Workday vice president: Don’t just chase promotions for a title change
Friday 30 October 2026 5:43 am | Updated: Thursday 29 October 2026 6:47 pm
Workday vice president: Don’t just chase promotions for a title change
By: Anna Moloney
Deputy Comment and Features Editor
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We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Daniel Pell takes us through his career in tech, from Microsoft to Salesforce and now Workday in Square Mile and Me
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Name: Daniel Pell Job title: Vice president and country manager for UK & Ireland at Workday Previous roles: General manager, Tableau EMEA at Salesforce; enterprise sales manager at Avid Technology; BBC account director at Microsoft UK Age: 53 Born: London Lives: Chiswick, London Studied: Law at the University of Manchester Talents: Wing foiling Motto: “Manners maketh man” Biggest perk of the job? Meeting really inspiring and interesting people, including Anthony Joshua and Jimmy Carr Coffee order: Green tea Cocktail order: Moscow Mule Favourite book: Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWhat was your first job?
I started cleaning cars at a local car hire company when I was 16, working weekends. Then I moved on to driving the courier vans and trucks.
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