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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 Manager operating in the FinTech space. If you think a Manager 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.
Phylia Phoon
Operations Manager of Felix Capital
Phylia is the Operations Manager and also the Team Assistant in Felix Capital. She enjoys the challenges that her roles bring her and is always on the look-out for more responsibilities and to learn about the different areas of the business. Phylia has been an executive assistant at Advent Venture Partners (technology), Cocosa (fashion ecommerce), Bauer Media (Radio, Magazine and Lifestyle Division), AOL Inc. and fish4 (digital media). Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Phylia is fluent in English, Malay, Cantonese and Mandarin. She has been living in London for over 19 years and is always on the look out for spicy food.
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About Felix Capital: Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
Sarveen Chester
Global Expansion Manager of Revolut
Chester is the Growth Launcher for Revolut, responsible for growth launching Europe’s fastest-growing FinTech in Singapore. He also oversees aspects of data analytics, operations, and diversity and inclusion. He was involved in the creation and launch of start-ups in Singapore before completing his undergraduate and postgraduate at Hult International Business School in London, Shanghai, and San Francisco. He started the university’s start up incubation programme called the ‘Hult Founders Lab’ which has worked with various partners, including the Prince Andrew, the Duke of York’s Pitch@Palace Global Initiative, and also worked with the Hult Prize – the world’s largest social innovation competition for youths which awards the winners USD 1 million through President Clinton’s global initiative. He is also an advisor to the United Nations International Telecommunications Union’s start-up accelerator programme.
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About Revolut: Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange.
Si Jia Wen
Product Operations Manager of Revolut
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About Revolut: Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange.
Ieva Elvyra Kazakeviciute
PR and Community Manager – Northern Europe of Revolut
Ieva Elvyra Kazakeviciute is a seasoned communications professional and PR and Community Manager for Northern Europe at Revolut – one of the fastest growing start-ups in the world, and UK’s first digital bank unicorn. With a degree in Political Sciences and a title of World’s Debating Champion, Ieva Elvyra has been leading a very colorful professional career in public relations and communication. Passion for writing led her to become the Deputy Editor-in-chief of award-winning design and food art magazine VMG, named World’s Best in 2015 and 2016. She then transferred to television as the Communications and Foreign Relations Executive at TV Play, the largest television production house in the Baltics. Inspired by Revolut’s vision of borderless mobile banking, Ieva Elvyra is now set to contribute to shaping the public discourse on fintech and have Northern Europe talk about Revolut as the future of radically better banking.
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About Revolut: Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange.
Amy Roberts
Business Development Manager UK of Spotcap
Amy Roberts is a business development manager with Spotcap. Her focus is on adopting growth opportunities that allow Spotcap to provide UK SMEs with tailored finance. She was previously with iiPay, where she developed their network of global partners. In her free time, Amy likes to spend time outdoors. She completed the London Marathon in April, 2017.
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About Spotcap: Spotcap empowers SMEs with tailored finance, allowing them to focus on their business.
Will Gibbs
Investment Manager of Octopus Ventures
Will joined the team in 2013 and focusses on identifying new seed, series A and growth deals in the UK. He also works with a range of portfolio companies and is involved in fundraising. He was previously based in the New York office of Octopus Ventures, helping portfolio companies looking to internationalise to the US. Prior to joining Octopus, Will set-up and scaled an organic spirits company and a rare breed pig farm, and holds a degree in Ancient History from the University of Oxford.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Matt Chandler
Investment Manager of Octopus Ventures
Matt Chandler serves as an Investment Manager at Octopus Ventures. Prior to joining Octopus Ventures in 2021, Matt was a Commercial Associate at True, a retail and consumer sector specialist investor and innovation consultant. Matt focused on early-stage investments into both consumer tech and B2B software companies and consulted multi-national retailers on digital strategy. Prior to True, Matt co-founded Mojo, a consumer Saas platform for the beauty and wellness industry. Matt is a graduate of the University of Nottingham Business School. Outside of work, he is an unprolific footballer, nervous skier, occasional painter, and avid backgammoner.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
George Whitehead
Venture Partner Manager of Octopus Ventures
Partner at ACF Investors.
