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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 Manchester based Director operating in the Infrastructure 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.
Claire Alvarez
Director of Foresight Group
Claire joined Foresight’s Manchester office in 2016 from Deloitte’s Manchester practice where she spent six years advising banks and company directors and returning value from distressed SMEs. In this time Claire also completed an 18 month secondment to Barclays Bank Plc. Since graduating from Lancaster University with a 1st class degree in Management, Claire has worked extensively in the North West, initially for KPMG and subsequently at Altium Capital. In this time Claire also completed an MBA for Financial Professionals (with Distinction) through Manchester Business School.
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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.
Steve Tyrrell
Co-Founder and Sales Director of FourNet
Steve Tyrrell is the Co-Founder and Sales Director of FourNet.
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About FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
Richard Pennington
Managing Director and Co-Founder of FourNet
Richard Pennington is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of FourNet.
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About 4NET Information Technologies, FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
Francis Jennings
Co-Founder and Operations Director of FourNet
Francis Jennings is the Co-Founder and Operations Director of FourNet.
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About FourNet: FourNet is a cloud and managed communications service company providing cloud, collaboration, and contact center solutions.
William Doyle MRICS
Managing Director of Raildiary
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About Raildiary: Raildiary is a Manchester-based tech start-up
Paul Kiveal
Sales & Marketing Director of String Computer Systems
Technology is transforming organisations. With the pace of change happening at near exponential rates; organisations need to let go of the old models and embrace change. Paul’s Job at Cetus Solutions is to help business leaders to recognise and to embrace this, to see that technology is not a threat but is, instead, a means to achieve an advantage.
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About String Computer Systems: String Computer Systems is a business-technologists design, build and support solutions that deliver Microsoft modern workplaces.
