Senior Vice President - EMEA Sales and Channels & Managing Director EMEA
Natalie Billingham is Senior Vice President of EMEA Sales and Channels and Managing Director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Akamai, based in London, England.
She is responsible for growth, expansion, and go-to-market strategies - both direct and channel - for Akamai's business across EMEA. She defines, leads, and delivers Akamai's business strategy throughout the region, with a focus on innovation and growth, and has participated in multiple acquisitions.
Having joined Akamai in 2007, she has more than 25 years of experience in sales for industry-leading organisations in telecommunications, managed hosting, cloud, and business services, including Exodus, SAVVIS (later CenturyLink), and NTT Ltd.
Billingham serves on the board of directors of the Akamai Foundation, is a founding member of the Akamai Women's Forum employee resource group in EMEA and FLAME (Female Learning & Mentoring Experience), and is involved with numerous other company and industry initiatives supporting inclusion and diversity.
She is a winner of Akamai's highest honour, the Danny Lewin Award (2017), and Management Today's Women in Leadership 2025 Power List. This recognises motivational women with a demonstrable track record of business success who excel in their respective fields. She attended Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, where she studied Sociology and Social Policy, and completed a Harvard Business School executive education program on leading global businesses.