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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 Business Intelligence 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 โ Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth โ Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management โ Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact โ Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data โ 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.
Paul Wright
Managing Director (UK / FR / ME / TR) of AppsFlyer
Paul Wright Based in London, Paul leads AppsFlyerโs growth and expansion in the UK market. Paul has worked in the online marketing industry for over 18 years, building and shaping businesses for some of the worlds largest agencies, advertisers and technologies.
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About AppsFlyer: The worldโs top brands use AppsFlyer to build great products, create exceptional experiences, and preserve customer privacy.
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Ailsa Williams
Managing Director of Teneo
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About Teneo: A New York-based corporate advisory firm
Barry Borhani
Associate Director of Ernst & Young
A senior executive with over 30 yearsโ experience in Oil & gas and engineering; recent roles in Global super majors (BG-Group/Shell), Big 4 Consultancy (EY and PwC) and Management Contracting companies (KBR, Halliburton). Strong project management /Project controls , contract and procurement, analytical expertise obtained whilst working on major global programs ($100MM to $23 Billion) in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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About CPEC.ai, Ernst & Young, Harvey Milton: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
David Pybus
Director of Ernst & Young
David Pybus is a Director in the EY Cybersecurity team and routinely helps clients with improving their cybersecurity programmes. David has twenty years experience in cybersecurity, much of it gleaned from previous roles in industry. He has first hand experience of managing the securing, scanning and patching of systems going from long since out of support operating systems all the way through to considering how to manage the patching levels of modern cloud and mobile environments
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Thomas Bull
Director of Ernst & Young
Tom Bull is a Director in the FinTech team at EY, based in London. He has led a range of research projects in the sector for the UK Government and the European Commission, including analysis of the FinTech ecosystem, P2P lending and crowdfunding sectors. He also leads major research work by EY including the EY FinTech Adoption Index, which identifies level of traction that FinTech is gaining with consumers. Tomโs background is in corporate finance and has worked on both cross boarder and domestic M&A processes. He has led acquisition and disposal processes for clients across various European countries as well as within Asia.
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About Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Olivier de Trogoff
CEO @ Maje invest and member of the Board of Director @ ClicData of ClicData
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About : ClicData is a provider of cloud-based dashboard systems that are designed to improve business efficiency through better reporting.
Heleen Snelting
Director Data Science EMEA of TIBCO
Heleen Snelting is Director Data Science EMEA at TIBCO, where she and her team help TIBCO customers optimise business and operational processes through the use of advanced analytics. She previously held international roles at market- and shopper research company IRI. Heleen is passionate about knowledge sharing and is an active TIBCO Community contributor.
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About TIBCO: TIBCO unlocks the potential of real-time data for business to make faster, smarter decisions.
Simon Kirby
Senior Director, Customer Success of Qlik
Simon is the Director of Financial Services Industry Solutions at Qlik and works with customers and partners to build value driven solutions for banks, insurers and capital markets firms. Simon has over twenty five yearsโ experience working in the insurance and banking sectors with a focus primarily on Audit, Risk Management and Regulation at companies including RSA Insurance Group, PWC and The Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to joining Qlik in 2015, Simon worked for the Financial Services Authority in the UK where he headed a team of insurance regulators supervising the activities of over thirty companies in complying with regulations such as Solvency II.
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About Qlik: Qlik simplifies the way people use data by making it a natural part of how they make decisions.
Simon Presswell
Managing Director, Broadcast & Education of Ascential Plc
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Ben Hargreaves
Director โ Head of Government & Public Sector UK & Nordics of Bureau van Dijk
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About Bureau van Dijk: Provide company information solutions that can make you more efficient.
Andy Walker
Marketing & Operations Director & Founding Member of Yumpingo
Andy Walker is a Marketing Director at Yumpingo.
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About Yumpingo: Yumpingo is an internet company that specializes in customer engagement and analytics platforms designed for the Hospitality Industry.
Kyle Hill
Global Director, Digital Sales and Service of Avanade
Kyle Hill a South African born Dynamics enthusiast, now based in London. He currently has the pleasure of being part of the presales team at Hitachi Solutions.His main focus is on Dynamics 365 with a slant to the more traditional CRM flavour of things. He also has a keen interest in IoT, Connected Field Service, the Bot Framework and the Adobe Experience cloud. He has a strong technical passion which he has coupled to a sound understanding of the Dynamics 365 platforms and this enables him to focus on creating innovative and value-generating solutions.
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About Avanade, Hitachi Europe: Avanade provides innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem.
Ben Brabyn
Non Executive Director of Global Fund Media
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About Global Fund Media: Global Fund Media connects all the institutional investment sectors with actionable market intelligence.
Mark Maydon
Director of Crowd Connected
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About Crowd Connected: Pioneering a new generation of big data location intelligence
Goolshun S Belut
Managing Director of Smplicity
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About Smplicity: Smplicity is a London based salesforce partner that focuses on improving business performance with Salesforce
Wayne Kurtzman
Research Director of Social and Collaboration Solutions of IDC
Wayne Kurtzman is the research director of social media, communities, and collaboration at IDC.
