Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Automotive space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Lawrence Hall
Group Communications Director of Cazoo
Lawrence Hall is the Group Communications Director at Cazoo.
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About Cazoo: Cazoo is an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
Raphaël Vergnaud
Senior Sales Director of Zendrive
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About Anatole, Zendrive: Zendrive leverages mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide.
Helen Alexander
Non-executive Director of Rolls-Royce
Dame Helen Alexander joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in December 2011. Dame Helen chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. Dame Helen is chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive Media, and a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Rolls-Royce Group plc. Dame Helen is a senior adviser to Bain Capital and Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Dame Helen served as president of the CBI until June 2011. Dame Helen Alexander joined The Economist as Marketing Manager in 1985 after studying at INSEAD for an MBA and completing various roles with Faber and Faber and with Gerald Duckworth & Co. She became Managing Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in 1993 and in 1997 became Chief Executive of the Economist Group, a position she held until 2008, having joined the company in 1985. Dame Helen was President of the CBI from 2009 to 2011. Dame Helen is also currently involved with not-for-profit organisations in media, the internet, the arts and education, through the trustees at Thomson-Reuters, the WorldWide Web Foundation, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Said Business School in Oxford and St Paul’s Girls’ School. Dame Helen was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004 and in June 2011 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to business. She has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About BT, Centrica, Esure, Northern Foods, Rolls-Royce, UBM Plc: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Gill Howard
Commercial Director of Pod Point
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About Pod Point: We’re building the infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK & Europe.
Rob Walden
Director Of Operations of Pod Point
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About Pod Point: We’re building the infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK & Europe.
Alex Buttle
Co-Founder, Marketing Director of Motorway
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About Motorway: Motorway is an online used-car marketplace for professional car dealers that sells their cars using their smartphones.
Alexandra Margolis
Co-Founder/Creative Director of Carwow
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
John Miele
Sales Director of Carwow
John’s has an MSc in Astrophysics, which proves handy on a daily basis. Besides managing all of our dealers, you’ll often find him down the pub (or on TV!) winning the pub quiz, collecting an obscene number of Pool trophies, or strumming his guitar for a captive audience. He and his wife have a new mini-Miele who keeps them up all hours of the night.
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
Lewis Mutton
Managing Director of SHUFA
Lewis Mutton, 24 is the Founder of SHUFA LTD, a UK based technology firm.
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About SHUFA: Revolutionary Automotive Retail Software
Sheeraz Ahmed
Operations Director of ONLICAR
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About ONLICAR: They use Formula1 techniques to deliver scalable solutions that create actionable value for our customers.
Jonathan Shine
Global Business Development Director of Spark EV Technology
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About Spark EV Technology: Spark develops and supplies personalised journey prediction and map display software products for electric vehicles.
Dan Cleaves
Managing Director of Dealerweb
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About Dealerweb: Dealerweb is a cloud-based inquiry management systems that support retailers and manufacturers.
Alan Williamson
Associate Director, Channel Partners of Baltic Exchange
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About Baltic Exchange: The Baltic Exchange is the provider of information on maritime transportation markets.
Martin Orme
Co-founder & Director of GreenRide Sharing Limited
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About GreenRide Sharing Limited: GreenRide is a UK based startup developing a ride sharing mobile application within the sharing economy.
Ya Sun
Co-founder & Director of GreenRide Sharing Limited
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About GreenRide Sharing Limited: GreenRide is a UK based startup developing a ride sharing mobile application within the sharing economy.
Nigel Minett
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Trehane Oliver
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Oliver Morgan
Founder & Managing Director of Universal Fuels
Oliver Morgan is a Founder & Managing Director at Universal Fuels.
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About Universal Fuels: Universal Fuels supplies heating oil, gas oil, marine gas oil, kerosene, DERV, diesel, and red diesel in the U.K.
Oliver Morgan
Founder & Managing Director of Universal Fuels
Oliver Morgan is a Founder & Managing Director at Universal Fuels.
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About Universal Fuels: Universal Fuels supplies heating oil, gas oil, marine gas oil, kerosene, DERV, diesel, and red diesel in the U.K.
