Simon Peters

Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Metomic

United Kingdom

About

Capable, energetic and hands on business leader with over 20 years of experience across both established and high growth technology companies incl. HP, Telia, Watchguard, Checkmarx and most recently Contrast Security. Building and leading multi-national teams with a proven track record of profitable growth through increased revenues and effective cost management. Demonstrated ability to achieve sales objectives, building teams and planning/executing go-to-market strategies.

Experience

  • SVP of Global Sales at Metomic
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Leading enterprise data security at Metomic, where we help global organisations gain control over sensitive data proliferating across their SaaS estate. Our AI-powered DSPM platform enables security teams to discover, classify, and remediate PII, PCI, and credentials across multiple cloud applications, supporting compliance with GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and internal data governance policies at scale. Working with CISOs and security leaders navigating the complexity of distributed workforces, third-party risk, and board-level accountability for data protection.

  • VP EMEA at Contrast Security
    Jun 2021 - Jan 2026 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    The leader in modernised application security, embedding code analysis and attack prevention directly into software. Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development to operations, to production.

  • Checkmarx (London, United Kingdom)
    • Sales Director NEMEA
      Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for Sales and Operations across UK, Ireland, Nordic & Baltic countries

    • Sales Director, UK & Ireland
      Apr 2015 - Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Sales responsible for the UK&I market Checkmarx is the global leader in software security solutions for modern enterprise software development. Checkmarx delivers the industry’s most comprehensive Software Security Platform that unifies with DevOps and provides static and interactive application security testing, software composition analysis, and developer AppSec awareness and training programs to reduce and remediate risk from software vulnerabilities. Checkmarx is trusted by more than 40 of the Fortune 100 companies and half of the Fortune 50, including leading organizations such as SAP, Samsung, and Salesforce.com. Learn more at www.checkmarx.com.

  • Enterprise Sales Specialist at HP Enterprise Security
    Nov 2011 - Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Sales responsible for ESP products in the verticals, Manufacturing Distribution and Industry. HP is a leading provider of security and compliance solutions for modern enterprises that want to mitigate risk in their hybrid environments and defend against advanced threats. Based on market leading products from ArcSight, Fortify, and TippingPoint, the HP Security Intelligence and Risk Management (SIRM) Platform uniquely delivers the advanced correlation, application protection, and network defense technology to protect today's applications and IT infrastructures from sophisticated cyber threats.

  • Regional Director EMEA at Unwire
    Aug 2010 - Nov 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos

    International responsibiliy for sales and business development of the Mobile Ticketing system mTicket. Unwire - a leading provider of mobile VAS platforms and solutions in Europe. COMPLEXITY MADE SIMPLE. Unwire is a "mobile enabler" for B2C customers. It is the mission of Unwire to contribute to the creation and improvement of our customers' turnover and profit from end-user services for the mobile phone by offering the widest and easiest way to implement product portfolio of ASP-based standard platforms.