Steve Wainwright is Managing Director of Skillsoft (and SumTotal, a Skillsoft company) in Europe, Middle East and Africa.  He is primarily responsible for overseeing Skillsoft's direct and channel sales operations in the region, including business development, sales, marketing and the successful implementation of Skillsoft's products and services across EMEA.

Steve is a passionate advocate for learning and development (L&D) and has more than 25 years’ experience within organisations providing workforce solutions.  Prior to joining Skillsoft’s executive team, Steve worked at Salesforce’s HQ in San Francisco, where he led Salesforce’s App Cloud Organisation for North America, with annual subscription revenues of more than $500m.  Before joining Salesforce, Steve spent two years as Chief Digital Officer at SAP, where he was a member of the SAP UK Board and had responsibility for SAP’s Database & Technology business.  Steve also spent fourteen years at Oracle, where he led various sales organisations in EMEA, covering a range of technologies and business applications.