James Ski

15+ years of enterprise sales experience.

I’ve built and exited a start-up business and been part of the growth of early-stage British SaaS companies like Huddle as well as the unique environment of hypergrowth companies like Linkedin where I was a top EMEA performer and President Club Winner

I know what it takes to build teams, own territory, build pipeline and win business across multiple functions and geographies with a consultative and strategic approach. Command of the Message and MEDDIC trained.

Over 7 years I have helped companies via Sales Confidence like Salesloft, Zoominfo, Gong, 6Sense, Demandbase, Cognism, SimilarWeb and many others build brand awareness, land sales hires at all levels and grow their revenue in the UK and EMEA. 

Now I am helping sales teams leverage AI and get into more live conversations over the phone with Orum!

I’m also the author of the book “How to Build Sales Confidence” which you can check out on Amazon.

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Ben Botes

General Partner | Caban Global Reach • Building Operating Systems that Deliver Repeatable DPI in Fintech & Healthcare

I don’t believe in chasing deals.
I believe in designing outcomes.

With 31 years of experience across venture building, exits, and private equity, I’ve built and exited four businesses, scaled SaaS, fintech, and impact ventures across frontier markets, and now deploy capital as General Partner at Caban Global Reach and MD at Caban Group.

What differentiates my work is simple:
Deployment discipline → transforming capital into repeatable DPI, not one-off wins.
Operating systems → governance, cadence, and working-capital control that scale beyond founders.
Exit readiness → building liquidity pathways from day one, not as an afterthought.

What I do today:
• For founders: engineer clarity, commercial edge, and institutional discipline so they scale sustainably.
• For investors: originate proprietary deal flow, strengthen founder teams, and build governance that compounds trust and returns.

Philosophy:
The biggest risk isn’t failure.
It’s randomness.
That’s why the work isn’t speed — it’s discipline.

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