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 United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Business Development space. If you think a Partner 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.
Emmet Keeffe
Operating Partner, Founder Insight Ignite of Insight Partners
Emmet B. Keeffe III is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Irise. In the early 1990’s Emmet set two goals – to start a software company that would achieve $1 billion in revenue and to start a Formula One team. In the late 1990’s, Emmet and Maurice Martin co-founded iRise with a vision to transform how business and IT stakeholders would communicate about requirements for custom and packaged business software. In 2000, Emmet and Maurice invented the market for “Software Visualization” and have built iRise into the world’s leading provider of enterprise visualization for business software. Over the last 20 years Emmet has applied his philosophy of “the network is the business” to become one of the most well-connected CEOs in the software industry. As CEO & Co-Founder of iRise, Emmet has leveraged his network to close over $60 million in investment funding and drives leadership of sales, marketing and business development at iRise. Prior to co-founding iRise, he built a top-selling region at NetDynamics, a pioneer of the Web application server market that was later acquired by Sun Microsystems. Earlier in his sales career, Emmet earned over 15 national sales awards, including being named “National Top Performer” by NetDynamics, Auspex Systems, Diasonics and Minolta. In 2005, Emmet founded the “iRise Executive Roundtable Series” with a vision to deliver world-class content and networking with no selling which has been attended by hundreds of CIOs from the world’s largest global companies. Since the program’s inception, he has delivered roundtable partnerships to iRise with TRG Motorsports in the Grand Am Series, PKV Racing in the Champ Car Series, KV Racing Technology in the Indy Car Series and most recently with the Lotus F1 Team in Formula One. Emmet is a Strategic Partner at Lotus F1 Team and supports the sales organization in their efforts to bring new sponsors into Formula 1. In addition, Emmet is a Founding Board Member of the Corporate Coalition at Peace One Day, an organization focused on institutionalizing an international day of cease fire and non-violence on September 21st of each year. Outside of his role at iRise, Emmet is passionate about his family, driving Radical SR3 race cars, running, skiing, music, travel and entrepreneurship. Emmet earned a B.A. in Political Economies of Industrial Societies from the University of California at Berkeley and lives in London, England.
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About Insight Partners, iRise: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Verity Harding
Global Head of Policy & Partnerships (currently on secondment) of DeepMind
Verity Harding is Co-Lead of DeepMind Ethics Society, a research unit established to explore the real-world impacts of artificial intelligence. The unit has a dual aim: to help technologists put ethics into practice, and to help society anticipate and direct the impact of AI so that it works for the benefit of all. Prior to this Verity was Head of Security Policy for Google in Europe, and previously the Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Sir Nick Clegg MP, with responsibility for Home Affairs and Justice. She is a graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford University, and was a Michael Von Clemm Fellow at Harvard University. In her spare time, Verity sits on the Board of the Friends of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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About DeepMind, Partnership on AI: DeepMind aims to research and build safe artificial intelligence system to solve intelligence, to advance science and humanity.
Tim Levene
Partner and CEO of Augmentum Fintech
Tim graduated in Russian Studies from The University of Manchester and joined Bain & Company in Moscow, Boston, Sydney and London. Tim embarked on an entrepreneurial path and left Bain in early 1998 and created a new retail concept when he opened his first Juice bar (Fresh n Smooth) in 1999 in Canary Wharf. The business has since evolved into a 31-store business across London called Crussh. In the summer of 1999, Tim joined 3 former colleagues from Bain & Company and launched Flutter.com. Flutter became one of the highest profile internet businesses in the UK after it merged with Betfair.com in 2001. Tim became the Commercial Director of the newly merged business and launched Betfair globally. In 2010, Tim returned to London to start his next venture. He founded Augmentum Capital with the backing of RIT Capital and Lord Rothschild. The team focused on finding talented entrepreneurial teams in the Fintech industry that were bringing fundamentally disruptive products or platforms to the European market. In 2018, Tim and Richard successfully launched Augmentum Fintech on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in the process becoming the first publicly listed Fintech fund in the UK. Tim was made a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012 and for several years advised The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry on digital strategy and innovation. Tim was elected in March 2017 to The Court of Common Council in the City of London to represent the Ward of Bridge (as an Independent). Tim is also a Governor of The City of London School. Outside of the office, Tim has a young family and has been a Chelsea FC season ticket holder since 1979. He remains a keen footballer, golfer and skier although operating at a more sedate pace than in recent years.