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Philip Carnelley
Research Director of IDC
Philip Carnelley is AVP for IDCโs European Software Group, and has over 20 yearsโ experience of working in the IT industry as an analyst, consultant, and applications developer in a variety of industries around Europe. He leads IDCโs European research on enterprise applications and analytics, with a particular focus on big data and cognitive/AI software and solutions and their implications for digital business transformation. He heads IDCโs multi-disciplinary European Cognitive/AI Research Practice, and he also oversees IDCโs European Software Tracker analyst team. He is also tasked with writing and presenting on broader enterprise software trends and the impact of emerging software technologies in the European region. He is a regular keynote speaker and panelist at industry events.
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Philip Carnelley
Research Director of IDC
Philip Carnelley is AVP for IDCโs European Software Group, and has over 20 yearsโ experience of working in the IT industry as an analyst, consultant, and applications developer in a variety of industries around Europe. He leads IDCโs European research on enterprise applications and analytics, with a particular focus on big data and cognitive/AI software and solutions and their implications for digital business transformation. He heads IDCโs multi-disciplinary European Cognitive/AI Research Practice, and he also oversees IDCโs European Software Tracker analyst team. He is also tasked with writing and presenting on broader enterprise software trends and the impact of emerging software technologies in the European region. He is a regular keynote speaker and panelist at industry events.
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Tony Xu
Founder and Managing Director of Perfocal
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About Perfocal: Perfocal is the easiest way to hire an awesome photographer, on-demand.
Ian Foley
Client Director of Movvo
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About Movvo: Movvo is a global technology company strategically positioned at the intersection of the retail industry, artificial intelligence and custom
Mike Fish
CEO and co-found of E-Numeracy and Director of BigData4Analytics
Mike Fish is founder and CEO of award-winning education software start-up E-Numeracy. E-Numeracy uses AI to help those who struggle with numeracy โ one third of the population โ to rebuild their confidence with numbers and to improve their employability. In addition Mike is director of AI & Analytics consultancy BigData4Analytics, whose clients include EY, Investec, Grant Thornton and Zurich Insurance.
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About BigData4Analytics: Management Consultants in Big Data
Jackie Down
Director of BigData4Analytics
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About BigData4Analytics: Management Consultants in Big Data
Neelendra Nath
Director of Innovitas
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About : Innovitas is an innovation intelligence and design company based in London.
Harshdeep Singh
Director of Operations- EMEA of Cloudwick
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About Cloudwick: Leading Provider of Big Data Services and Solutions to the Global 1000
Paul Sutherland
Commercial Director of BankBI
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About BankBI: BankBI is a Business Intelligence and Analytics for financial institutions.
Steven Randell
Publishing Director of Real Business
Steven Randell is Publishing Director at Real Business.
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About Caspian Media, Real Business: Read Business is an online platform that offers news, opinions, guides, interviews, advertising opportunities, and more.
Nick Henderson
Digital Director of Real Business
Nick Henderson is Digital Director at Real Business.
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About Real Business: Read Business is an online platform that offers news, opinions, guides, interviews, advertising opportunities, and more.
Stephen Worn
CTO & Managing Director of DatacenterDynamics
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About DatacenterDynamics: DatacenterDynamics is a full service B2B information provider tailored to professionals that design, build, and operate data centers.
David Wadsworth
Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director, UK of WMC Global
David Wadsworth oversees the WMC Global Groupโs strategic financial direction as he plans, manages, and reports on group finances. His more than 40 years in financial management ensure the success of the groupโs entrepreneurial endeavors. David brings extensive management and business development experience as a chartered accountant, having specialized in mobile technology, marketing and media, and property companies. His expertise in managing and resourcing business development for venture capital and investment finance groups enables him to evaluate markets and identify financial and business opportunities for the WMC Global Groupโsupporting its continued growth. In his role as managing director, David leads his team in opening new opportunities in the United Kingdom, as well as pursuing new opportunities and markets in Europe, and manages the effective delivery of products and solutions to clients. David earned his MA in History at the University of Oxford.
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About WMC Global: Worldwide Brand and Customer Protection At Scale
Edward Farquhar
Director of Grace Personnel
With over 15 years of City experience specialising in SMEs, Ed has invaluable experience in guiding and working with management teams.
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About Grace Personnel: Grace Personnel provide recruitment for permanent and temporary office support personnel throughout Maidenhead.
Richard Terblanche
Executive Director EMEA of Fishtank Solutions
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About Fishtank Solutions: Fishtank provides worldwide investment management firms with cloud-based Customer Analytics and Sales Intelligence tools.
John Shannon
Partner Director of Tiger
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About Tiger: Tiger delivers workplace performance analytics that transforms how enterprises work, collaborate, and perform.
Andy Richardson
Director of Dynistics
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About Dynistics: Dynistics produces graphical dashboard reporting tools that allow organisations to monitor, analyse and improve operational performance.
John Simpson
Director of Dynistics
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About Dynistics: Dynistics produces graphical dashboard reporting tools that allow organisations to monitor, analyse and improve operational performance.
