George Chilton

Regional Director - Middle East & N.Africa at Darktrace

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Darktrace is the world’s leading cyber AI company and the creator of Autonomous Response technology. Its self-learning AI is modeled on the human immune system and used by over 10,000 organisations to protect against threats to the cloud, email, IoT, networks and industrial systems. This includes insider threat, industrial espionage, IoT compromises, zero-day malware, data loss, supply chain risk and long-term infrastructure vulnerabilities. The company has over 2,000 employees, 44 offices and headquarters in San Francisco and Cambridge, UK. Every 3 seconds, Darktrace AI fights back against a cyber-threat, preventing it from causing damage.

Experience

  • Darktrace (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
    • Commercial Director
      Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • EMEA Team Lead
      Oct 2021 - Feb 2022 · 5 mos

    • Account Manager
      Jan 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • TLC Marketing Worldwide (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
    • Commercial Director
      Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Responsible for implementing new customer acquisition strategies while managing existing client relationships. Developing and executing commercial plans and strategies to accelerate and encourage company growth while clearly defining and demonstrating the value of reward-based initiatives across business and industry. As well as negotiation of contract terms with the aim of a mutually beneficial agreement.

    • Business Development Manager
      Jul 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Wealth Manager at Acuma - Independent Financial Advice
    Oct 2016 - Jul 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • PGS (4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Operations Geophysicist
      Dec 2014 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Technical Assistant
      Aug 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos