Overview
David Du Pre built his reputation as a sales leader at Showpad, the Ghent SaaS platform for sales enablement. As VP Sales EMEA at Showpad, he scaled the European sales organization significantly, earning recognition as "a very smart and inspirational sales leader who has excellent people management skills."
After Showpad, David moved into advisory and coaching work, helping B2B tech founders and executives scale their sales organizations. His profile at Vlerick Business School and location in the Ghent Metropolitan Area kept him close to the Belgian startup community.
In 2024, David co-founded Warren alongside Cedric De Vleeschauwer and a founding team drawn from alumni of Showpad, Alan, KBC, Metamaze, Henchman, and Silverfin. Warren focuses on workplace financial wellness, providing employer-sponsored tools to help employees reduce financial stress and build long-term financial security. The company raised EUR 3M in 2024.
David has also mentioned Siska Lannoo as a key contributor to Belgian tech success stories, signaling his familiarity with the broader ecosystem narrative and his engagement with the community beyond his own ventures.
David is the commercial counterpart to Cedric De Vleeschauwer's CEO role at Warren. His track record scaling Showpad's EMEA sales provides strong credibility for Warren's go-to-market execution, particularly given the platform's reliance on employer-side distribution partnerships.
Career history
- Co-Founder2024 - presentWarrenworkplace financial wellness, EUR 3M raised
- Advisor / Coachto founders, executives, and B2B tech companies · post-Showpad
- VP Sales EMEAShowpad, scaled EMEA sales from small team to commercial organization
- ShowpadPast
In the news
- Freelance event manager wanted! 🤗 Who are the best freelance event managers in Belgium? We're organizing an event in about 3 months and are looking for someone to help us bring it all together, from planning and coordination to catering, timelines, and follow-up. If you've worked with someone exceptional (or are that person), drop a name in the comments or send me a DM. Thanks! 🙌
- A Sales Manager role is opening soon, and I'm not waiting for the job post to find the right person. Ex-Alan. Ex-Silverfin. Ex-Henchman. Ex-Showpad. That's the team you'd be leading at WARREN. We built the Warren sales team deliberately, with people who've already proven themselves at some of the best companies in the country, and chose to do it again here. This role isn't for someone managing an inherited playbook. It's for someone who wants to co-write it. The people we want for this aren't browsing job boards.
- We raised €10 million to build the financially fearless generation 💥 We owe the next generation more than good intentions. We owe them proof that we did enough. Belgium's pension system was built for a different era, one with more workers per retiree, shorter retirements, and a state that could carry more of the weight. That era is over. People are living longer, birth rates are falling, and the second pillar that was supposed to close the gap has been coasting on autopilot for decades. We didn't get a vote in the system we
- Shocking quote of the month 💥 #dontbelikeKaren Karen (HR): "Honestly, David, I don't care about the future return of our people's group insurance. They don't know their future pension is stuck in a low-yield product with high costs, and nobody asks questions. It's not my problem, and I want to keep it that way." Luckily, most HR or Finance executives I meet have a different mindset and see their benefits package for what it really is: a responsibility to help their people build a financially secure future. People like Arne. 🤘🏻
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