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About Augmentum Fintech, City of London, Innovate Finance, The World Economic Forum: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Perry Blacher
Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Perry Blacher is a Partner at Augmentum Fintech.
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About Augmentum Fintech, Freetrade: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Richard Matthews
COO and Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Richard has 17 years venture capital and private equity experience in the technology, retail and leisure sectors on both sides of the fence. Having studied economics at the University of Manchester, Richard started his career as a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand before leaving in 1999 to join Tim at Flutter.com (now Betfair) as CFO. In 2002 following the merger with Betfair he left to join Benchmark Capital Europe (now Balderton Capital), one of the early investors in Betfair. At Benchmark he worked on early stage technology investments both in the investment phase and assisting the investee companies post funding. He then joined Manzanita Capital in 2005, where he spent 5 years investing in the retail and leisure sectors globally before leaving to form Augmentum Capital. In 2018 Richard and Tim successfully launched Augmentum Fintech on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in the process becoming the first Fintech focused public VC in Europe. Away from the office Richard enjoys spending time with his family, watching Arsenal and playing golf, though in the case of the latter 2 the word “enjoys” is used in its loosest sense.
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About Augmentum Fintech: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Martyn Holman
Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Martyn Holman is an experienced investor and influential business leader with a proven track record in serial business development, strategy and finance.
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About Augmentum Fintech, Flutter Entertainment, Linkdex: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Han Sikkens
Managing Director and Head of Summit Partners Europe of Summit Partners
Han Sikkens joined Summit Partners in 2004. He is a Dutch national and speaks Dutch and English. Prior to Summit, he worked for Scotia Capital and IBM Corporation. Based in Summit’s London office, Han is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia. His board directorships and investments include 360T Group, Acturis Limited, AVAST Software, Flow Traders, Multifonds (IGEFI Group), SafeBoot Holdings (acquired by McAfee) and Welltec International. Han holds a BS in business administration from the University of Groningen, an MSc in international business from the University of Groningen, and an MSc in international finance from the CERAM Graduate School of Management & Technology.
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About IBM, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Hans Otterling
General Partner of Northzone
Hans Otterling joined Northzone in 2006. His primary areas of focus are e-commerce, fintech, internet security, enterprise software and related SaaS models. His portfolio includes Tobii, Klarna, HappyOrNot, Footway, Fishbrain,and Outfittery. Hans holds an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics and University of Massachusetts (Fulbright scholar). Hans Otterling is an enthusiastic participant in all discussions about the secrets of successful serial entrepreneurship. Having started, grown, and sold several market leading companies, he has learnt a thing or two along the way. He revolutionised the field of Investor Relations, through founding Waymaker, an early internet-based information distribution company. Where listed Swedish companies had previously employed the services of taxis in order to get their financial reports to the media, Waymaker built a completely new network.
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About Northzone: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Jeppe Zink
General Partner of Northzone
Jeppe joined Northzone in 2012. His primary areas of focus are fintech and SaaS businesses. His portfolio includes Trustpilot, Zopa, Wallapop, MarketInvoice, Nested, TrueLayer, Cornerjob, Anyfin, and CrossLend. Jeppe has over the years also invested in companies including Space Ape Games (exited to Supercell), EpiServer (exited to IK Investment Partners), Tobii (IPO), End2End (exited to MACH), Cocom (exit to Cisco) and Nomad (exited to Alstom). A Dane by birth, Jeppe was educated in Germany and England. His formative career years were spent at Deutsche Bank, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. A crash course in principal investing followed as Jeppe was part of the founding team setting up a venture capital fund with the bank as investor. There, Jeppe got to see the inside of the crazy ups and downs of the technology boom and bust first hand, including the successful investment and subsequent exit in Cocom, founded by previous Northzone Partner Gregers Kronborg. When DB Capital was spun out, Jeppe joined Amadeus Capital. Here, he worked through the ranks and made it to Partner with a specific focus on the Nordics. Jeppe co-invested with Northzone in several companies, including Tobii and EpiServer. Since joining Northzone, Jeppe has opened up the international investment activities of the firm, while leading the thinking on Northzone’s fintech investment strategy, alongside other categories.
