GUILLAUME LARRONDE

Extra Mile

Extra Mile helps B2B SaaS businesses and leaders drive brand awareness, revenue and business growth through buyer centric Sales & Linkedin Strategies that are innovative, measurable and actionable.

Few Brands and teams we have worked with: 
Unilever, Emrill, Air France KLM, Radisson Red, Nasco Insurance, Cigna, Voted Product of the Year, Gulf Capital, CXG, Dubai Golf, Infomineo, Chamber of Commerce France in UAE, Nanosun, POC Pharma, Dilitrust, Centre for Creative Leadership and the British Chamber of Commerce of Dubai.

- 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀: mindset, branding, networking & content best practices
- 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀: social selling, sales navigator, outbound & inbound
- 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Linkedin Pages, Linkedin Ads, ABM, retargeting, content strategy
- 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: & C-Suite: Personal Branding, Etiquette & Best practices, Thought Leadership

Learn more & get in touch
https://extramile.me/

Fractional Sales Director | B2B & SaaS Sales Strategy Consultant

Nanosun is a global distributor of solar energy solutions, providing high-quality solar panels, inverters, and components to businesses across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Nanosun has 100 employees (majority sales) and is a direct and strategic distributor of Tier1 brands such as Longi, Sungrow, TrinaSolar, Canadian Solar, JAsolar, BYD.

Implemented strategies to enhance Nanosun’s marketing, sales, and operational performance. Key highlights:

• Social Selling Program: Trained the sales team in LinkedIn best practices and social selling, doubling profile views across Europe and the Middle East within two weeks.

• CRM Optimization: Cleaned and reorganized CRM data, improving segmentation by 40% and enabling better analytics for marketing and sales.

• HubSpot Adoption: Rolled out HubSpot for the MEA region to streamline trade show lead management, ensuring 100% lead capture and reporting within 24 hours.

• Email Marketing Overhaul: Revamped email templates and processes, boosting click-through rates by 25% and enhancing lead follow-up.

• U.S. Market Launch Support: Partnered with the American COO to launch Nanosun in the U.S., leveraging LinkedIn Ads and Google Ads to secure appointments and drive trade show success.

• E-Commerce Development: Directed an audit and roadmap for a new e-commerce platform and launched a Shopify proof of concept.

• Google Ads Optimization: Reduced cost per lead by 30% through targeted campaigns and dedicated landing pages.

• Basecamp Relaunch: Relaunched Basecamp to replace 80+ WhatsApp groups, improving collaboration for 100 employees over three months.

• Interim Marketing Director: Promoted to lead a $2M marketing budget for 2025, managing the marketing team and coordinating supplier brand initiatives to achieve shared objectives while aligning with sales goals.

Extra Mile Consulting: Sales & Marketing Consultant → Interim Marketing Director

Developed and executed strategies to expand POC Pharma’s reach into the SMB pharmaceutical market across Asia and Africa after their Series A.

Key achievements included:

• Enhanced Recruitment Strategies: Due to my Linkedin for recruitment expertise, I saw that recruitment was a big challenge and pain point so I pitched to the CEO and got the responsibility to revamp the talent acquisition process by integrating LinkedIn Recruiter and implementing the Workable platform and training hiring managers, reducing time-to-hire by 15% and increasing the quality of tech and sales team hires.

• Conducted Social Selling Workshops: Organized workshops to enhance employees’ LinkedIn profiles, especially for leaders and business development teams, with consistent branding and featured calls to action to educate ideal buyers. Trained employees on LinkedIn best practices, leading to a 30% increase in profile views within one month.

• Launched Targeted Marketing Campaigns: Set up LinkedIn Ads and email marketing initiatives, leading to a 10% increase in inbound inquiries and contributing to the closure of new deals during pilot phases.

• Established Scalable Sales Processes: Designed and implemented a comprehensive sales framework, incorporating LinkedIn data analytics to identify and prioritize target accounts, persona email templates and sequences resulting in a 20% increase in qualified leads within three months.

