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 COO’ operating in the Energy space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Paolo Tonucci
Chief Operating Officer of Marex Spectron
Paolo Tonucci joined Marex Spectron in March 2018 as Chief Operating Officer. He was previously at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Commbank) based in Sydney, where he was Group Treasurer, with responsibility for funding, capital and balance sheet management. Before Commbank, he was Head of Funding and Liquidity at Barclays Bank in London. Prior to Barclays, Paolo spent 12 years at Lehman Brothers in London and New York, latterly as Global Treasurer where he managed a team of 220. Paolo is a Chartered Accountant and has an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
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About Marex Spectron: Marex Spectron is a broker offering unrivalled breadth of commodity market.
Gary Fraser
Chief Operating Officer of Foresight Group
Chief Operating Officer at Foresight Group LLP.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Iain Tobin
Chief Operating & Financial Officer of Upside Energy
Iain Tobin is Chief Corporate Officer at Carbon Clean. He joined the company in 2020.
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About Carbon Clean Solutions, Upside Energy: Upside Energy reduces greenhouse gases by enabling people to make smart choices about when to use energy.
Alan Manuel
Chief Operating Officer – UK & Europe of Currie & Brown (Australia)
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About Currie & Brown (Australia): Currie & Brown is a project services consultancy firm.
Roxanna Zea
Chief Operating Officer of Origami
Roxanna brings more than 20 years of experience in business operations, partnerships, strategic planning and scaling businesses. She has worked across the Technology and Telecoms industries, both within global corporations and heading up fast-growing new business. Roxanna has held various senior leadership roles at Google, and more recently has held executive roles at Tele2 Group and two-sided marketplace technology company, Rentify. She has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from London Business School, is a Chartered Accountant, and is currently studying for a Masters in Executive Coaching at Ashridge.
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About Origami: Intelligent trading and automation software for short term power trading. SaaS.
Andrew Nunn
COO of Cluff Natural Resources
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About Cluff Natural Resources: Cluff Natural Resources Plc is an AIM-listed natural resources investing company.
Varun Sharma
COO of Enian
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About Enian: Project management software for renewable energy professionals.
