Lewis Turek

Lewis Turek is Director of North America at GoCardless with overall responsibility for the sales and growth of the US business. He has more than 15 years’ experience in sales and leadership roles in IT and SaaS businesses including Microsoft, Salesforce and Uber.

Lewis Turek began his career with IBM, graduating top of the class in the IBM Global Sales School. In 2016, he launched Uber for Business in the UK, building the go-to-market and commercial strategies, hiring and leading the team and closing the first contracts with major clients. Since then he has held leadership positions at a number of start-ups including Bazaarvoice and Permutive.

Lewis Turek states on his LinkedIn profile: Results-driven executive with over fifteen years of leadership experience in driving revenue growth and expanding market presence within the technology and software industry. Currently serving as the General Manager, North America at GoCardless, the world’s leading payment platform for direct bank transfers. In this role, I oversee a team of 40+ employees, leading initiatives in culture development, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, sales, banking partnerships, and profit and loss (P&L) management.

My journey with GoCardless began as the Director of North America Sales, where I successfully led the sales team to contribute to the company’s global success. Prior to that, I held a pivotal role as the VP Sales & Marketing at Clippings, transforming the Sales & Marketing function into an over-performing team with quarter-on-quarter growth, positioning the company for acquisition by Material Bank.

I’ve demonstrated my ability to lead high-performing teams in various roles, including Head of EMEA Sales at Permutive, where I managed a team covering the largest publishers across EMEA, and Vice President Sales, UK & Ireland at Bazaarvoice, where I achieved outstanding results in enterprise sales.