More about POC Pharma:
POC Pharma is a Series A startup specializing in digital go-to-market solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. It offers a SaaS platform that provides data-driven insights collected at PoS and pharmacies, enabling pharmaceutical companies, distributors, and wholesalers to learn from real insights and analytics to drive sales and marketing strategies and business growth. The company operates across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

Extra Mile Consulting: Interim Digital Sales Leader - POC Pharma SaaS Solutions

Merkle MENA

Your Social was a creative and strategic social media agency operating in Dubai and Breda (NL) before its acquisition by Merkle (part of Dentsu).
Your Social Middle East, provided full-service solutions specialised in social media (insights & social listening, strategy, content, community management, ads planning and management, reporting) and managed a portfolio of Tier 1 accounts like Damman, Bateel, Sony, Pioneer, ADIB. 

Key achievements included:

• Team Leadership: Managed and coached the account team, fostering development and ensuring alignment with revenue, service and business development goals.

• Generated Revenue Growth: Closed 1M AED in new business and add-on projects, including securing the agency’s first client in Saudi Arabia.

• Business Development: Created 44 new opportunities within a year, representing a potential pipeline value of 7.5M AED.

• Sales Process Optimization: Designed and implemented new sales processes, including pipeline management, performance reviews, and operational workflows.

• Marketing Strategy: Developed a comprehensive marketing plan, leading initiatives such as the Social Breakfast series, weekly blogs, and a monthly newsletter to drive brand visibility and engagement.

Head of Sales & Marketing | Your Social

LinkedIn

Linkedin was a transformative experience: 3 countries, hyper growth, IPO, EMEA Clubs, lots of amazing colleagues, customers and experiences. I started as one of their first employees in London to develop business in France and ended up in Dubai leading a team of superstars. Few highlights:

• First employee in France to launch Linkedin in France (directly competing with Viadeo) in 2010

• Part of the kick off team (3 persons) to launch Linkedin in the Middle East (Dubai) in 2012

• Closed over $7M in total revenue, $1M global deal, and qualified 3 years in a row for EMEA Top performer Club

• Spoke at La Sorbonne and multiple events including Linkedin Sales Kick off (2000+ employees)

• Worked with thought leaders and innovative companies like AXA, Societe Generale, Orange, Twenga, Louis Vuitton, Dassault Systems, Emirates, Etisalat, Alshaya, Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation, Saudi Aramco, across many industries and countries

• Hired and managed the best-performing team in MENA in my first year as a sales leader.

• Using Social selling and social recruiting best practices day in and day out

Head of Enterprise Sales - Linkedin Middle East - Talent Solutions (Qatar, Kuwait, Oman Bahrain)

Key Accounts Director MENA and team leader - Linkedin Middle East

Enterprise Relationship Manager - Linkedin France

I was the first representative of Linkedin in France.

Account Executive - First Sales Representative for Linkedin Corporate Solutions in France

OneSource Information Services

OneSource was a recognized UK leader in B2B SaaS information services and delivered company, executive and industry intelligence (acquired by D&B)

My very first workshop on Linkedin for lead generation and sales was when one of the sales director invited a friend working at Oracle who literally opened our eyes on the potential of Linkedin for social selling before it was called social selling

Sales Consultant - UK

Artefact designs

Co-founded Artefact designs, a greeting card publisher distributed in Canada, France and England in 2007. The business was put dormant and closed after I joined Linkedin

Co-founder and Director

Mintel

Mintel is a leading market research publisher specialized in consumer, product and media intelligence. My daily role involved developing business in France, South Africa & the Middle East by selling off the shelf reports and subscriptions

I started using professional social network Viadeo and Linkedin to reach out to prospects and sell (my first social selling initiative)
Received Sales training on inside sales prospecting techniques

Business Development & Account Manager - France, South Africa & MENA

AdUX (previously Hi-Media)

Hi-media was an internet advertising agency in 2003 and is now one of the top Internet publishers and Ad agency in Europe. My role in the Direct Marketing team was to support them with campaigns or any other marketing related projects

Intern, Direct Marketing Team

With over 20 years of SaaS and international sales experience, I consult with leaders and b2b teams of organisations from enterprise to high-growth startups, on commercial strategies based on buyer centric process aligned with marketing, sales and customer success. I am strategic and results-driven, with a passion for leveraging linkedin, data insights, optimizing processes, mentoring teams, and building meaningful client relationships.

