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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 Robotics 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.
Ken Lever
Non-Executive Director of Blue Prism
Ken is an ex-partner of Arthur Andersen and has held senior executive director roles in many listed, companies including Alfred McAlpine plc, Albright & Wilson plc and Tomkins plc. Ken was Chief Financial Officer of Numonyx in Switzerland from April 2008 to September 2010, and was Chief Executive Officer of Xchanging plc between 2011 and 2015. Ken currently is a Non-Executive Director of Vertu Motors plc, Gresham House Strategic plc, DAC Beachcroft and F.M. Insurance Company Limited. From 2007 to 2013 Ken was a member of the Accounting Council (formally the UK Accounting Standards Board) of the Financial Reporting Council. Ken is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
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About Blue Prism: Blue Prism is an intelligent robotic process automation company that develops a digital workforce for enterprises.
Nicola Bergstrom
Director of Human Resources of Blue Prism
Nicola Bergstrom brings over 10 years experience in Human Resources management, having held a number of HR roles across BAE Systems Group. Nicola has a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (CIPD) alongside a degree in Business Management and French from the University of Manchester.
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About Blue Prism: Blue Prism is an intelligent robotic process automation company that develops a digital workforce for enterprises.
Steve Brooks
EMEA Alliance Director for Accenture & Avanade of Blue Prism
Steve Brooks is the director strategic alliances – EMEA at Blue Prism.
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About Blue Prism: Blue Prism is an intelligent robotic process automation company that develops a digital workforce for enterprises.
Alex Bentley
Director of Corporate Development of Blue Prism
Alex is responsible for leading and delivering the corporate and strategic initiatives that underpin the Blue Prism growth strategy. Prior to joining Blue Prism in 2013, Alex was a management consultant at Deloitte with a background in operational excellence and business architecture. Alex spent the majority of his consulting career delivering Target Operating Model design, process improvement and business transformation programs for Financial Services clients. He has a BA (Hons) in Management from Leeds University
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About Blue Prism: Blue Prism is an intelligent robotic process automation company that develops a digital workforce for enterprises.
Ergun Ozyurt
Director / Consultant of BecomeUp
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About BecomeUp, Plum Guide: Cloud Fanatic”” IT solutions consulting company
Sean Schwarz
Founder and Managing Director of RAFT Recruitment
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About RAFT Recruitment: RAFT Recruitment is a recruiting firm that places executives, software, machine learning, and robotics engineers.
James Gough
Director of StackThread Software
Jim Gough is a leader in the London Java Community and helps with the occasional hack day when time permits. He is also a known conference speaker and contributed to the release of Java 8. He has extensive practical experience in designing and building software solutions for some of the largest global investment banks. Working on high profile projects and embracing good software craftsman practices enabled Jim to rapidly be promoted to Vice President. Jim has always enjoyed mentoring and helping others get the most from the careers. He has recently become a full time technical trainer teaching newly hired graduates and experienced programmers Java, Python and more.
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About StackThread Software: StackThread currently has two contributors focused on building a portfolio of applications for a variety of audiences.
Douglas Higgins
Founder & Director of Mujo Mechanics
Douglas Higgins is the Founder & Director at Mujo Mechanics.
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About Mujo Mechanics: Mujo Mechanics provides smart devices and intelligent cloud platform for a data-driven approach to musculoskeletal health.
Geri McMahon
Non-Executive Director of Mujo Mechanics
Geri McMahon Managing Director joined MUJO following eight years in investment banking to coordinate and drive the team to deliver the MUJO vision. Geri brings a focus on operational excellence, and a wealth of international business experience having worked with government institutions and corporates across EMEA, APAC and AMERICAS regions. Geri holds a combined Finance and Commerce degree with Chinese language from the University of Sydney and previously worked on the trading floors of both RBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Sydney and London.
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About Mujo Mechanics: Mujo Mechanics provides smart devices and intelligent cloud platform for a data-driven approach to musculoskeletal health.
Rich Walker
Managing Director of Shadow Robot
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About Shadow Robot: Shadow designs and manufactures state-of-the-art anthropomorphic robot hands & related systems.
Richard Greenhill
Founder & Non Executive Director of Shadow Robot
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About Shadow Robot: Shadow designs and manufactures state-of-the-art anthropomorphic robot hands & related systems.
Dan Collier
Co-Founder, Director of Sales and Strategy & CEO of ElevateDirect.com
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About ElevateDirect.com: Productivity enhancement tool for recruitment across all workforce categories
Mikhail Sokolov
Director of Roborace
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About Roborace: Roborace is a global race series for driverless electric cars.
Gary Frost
Managing Director of 51zero
Gary Frost, owner and Managing Director of 51zero has over 20 years in IT and technical development experience. With an exceptional knowledge of financial services and investment banking internationally Gary focuses on within budget delivery of critical projects as well as influencing and creating agile teams that productively work together. Getting to the heart of problems quickly and communicating effectively are mainstays of Gary’s approach.
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About 51zero: Software Development Consultancy
William North
Director of SheCanCode
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About SheCanCode: Bridging the digital gender divide by empowering women to enter and remain in the tech industry.
William North
Director of SheCanCode
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About SheCanCode: Bridging the digital gender divide by empowering women to enter and remain in the tech industry.
