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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 Kent based Director operating in the Finance 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.
Joseph Voyles
Director of PwC
Joseph Voyles is the Director at PwC.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Bethany Dudley
Associate Sales Director of Foresight Group
Bethany Dudley joined Foresight Group in 2007 and currently works as an Associate Sales Director in the London office. She has over 10 years of experience. Bethany is responsible for sales of Foresight products in the in the south-east of England, East Anglia and Northern Ireland. Bethany holds a BA in Politics from the University of Leeds as well as an IMC qualification. She has also been awarded the STEP Certificate for Financial Services – Trusts and Estate Planning.
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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.
Sue Hunter
Non-Executive Director of Frog Capital
Sue Hunter is the Chairman of Investment Committee at Frog Capital Ltd. Sue began her career as an accountant with KPMG, and holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of St. Andrews.
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About Frog Capital, Scotts Project Trust: Frog invests in software enabled scale-up stage tech companies in Europe.
Michel Everaert
Managing Director – Client Development & Sales EMEA of CME Group
Michel Everaert is Managing Director of Commercials & Corporates Sales at CME Group.
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About CME Group: CME Group is a diverse derivatives marketplace that manages risk and capture opportunities.
Nick Haggitt
Sales Director – Southern & Midlands Regions of Ultimate Finance
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About Ultimate Finance: Ultimate Finance Group specializes in providing fast, flexible, fair funding for small businesses.
Stuart Pearson
Managing Director of Sensible Lender
Stuart Pearson serves as Managing Director at Sensible Lender.
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About Sensible Lender: Sensible Lender is a lending business
Jon Hughes
Director of Independent Growth Finance (IGF)
Jon joined IGF as part of the acquisition team in April 2016 and is the Commercial Director – ABL. In this role he heads the national business development activities for this part of our business. Jon has been in the Asset Based Lending sector for 20 years during which time he has worked for NMB Heller, GE Capital and latterly RBS Asset Based Lending. Jon has been involved in deals of all sizes and degrees of complexity in the UK and the US. Outside of work, Jon participates in motor racing, cycling and cooking with varying amounts of success. He lives in Cambridgeshire his wife and two teenage children.
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About : IGF provides tailored finance solutions to help businesses manage cash-flow problems and fuel growth.
Shaun McKay
Client Services Director of Ardenfort
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About Ardenfort, Leading Edge Technology: Ardenfort provides a plan-to-achieve process that gives their clients a significant competitive edge on technology adoption investment.