CEO - Helping B2B sales teams and leaders WIN more businesses with social selling

This is a bittersweet post to write.

After a lot of reflection, I’ve decided to close Extra Mile early next year.

Building it has been one of the most meaningful chapters of my career and life.
It taught me what it really feels like to build without a brand behind you. 
To sell, deliver, educate, and stand on your own — especially in a market as diverse and demanding as the UAE.

There were proud moments.
There were challenges I didn’t see coming.

And there were lessons I’ll carry for a very long time:
• That credibility is earned one conversation at a time  
• That not every client is the right client  
• And that entrepreneurship forces a level of clarity you can’t get anywhere else

But over the last months, something shifted.
I realised this chapter had done its job.
I had reached the limit of what Extra Mile was meant to teach me — and a new path was quietly taking shape.

So yes, I’m closing Extra Mile.
Not because it didn’t work.
But because my next step requires all of me.

I won’t reveal the details yet.
But it’s a move that blends everything I’ve built so far — sales, marketing, operations — into a role with more impact, more responsibility, and more growth than I’ve had in years.

For now, I simply want to say thank you... 
🙏 
Thank you to the clients who trusted me.  
Thank you to the people who supported me.  
And yes, even to those who doubted me — you pushed me more than you know.
Merci.

Closing a business isn’t the end of something.
Sometimes, it’s the beginning of what you were meant to do next.

More soon.

#ExtraMile #Linkedin #NewBeginnings

Head of Marketing @ Astruc & Co. 🔹 Founder @ Extra Mile 🔹 Linkedin Alum

If you don’t plan your time, someone else will own it.

A coach from CCL once told me the only conference that consistently filled rooms with C-suites was about… getting things done.

Not strategy.  
Not leadership.  
Not innovation.

Time.

Because without control of your time, you can’t control anything else.

The mistake?  
We treat planning like overhead.  
We treat action like progress.  
But without a map, “action” is just movement.

Try these 5 shifts:

1) Track your time for one week — the truth is eye-opening.  
      → Clockify was amazing for me and it is free

2) Block calendar slots for what actually matters.  

3) Protect daily and weekly review rituals.  

4) Rebuild your to-do workflow with GTM methodology instead of carrying yesterday forward.  

5) Prioritise using the Eisenhower matrix — no excuses.

If you want to think long-term, start managing short-term with intent.

Agree or disagree?

Emrill Services LLC

Identify new B2B and B2C clients for all Emrill businesses through networking, marketing campaigns and lead generation.  Manage the end to end journey for all new B2B and B2C clients and ensure renewal of business.

Create business cases for new ventures and collaborate across all departments to ensure a seamless experience for all Emrill, Mplus, Heights and Emrill Interior customers.

Responsible for commercial annual target and creating the marketing plan for the department.  Ensure increase in app usage via data-driven campaigns.  

Identify and manage new strategic partnerships to grow the brand within identified territory.

Manage, develop and coach reporting staff to achieve departmental goals.

Business Development Manager Emrill - Mplus - Heights - Emrill Interiors - Emrill Rail

PROTRAINING

Responsible for developing be-spoke training solutions, creating learning pathways and fostering strong client relationships and managing key accounts. Regularly engage with existing and new clients by introducing fun, dynamic and experiential training programs that are relevant and specific to their learning and development needs.  Working with senior leadership teams on people management, succession planning, 360 assessments, PDP's and partnering with the business to get results.

Work with government entities, banks, real estate developers, financial institutions, telecoms and large corporates across the region.

