Isla Bennett

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Regional Sales Director at BAE Systems · consultative selling, hospital systems

BAE Systems
London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
12+ years experience
University of Warwick
English
AdvisingOpen to work
Messaging unavailable

Overview

Based in London. I lead healthcare sales at BAE Systems. Shortened the healthcare sales cycle from 9 months to 6. Before that: KPMG and Ryanair. Travel slowly, usually by train.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on healthcare sales
  • Roles in healthcare sales
  • Questions about healthcare sales
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  • Unpaid work or spec projects
Skills
MEDDICCconsultative sellingcontractshospital systems
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for engineers moving into sales: healthcare sales and MEDDICC

Topics
healthcare sales, consultative selling, hospital systems
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Free for early founders
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Engineers moving into leadership

14 years of healthcare sales. One call a month or async reviews.

London, UKmeddicchospital systemscontracts
Open
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to Regional Sales Director roles at Series B travel companies

Target roles
Regional Sales Director
Level
Senior
Industries
Fintech, Healthtech
Work mode
On-site
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the UK
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (seed) where healthcare sales is core to the product.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

14 years in healthcare sales. Strongest at MEDDICC and hospital systems. Open to the right conversation.

London, UKcontractshospital systemsmeddicc
Open

Experience

  1. Regional Sales Director
    Dec 2025 - Present
    BAE Systems · 10 mo · Contract · London, UK
    • Closed 156% of quota two years running.
    • Signed 12 channel partners that now source 23% of pipeline.
  2. Partnerships Manager
    Oct 2022 - Dec 2025
    KPMG · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Built the healthcare team from 5 to 16 reps.
    • Shortened the healthcare sales cycle from 10 months to 5.
  3. Sales Manager
    Feb 2019 - Oct 2022
    Ryanair · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Opened 10 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
  4. Partnerships Manager
    Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
    Revolut · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Signed 8 channel partners that now source 37% of pipeline.
    • Shortened the healthcare sales cycle from 9 months to 3.
  5. Account Executive
    May 2014 - Jun 2017
    Monzo · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Shortened the healthcare sales cycle from 11 months to 4.
    • Opened 12 new logos over $4 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. University of Warwick
    BSc, Communications
    2008 - 2011

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