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About ACF Investors, Clean Growth Fund, Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Deepka Rana
Investment Manager of Northzone
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About Northzone: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Sam Burton
Talent Acquisition Manager of Soldo
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About Soldo: Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.
Naomi Crawford
Program Manager – Application Deco and Next Gen Tooling of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Joanna Harris
Propositions Manager of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Horia Humaila
Information Security Manager of BioCatch
Horia leads the teams responsible for designing and implementing AimBrain’s network and information security solutions. He holds two Masters degrees; the first in Complex Information Systems and the second in Information Security, and was awarded his PhD in Systems Engineering in 2011. Before joining AimBrain, Horia worked in security configuration and deployment roles in organisations including Orange and IBM.
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About BioCatch: BioCatch unlocks the power of behavior and deliver actionable insights to create a digital world where identity, trust, and ease co-exist.
Lucy Kennard
Operations Manager of Concentric
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About Concentric: Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.
Jiri Jerabek
Design Manager of Intuit
Jiri Jerabek is the Design Manager at Intuit.
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About Intuit: Intuit offers business and financial management solutions for SMBs, financial institutions, consumers, and accounting professionals.
Jess Southall
Global Pavilions Manager of Hub Culture
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About Hub Culture: Hub Culture is a global collaboration platform focused on digital currency and identity, knowledge brokerage and community services.
Felix Werdin
Senior Investment Manager of Bregal Unternehmerkapital
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About Bregal Unternehmerkapital: Bregal Unternehmerkapital is a private equity firm that invests in the automotive, industrial goods, healthcare and e-commerce sectors.
Rebecca Nordstrom
HR & Office Manager of Highland Europe
Rebecca is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and administration of the London office. Rebecca joined Highland in January 2015 and is a core member of the Europe team. Rebecca previously worked at Kreab GavinAnderson as Head of Office Administration and at AllianceBernstein –, organising various client events including seminars, networking receptions and conferences, in addition to several in–house events. In her spare time she studies Human Resources Management, when not sampling London’s restaurants, museums and theatres. A native Swede she lives in London with her husband.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Rebecca Nordstrom
HR & Office Manager of Highland Europe
Rebecca is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and administration of the London office. Rebecca joined Highland in January 2015 and is a core member of the Europe team. Rebecca previously worked at Kreab GavinAnderson as Head of Office Administration and at AllianceBernstein –, organising various client events including seminars, networking receptions and conferences, in addition to several in–house events. In her spare time she studies Human Resources Management, when not sampling London’s restaurants, museums and theatres. A native Swede she lives in London with her husband.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Alexis Koumoudos
Investment Manager of VEF
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About VEF: The emerging market fintech investor
Samuel Coe
Product Manager of Experian
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Katalin Tischhauser
Head of External Manager Selection and Asset Management of Sygnum
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About Sygnum: Sygnum is a regulated digital asset specialist focused on institutional and private investors.
Deepak Colluru
Principal Product Manager of GoCardless
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About GoCardless: GoCardless is a payment company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone.
David Stobs-Stobart
Senior Product Manager of GoCardless
David builds and leads enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) products and product teams for growth-stage technology companies. He brings a wealth of experience in product management and user experience (UX) within technically complex online environments, in both large and small teams. David specialises in products relating to analytics/ business intelligence (BI) and customer experience (CX) management. Users are increasingly mobile, social and demand a more personalized, human interaction with the brands they use. I’m proud to be working in the enterprise space helping organisations to engage with their customers, make better decisions and improve their workflows; solving complexity with well-designed applications users love. Over the last 10 years, he has taken the lead product role in 4 early-stage companies and built the product team and product management function. During that time, he has launched 7 products covering search, analytics, machine learning, content optimisation, conversion rate optimisation, self service, workflow management, data mining, social media, APIs, customer service and customer experience.
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About GoCardless: GoCardless is a payment company that makes collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone.
Charlotte Wright
Senior Marketing Manager – EMEA of OFX
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About OFX, Open Mobile Media: OFX is a global provider of online international payment services for personal and business customers.
Jane Thorburn
Project Manager of Railsbank
Jane Thorburn is a project manager at Railsbank.