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About Northzone, TrueLayer: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Alex Pasteur
Partner of F-Prime Capital
Alex Pasteur joined Fidelity Biosciences in 2012 to establish a London office for the firm. He focuses on investment opportunities in pharmaceuticals and medical devices that are headquartered in Europe. Alex brings more than 10 years investing experience in the healthcare sector. He previously worked at MVM Life Science Partners LLP in the USA and Europe and was responsible for investments in Cara Therapeutics Inc., Vantia Ltd and Xention Pharma Ltd. Alex earned a MA in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University.
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About F-Prime Capital: F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.
Christian Purslow
Partner of MidOcean Partners
Christian Purslow is a British-born businessman, co-founder of private equity firm MidOcean Partners, and former Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club. A season ticket holder of Liverpool, he was appointed managing director in June 2009, as a replacement for Rick Parry. Three months into his tenure, a team headed by Purslow negotiated an £80 million 4 year shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank. In October 2014, Christian joined Chelsea FC’s board to run their global commercial activities.
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About MidOcean Partners: Presence Capital is an investment firm that finances startups developing technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
Nicolaus Henke
Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company
Nicolaus Henke is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, where he advises leading companies on how to improve decision making and performance through advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and end-to-end data enabled transformations, and is the global leader of McKinsey Analytics, which has more than 2,000 dedicated analytics practitioners and translators, where he oversees partnerships between McKinsey and the wider artificial intelligence, data, and computing ecosystem. Nicolaus is the chairman of QuantumBlack (acquired by McKinsey in 2015), a company operating at the intersection of strategy, technology, and design, and a member of McKinsey’s global board, the Shareholder’s Council. He helped found and is a member of the Board of Innovative Healthcare Delivery at Duke Medicine and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Nicolaus frequently speaks on big data, analytics, and healthcare topics at global forums such as the World Economic Forum, the Milken Institute, and Forbes. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in business from the University of Münster, Germany, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University, where he was a John J. McCloy Scholar.
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About Little Journey, McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Charmaine Eggberry
Managing Director & Partner of McKinsey & Company
Appointed to the Board in January 2014. Charmaine is a Partner at BCG Digital Ventures (an arm of The Boston Consulting Group), a role which involves leading the creation of completely new ventures and businesses for the world’s biggest brands. Charmaine is also a Non-Executive Director of Avanti plc and software robot specialists, Blue Prism plc as well as Chairperson of Buzzmove. She is also the CEO of Plan B Consulting and undertakes advisory work for several early stage startups. Charmaine previously held international senior executive roles with Research in Motion (Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer from 2002–2008) and Nokia (Global Senior Vice President from 2010–2012). Before joining RIM in 2002 as Marketing Director for Europe she worked for Lucent Technologies where she held several positions including the roles of Global Business Partner Marketing Director and Marketing Director, EMEA. Charmaine led Wayra UK, one of the world’s largest digital business accelerators and was a non-executive director of Wayra UnLtd, a joint venture between the UK Government and Telefónica. Charmaine is also a board member and trustee of The Marketing Academy. Charmaine holds an MBA and attended Wharton Business School to study Global Marketing
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About Blue Prism, McKinsey & Company, Plan B One‑Step: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Chris Smith
Partner of McKinsey & Company
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About McKinsey & Company, McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Angela Spatharou
Partner of McKinsey & Company
Angela Spatharou currently works as the Partner for McKinsey & Company.
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About McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company
Dominic Barton is the global managing director of McKinsey. In his 24 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries—including banking, consumer goods, high tech, and industrial—but his core area of work is in financial-sector development and reform. In his current role as managing director, Dominic continues to spend half of his time working with clients. Dominic was previously McKinsey’s chairman in Asia from 2004–2009, based in Shanghai, and he led McKinsey’s office in Korea from 2000–2004.