My objective has always been to help clients achieve maximum ROI on their training budgets. Expert in developing L&D initiatives, driving employee engagement, business planning, customer relationship management (CRM), business development and client relationship management.

Business Consultant 

Linda's Real Estate

Build a pipeline of clients and manage the CRM.  Maintain contact with all clients to ascertain their requirements.  Partner with them on their rental/buying journey and assist them to through a smooth process to point of handover.

Manage the social media across Instagram, linked in and facebook to grow the brand.  Assist the manager with new recruits and support them during on boarding via a 'mentoring' system.

Develop relationships with multiple unit holding landlords and manage their portfolio of properties.

Business Development Executive

mgilearning

Responsible for building and maintaining a pipeline of business.  Attend all client meetings to identify their needs and prepare proposals.

Represent MGI at all events to promote the company and build relationships in the region.

Manage ongoing accounts and assist the consultants on training programs.

Follow up after with one on one sessions and ensure the embedding tools were being utilised to achieve metric shift within the organisations.

Business Partner

Gateway Middle East LLC

Manage and consult for leading brands across the region.  Develop partners across retail outlets and engage all sales trainers/brand ambassadors.  

Sourced, secured and maintained the warehouses for storage and ensured all H&S were adhered to.

Deliver the product pitch to new accounts, develop the training content and recruit the right people for the brand experience. Brands: Thameen Fragrance, Cuccio Nail range , Outback Organics , James Read, Uno Golf, St. Tropez, Cloud 9, Collexia, Big Brush  and PHP Hair loss.  

Set up and manage all contacts, databases and product training systems for the region.  Manage the registration of all brands with the local legislation, build strong relationships with Dubai Municipality, and Dubai Economic Department.

General Manager

Elan Lifestyle

Identify and negotiate the SLA's for all partnership agreements within the UAE for our members.

Manage the operations of the customer call centre to ensure all requests were met and exceeded to grow share of wallet.  Motivate and engage employees in a fast-moving 24/7 contact center.  

White-labelled services for banking, airlines, hotels and corporates to avail of all services.

Manage a team of lifestyle managers and account managers from recruitment, on boarding, training and performance management.  Oversee all requests from the HNWI utilising the services.  Identify and manage selected partners for lifestyle service offerings, select vendors and set up all SLA’s, record and maintain all agreements.  Handled all requests for Middle East clients for partner TenUK.

Managed security, maintenance and travel for VIP clients within the region and overseas.

Business improvement initiatives introduced to reduce call handling time, first time resolution and 'think outside the box' attitude.

Operations Manager

Legatum

Manage the private family office HR, Payroll & Operations.

HR & Operations Manager

Emirates Group

L & D trainer within Emirates Group. Carried out training needs analysis, delivered training, designed and implemented the induction program.  

On the job coaching and performance management.  Designed E-Learning modules for digital learning for staff.  Extensive people management skills, recruited, trained and managed a team of trainers across the group to deliver leadership skills for organisational effectiveness.  

Designed and facilatated the induction program for the Emirates Group.

Corporate Training L&D Superintendent

With over 25 years of experience in the the UAE, Marie is a seasoned business development manager at mplus, a leading provider of home and property maintenance services in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. She is responsible for building and managing a pipeline of clients. She sources, nurtures and develops strong relationships with accounts and clients.  She delivers on service, quality, and brand promise.

She sources new B2B and B2B clients for mplus.  Collaborates with all departments across procurement. IT, Customer Experience and Operations to deliver best-in-class solutions.

Marie holds a BSc in Human Resource Management from the University of Leicester and a Diploma in Aviation Security from Edith Cowan University. She is skilled in LinkedIn Sales Navigator, CRM, and performance management. She is also a certified professional in digital marketing and the neuroscience of learning. She is passionate about people, the planet, and profit, and believes that magical customer experiences start with exceptional employee experiences. She is a strong influencer and a leader for change and transformation projects, partnering with relevant business units to drive innovative improvements.

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