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About Railsbank: Railsbank, the global Embedded Finance Experience Platform.
Daniel Bull
Investment Manager of Columbia Lake Partners
Daniel Bull is an Investment Manager at Columbia Lake Partners. He is responsible for the sourcing, financial analysis, structuring, documentation, and management of debt relationships with technology companies. Prior to joining CLP, Daniel worked as an Assistant Vice President in the Venture Capital Group at Comerica Bank in San Francisco. Daniel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.
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About Columbia Lake Partners: Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies.
George Bartlett
Investment Manager of Columbia Lake Partners
George Bartlett is an Associate at Columbia Lake Partners. He is responsible for the financial analysis, structuring, documentation, and management of debt relationships with technology companies.
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About Columbia Lake Partners: Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies.
Louis Eid
Co-Founder and Sales Manager of homie.rent
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About homie.rent: Homie is a tech startup that helps Londoners find great homes to rent.
Rosario Garcia de Zuniga
Product Manager of Wave Mobile Money
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About Wave Mobile Money: Wave Mobile Money provides an app-based financial solution to save, transfer, and borrow money.
Jacob Smith
Finance Manager of Starling Bank
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About Starling Bank: Starling Bank is a mobile banking platform that offers personal, joint, and business accounts.
David Byron
SVP Global Alliances and New Markets and General Manager of Global Sales and Marketing of CUBE
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About CUBE: CUBE is a global RegTech provider empowering regulated financial institutions to meet compliance challenges head on.
Lili Piper
Business Development Manager of Paysafe
Lili Piper is a business development manager at Paysafe. She is a former sales executive at Secure Trading.
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About Paysafe: Paysafe is a global payments provider offering a range of payments solutions for businesses and consumers.
Maria Samayoa
Testing Manager of rebuildingsociety.com
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About rebuildingsociety.com: peer to business loans platform connecting lenders directly with businesses needing debt funding.
Tim Lambert
Strategic Partnerships Manager of Octopus Investments
Tim joined Octopus in July 2015 as a Strategic Partnerships Manager in charge of relationships with Family Offices and High Net Worth Private Clients. Since graduating in 2004 Tim has spent all of his career within property, development and investment. In recent years he was a Director of a property investment firm focussed on assisted living and healthcare, where he came to know the Octopus team. He has extensive relationships within property, investment, law and accountancy. Outside of work, Tim is an ultramarathon runner and specialises in the 50 and 100 mile distance.
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About Octopus Investments: Octopus Investments is an venture capital investment firm
Simon Wheeldon
Customer Success Manager of Pynk
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About BitPoster, Pynk: Pynk is where everyday people invest better together.
Dickie Smith
Product Manager of Nimbla
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About Nimbla: Nimbla is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized UK businesses with dynamic invoice insurance.
David Szabo
Product Manager of Capdesk
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About BrandVee, Capdesk: Capdesk is an equity management platform helping companies manage cap tables, shareholder registers, and employee shares.
Iola Hopkinson
Operations Manager of FeedStock Ltd
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About FeedStock Ltd: FeedStock leverages AI and NLP technologies to enable financial services companies to satisfy both their compliance and commercial goals.
Richard Pijnenburg
DevOps Engineering Manager of FXC Intelligence
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About FXC Intelligence: FXC Intelligence is a financial data company specializing in the cross-border payments, payment cards and ecommerce industries
Adam Neal
Group Compliance Manager of MYJAR
Adam Neal is a Group Compliance Manager at MYJAR (DPO).
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About MYJAR: Helping people manage their finances by providing responsible short term loans to reliable borrowers.
Adam Neal
Group Compliance Manager of MYJAR
Adam Neal is a Group Compliance Manager at MYJAR (DPO).
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About MYJAR: Helping people manage their finances by providing responsible short term loans to reliable borrowers.
Robert Cookson
Product Manager of Stockopedia
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About Stockopedia: Stockopedia is an Oxford-based research network & community site, offering tools for investors to analyse, filter, connect investment ideas.
barry scott
Compliance Manager of CashPal
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About CashPal: Global Cash Delivery and remittance
