Tristan Mak

Sr. Director @ Pleo | GTM Strategy, Ops, Market Expansion | Ex Goldman Sachs

United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Pleo (Full-time · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Sr. Director, GTM Strategy & Ops
      Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

      Pleo is a B2B SaaS Fintech helping companies simplify corporate spend. I co-lead a 50 person department in revops, owning GTM strategy and operations globally across full revenue lifecycle (acquisition, growth, retention), including AI GTM strategy and commercial enablement for sales / customer success / SDRs. I have built and led GTM programs including: customer segmentation, GTM orchestration, service model approach, value messaging, compensation design and sales playbooks. I also previously led product growth and market expansion at Pleo. Experience scaling through 2-3x growth.

    • Head of Strategy & Commercial Effectiveness
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      I lead 10x strategic projects that drive Pleo’s new revenue including growth strategy, product strategy and market expansion.

    • Director of Strategy, Market Expansion / SMB
      Sep 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr

      As part our market expansion - led commercials and strategy for the SMB domain (+150 persons) focussed on sales, customer success, product led growth for SMB customers. Managed full stack product, engineering and commercial growth teams

  • Advisor at EQT Group
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Advisor to EQT, one of Europe's leading private equity and venture capital firms.

  • UK&I Operations Lead (IPO on NYSE) at Bird
    Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr

    Hyper growth EV tech scale-up to IPO. Built and launched Bird platform in UKI and managed P&L up until its IPO on the NYSE.

  • Strategy & Ops / Head of Strategic Partnerships (Pulse) at HSBC
    Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Early team building HSBC digital ventures and fintech products connected to B2B open banking (Pulse) and embedded finance. Ran strategic partnerships and commercial strategy.

  • Goldman Sachs (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • TMT / FIG Investment Banking
      Jul 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Technology / FIG / Industrials investment banking in Leveraged Finance. Worked with companies across Europe to raise over $3bn in strategic growth and acquisition financing. Analytical and operational ownership of deals.

    • Investment Management
      Jul 2014 - Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Investment strategy and execution. Part of the largest revenue-generating investment team in Europe helping to manage $5bn AuM.

    • Private Wealth Management
      Apr 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management