Senior Director, WW Cloud Strategy & Development

    2019 - 2021

    Built strategic & revenue generating partnerships with the main Cloud Vendors around the globe to deliver MongoDBaaS: US, Europe, China, Russia, LATAM. Licensing model to deliver MongoDB, 0 to $25m ARR.

  • Regional Director, France

    2016 - 2019

    Built the first Sales team in France and mainly focused on hiring, development & revenue. From 10 to 50 persons in the Paris Office. IPO 2017 (NYSE: MDB)

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    2015 - 2016

    First man on the ground in France, opening the first Enterprise accounts.

MongoDB is a next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data.

Raised $311,000,000.00 from Prudential Financial and Salesforce.

mongodb.com
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Good Technology

  • Strategic Account Manager

    2011 - 2015

    Good Technology, software company with an exponential growth, is the leader in secure enterprise mobility. In charge of sales for Large Accounts in France (CAC 40).

Good Technology Corporation provides application, systems, and data security solutions.

Raised $478,875,005.00 from SharesPost Investment Management.

good.com
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Wavestone

  • Key Account Manager

    2008 - 2011

    Wavestone (Ex-Solucom) is the first IT & Management consulting firm in France (2,500+ employees, 300M€+ revenue).

  • Consultant

    2007 - 2007

Wavestone US is a consulting firm that provides IT strategy, cost optimization, and operational improvements.

wavestone.us

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