Mark Walton
Senior Global Client Director @Linkedin
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Global Client Director @Linkedin
Senior Global Client Director leading a cross-functional team of Global and Regional Account Managers and Customer Success Managers across all major markets, partnering with some of LinkedIn\'s most complex and strategically important global enterprise clients across FinServ, Professional Services, Defence/Aerospace and Media.My focus is on the global executive relationships — building trusted C-suite partnerships and ensuring our clients\' talent strategies are aligned to their business objectives. My team covers the regional and functional relationships, together leveraging LinkedIn\'s AI-powered and Agentic solutions to help clients hire better, develop their people, and build future-fit organisations.Results: Top Global Client Director in EMEAL for FY25, joint top globally. Sales Excellence Club (top 5% globally). Qualified for 4 Dinners of Legends. Multiple culture and behavioural awards for cross-functional collaboration and partnership.Beyond client work — led the global cross-functional team that built LinkedIn\'s Account Team Excellence framework: two playbooks defining how global account teams operate most effectively, both internally and with clients. Now used across LinkedIn\'s global accounts organisation.
EDUCATION
New York University
Inner MBA, Mindfulness, meditation, emotional intelligence, embodied leadership & more
Kingston University
LLB Hons, Law
SKILLS
ABOUT MARK WALTON
I partner with some of LinkedIn\'s most complex and strategically important global clients — Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 organisations across FinServ, Professional Services, Defence and Media — helping them build the talent strategies their businesses need to compete and grow.With 20+ years in senior strategic sales, I specialise in building trusted C-suite relationships and leading high-performance cross-functional account teams to deliver measurable outcomes. I\'ve been in LinkedIn\'s top 5% globally across multiple years, winning several Sales Excellence Clubs, and have grown from being an early member of LinkedIn\'s first global accounts programme to Senior Global Client Director.My work sits at the intersection of enterprise SaaS, AI and human capital — helping HR and TA leadership teams adopt LinkedIn\'s AI-powered and Agentic solutions to increase team effectiveness and deliver better talent outcomes. I work consultatively and focus on long-term partnership, not transactions.Beyond the day job, I co-lead LinkedIn\'s UK Social Impact Board and regularly speak with students, schools, charities and professional bodies about careers and opportunity — driven by LinkedIn\'s mission to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
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