Celebrating 25 Years of Sales Success!
This year, we’re celebrating 25 years of sales empowerment, the 30,000 graduates we’ve introduced globally into sales, and their amazing achievements. For the last 25 years we have had the pleasure of meeting, assessing, training and placing the highest calibre of graduate talent into leading businesses across the world.
To celebrate the success of these individuals, each year we invite a new class of only the very highest achievers into our 'Grad to Great' alumni.
These Greats have won international awards, turned start-ups into multi-million-pound companies, and become MDs and CEOs of global businesses. Our Greats have become a shining example to graduates entering the world of sales of what can be achieved with hard work, grit and determination.
Don't just take our word for it though. Meet our 2020 greats, learn about their incredible stories and hear about the impact they say Pareto has had throughout their sales careers.
Unleashing Potential for Over Two Decades!
Celebrating 25 Years of Success
This year marks our 25th year in Sales Recruitment and Sales Training.
That's 25 years of discovering and training high-quality sales graduates and executives and 25 years of turning graduates into ‘greats’.
As the Market Leader in sales, no other company has placed as many sales leaders as us.
25 Years of Sales Excellence
30,000 Sales Graduates placed into first-class organisations across the globe
97% of clients recommend us highly
150,000 Sales Professionals trained for leading businesses worldwide.
Meet this Year's Sales Stars
This year, our Greats have accomplished many impressive feats; from becoming the MDs and CEOs of global businesses to establishing their own multi-million pound companies. We are so proud to have been there at the very start of their sales journeys and to be able to see how far they have taken their careers.
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Andrea Willford
Strategic Partnerships EMEA
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I’ve had the chance to work in three of the most exciting cities in the world, London, New York and Sydney. Pareto gave me the tools and the training to learn what really makes me ‘tick’ and how to succeed in the world of business.
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David Cederholm
Country Manager UK & IRL
Order YOYO
I came from a Pareto assessment day at 21 years old and by 25 was a UK Sales Director growing a team from 16 to 65 people. I believe Pareto’s training gives you such an advantage and we now use Pareto to bring graduates into the business for the simple season of the impact it had on my career.
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Ben Harwood
Senior Sales Director EMEA
Crowd Strike
Wow, I have so much thanks to give to Pareto. They singlehandedly introduced me into this industry and into a world class organisation.
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Simon Bucknall
SVP of Client Services
Endava
Pareto placed me in a role 8 years ago with a company that understand how to hire (and grow) graduate talent, that companies need to work with, and invest in, Graduates for them to ultimately be successful.
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Louise Wilson-Alexander
Sales Director
Informa
The training and development I had from Pareto was something that was really pivotal in my career and it’s been great to be able to give back and support those I’ve hired through their own career journeys.
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Joshua Dalton
Sales & Marketing Director
Finansys
Pareto’s impact on my career has been incredible. I definitely wouldn’t be where I am today had I not gone on that assessment day 10 years ago.
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Jamie Farrelly
Vice President EMEA
Veritas Technologies
It’s incredibly important in anything you do in life to make a good first step, and that’s what Pareto helped me to do. Their approach not only built my confidence but showed me I had what it takes to be successful. Once you are on a good path it is down to you to keep on moving, but I will always be grateful for Pareto’s help in getting me there.
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Richard Thompson
Director of Partners
TalkTalk Business
TalkTalk BusinessPareto was instrumental in being the launch pad for my career. I’ve been able to take the broadband market share from 0% when I joined as a fresh graduate right through to 62% market share.
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Shabri Lakhani
Founder
Sales Works
My greatest achievement has been setting up my own company. Pareto gave me exposure to different industries and their training allowed me to network. The ongoing relationship with Pareto has been very beneficial as a sounding board throughout my career.
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William Winter
Managing Director
The Premspec Group
I’m proud to have made a business that started with just me and my laptop in Starbucks to now running 2 units spanning 25,000 square foot. Pareto helped me catapult my company and has had an impact all across my business. I now create a positive work environment for my staff and pass the training I learned onto them.
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Antony Black
Director of Wholesale
Wavenet
We placed Antony as a graduate back in 2001, and since then he has gone on to hold positions such as Head of Partner Sales at TalkTalk business and is now the Director of Wholesale for Wavenet - a position he has held for the last 3 years.
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Andy Ramsbottom
Director of Enterprise Accounts
NCC Group
Pareto placed me 14 years ago with the NCC Group. I have travelled to places I could only ever dream of seeing to meet and work with our global client base for some of the largest corporates in the world. I never thought I would go into sales when leaving university, but now, I wouldn’t consider anything else.
Grad to Great Alumni
Over the last three years, we have been uncovering the incredible talent of the graduates that have come through our process who have gone on to achieve remarkable career successes. Each year, we invite a new class of graduates into our Grad to Great Alumni to recognise their accomplishments.
This year, for our 25th Birthday, we're celebrating over two decades of placing sales talent into global businesses. Learn more about our Grad to Great Alumni.
Since 1995 our team has been finding and placing amazing graduates into their first sales roles around the globe. We realised that so many of these graduates had gone on to achieve incredible accolades in the world of sales.
Whether that was founding their own companies, becoming CEOs or MDs or winning international sales awards. So, In 2016 we launched our first ever Grad to Great awards ceremony to congratulate a selection of those we had placed on their successes. We think you'll agree, the turnout was pretty spectacular. Have a look at the film we put together here to meet our very first winners.
Grad to Great 2017
After the success of our first Grad to Great Ceremony, we realised we had the opportunity to say well done to so many more fantastic graduates that had come through the Pareto process. We opened up for yearly nominations to invite yet more remarkable sales professionals into our Grad to Great alumni.
It's been humbling to see these winners grow year on year and to learn about their journeys to the top. The talent, drive, determination and success of many of these 'Greats' is truly astounding and we know what an inspiration they are to those coming fresh into the sales industry of what can be achieved when you work hard.
Ones to Watch
In 2018, we introduced our first-ever 'Ones to Watch' category, which was a very exciting moment for us. This award is all about recognising those talented individuals who are already excelling and over-achieving just months into their new sales roles.
We hear all the time from our clients about graduates who are going above and beyond for the company, closing spectacular deals and earning promotions quickly and we wanted to give them recognition for their hard work.
This is how the 'Ones to Watch' category was born, and ever since, the nominations that have been pouring through are a true testament to the dedication of the many driven graduates we meet every week. This year we've invited 5 new winners into the alumni - the very best of the best. Meet them here.
Pareto placed me 2 and half years ago. To say my relationship with Pareto is career defining is an understatement. I’d just finished my PHD in Chemistry when Jack called me and I’ve never looked back. The training they run is amazing – they’ve truly given me the core base to build my sales technique on.
Pareto have had a huge impact on my career so far. They’ve continually supported me from that very first call and placed me into a good company with a great culture. In the last 11 months I’ve been promoted twice and I’m proud to be a regional sales manager at my company.
In my role so far I am proud of completing my apprenticeship and going straight into a corporate role without any University experience at the age of just 20.
Pareto has been a massive component to the success that I have made in the last year in my career. I am so thankful for the guidance, support, and training Pareto has given me. I am absolutely honoured to win the Ones to Watch Award.
My first year of work after university has been extremely fulfilling. Through getting the opportunity to work in different roles at Vohkus I have developed a wider understanding of the Sales and IT industry.
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