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About McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
John Doran
General Partner of TCV
John is a General Partner in London and was a founding member of the TCV European effort. His primary investment focus is in the software, internet, and financial technology industries. His current investments include NewVoiceMedia, Believe Digital, WorldRemit, Perfecto Mobile and Brillen.de. John was previously an investor with Summit Partners where he focused on investments across software, internet and financial technology. John started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, first in London before moving to New York. Prior to working in the professional world, John competed on the men’s ATP Tennis tour and was a member of the Irish Davis Cup team between 1996 and 2004. John received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and graduated with a B.A. in Economics (with honors) from Harvard College. Active Investments/Current Portfolio Companies o Believe Digital o Brillen.de o Elevate o NewVoiceMedia o Perfecto Mobile o WorldRemit
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Nazo Moosa
Managing Partner of Energy Impact Partners
Growth capital investor
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About Energy Impact Partners, Paladin Capital Group: Energy Impact Partners is an investment firm focused on companies optimizing energy consumption and improving sustainable energy generation.
Vindi Banga
Operating Partner of CD&R LLP
Manvinder (Vindi) Banga has been a Senior Independent Director at GSK, Dubilier & Rice, LLC, a private equity investment firm in London, since June 2010. Prior to that, he held a number of senior executive positions over his 33-year career with Unilever, including President, Global Food, Home & Personal Care of Unilever PLC, Business Group President of Unilever’s Home and Personal Care business in Asia and Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. As a Branch accountant (temp) I have had misfortune of working in southern regional branch office of Lever’s, India where operations were a mess and Banga was the branch Manager. He being an MBA knew how to thrive on this chaos. M S Banga might be smart but what matters in India is who you know (example parent/s top officials) and nothing else matters. He has capitalised this. And I also worked with his Brother Ajay banga. Both are mediocre skills, but they are only good in english communication and amiable nature(sycophancy.) Vindi is Chairman of Mauser GMBH, as well as a non-executive director of Marks and Spencer Group PLC. He was a member of the Prime Minister of India’s Council on Trade & Industry from 2004 to 2014. Vindi is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, where he completed his Bachelor of Technology in mechanical engineering, and the IIM Ahmedabad, where he obtained a postgraduate degree in management.
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About CD&R LLP, GSK: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Christian Rochat
Partner of CD&R LLP
Mr. Rochat joined CD&R in 2004 and is based in London. Mr. Rochat led the acquisitions of Exova and SPIE and is a Director of both companies. He also led the sale of Brakes and served as a Director of the company. Prior to joining CD&R, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, and a Director at Schroder Ventures (now Permira). He also worked in the London and New York offices of Morgan Stanley’s mergers and acquisitions department. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in law from the Université de Lausanne, as well as an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About CD&R LLP: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Gregory Lai
Partner of CD&R LLP
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About CD&R LLP: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Roberto Quarta
Partner of CD&R LLP
Roberto Quarta was appointed as a director with effect from 1 January 2015. He is Chairman of IMI plc, a FTSE 100 listed engineering business, as well as Chairman of Smith & Nephew plc, a FTSE 100 listed global medical devices company and Partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Chairman of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Europe, a private equity firm. Previously, he was Chief Executive and then Chairman of BBA Group plc, Chairman of Rexel SA and a Non-Executive Director at BAE Systems plc, Equant NV, Foster Wheeler AG and PowerGen plc.
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About CD&R LLP: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Bjorn Killmer
Partner of CD&R LLP
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About CD&R LLP: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a global private equity manager that invests in and builds valuable businesses.
Co-Founder and Partner of Alpha Wave Global
Navroz D. Udwadia is the Co-Founder and Partner of Falcon Edge Capital. He was an investment professional in Eton Park’s Emerging Markets team in London. Mr. Udwadia graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a BA in English & Political Science and received an LLB in Law at the University of Oxford. Navroz also received an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship Award and Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Award.
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About Alpha Wave Global: Alpha Wave Global is a global alternative asset manager that offers a variety of investment products.
Igor Tikhturov
Founding Partner of TrueSight Ventures
TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in London and Stockholm, focused on Pre-Seed and Seed investments. Our fund invests in companies across Europe with a specific focus on the UK and Nordic markets. We believe in partnering with great founders at the start of their incredible journey. We support founding teams by advising on strategic business decisions and providing relevant industry contacts across the globe.
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About TrueSight Ventures: TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals.
Oleg Tikhturov
Founding Partner of TrueSight Ventures
Founding Partner at TrueSight Ventures, venture capital firm focused on seed investments in Europe. At TrueSight Ventures we partner with founding teams and support them by advising on strategic business decisions and providing relevant industry contacts.
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About TrueSight Ventures: TrueSight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed deals.
Alexandre Noschese
Co-Founder & Venture Partner of ONEVC
Alexandre Noschese currently works as the Co-Founder and Venture Partner for ONEVC. He previously worked at Granular Capital Ltda. as the Analyst.
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About ONEVC: ONEVC is a seed-stage venture firm that primarily invests in entrepreneurs that tackle multi-billion dollar markets.
Jean-Paul Petranca
Principal, Managing Director & Partner of The Boston Consulting Group
Managing Director and Partner at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) London
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Antoon Schneider
Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group
Antoon is a Managing Director and Senior Partner in the Principal Investor and Private Equity practice at Boston Consulting Group. Antoon has advised most of the 50 largest private-equity firms globally on topics that include deal sourcing, due diligence and firm strategy, as well as working with their portfolio companies on 100-day plans and operational-improvement. He also has extensive experience in corporate M&A. Before joining BCG in 2011, Antoon spent nearly 14 years with McKinsey&Co, where he led the private-equity practice in the UK. Prior to that he worked in M&A at Hambros Bank and as a Chartered Accountant.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Spyro Korsanos
Founder & Managing Partner of Fuse Venture Partners
An award-winning corporate advisor, investor and dealmaker, Spyro Korsanos is the founder and Managing Partner of Global Venture Partners. Global Venture Partners invests in the consumer internet sector and provides strategic advice and corporate finance for technology ventures. Since 2014, Spyro has led over 40 e-commerce transactions, valued at $2bn, which have created more than €1bn in capital gain. As a global development advisor, Spyro has been instrumental in the impressive growth of Delivery Hero, foodpanda and various Rocket Internet-backed businesses. Global Venture Partners has recently invested in Kurly, the Korean online grocer, and pet tech platform Felcana, based in the UK. Spyro was awarded TMT Rising Star in 2017. Previously, he held corporate strategy and investment roles with Sky, Liberty Global and Cable & Wireless. Spyro started his career as a corporate lawyer at Gilbert & Tobin and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Fuse Venture Partners: FUSE VENTURE PARTNERS Investors in, and advisors to, investors and ventures in the high-growth internet space
Cliff Hinrichs
Venture Partner of Fuse Venture Partners
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About Fuse Venture Partners, Steele Ventures: FUSE VENTURE PARTNERS Investors in, and advisors to, investors and ventures in the high-growth internet space
Richard Hurwitz
Partner of THE TIFIN GROUP
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About THE TIFIN GROUP: TIFIN is a platform that creates and operates fintech companies in wealth management, investments, and personal finance
Alan Hudson
Co-founder & General Partner of GMG Ventures
Alan Hudson is the co-founder and general partner at GMG Ventures. Prior to that, he served as the chief investment officer of Guardia Media Group.
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About GMG Ventures, Vidsy: GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
Dyson Bogg
Venture Partner of GMG Ventures
Dyson Bogg is a venture partner at GMG Ventures. He is also the founder and partner at Kerogen Capital.
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About GMG Ventures: GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
Ernst Theodor Sack
Partner of Blue Bear Capital
Ernst Sack is a Partner at Blue Bear Capital, LLC.
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About Blue Bear Capital, Riverstone Holdings: Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital investor supporting companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructures.
Gerry Lagerberg
Retired PwC Partner ( Home ) of PwC
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Warwick Hunt
Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer of PwC
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Tom Adams
Partner, Experience Consulting Leader of PwC
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Colin Slater
Partner of PwC
Colin is a Cyber security Partner in our Cyber Threat Operations function in the UK leading the build out of our Managed Detection and Response service. Colin has a diverse technology & business background including the establishment of several startups including a large security managed service (DMZGlobal) which was sold to Telstra in 2005. Prior to this Colin has worked in software development in the oil & gas sector, established a computer forensics and investigations business and spent time previously working for PwC on the electronic land titles system in New Zealand. Colin founded another company in 2005 which was acquired by PwC in 2011 and formed the nucleus of the Cyber centre of excellence.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Steve Davies
Partner of PwC
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Grant Waterfall
Partner, EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy leader of PwC
Grant Waterfall is a Partner responsible for PwC’s EMEA Cybersecurity and Privacy business and is the Global Cybersecurity and Privacy co-leader.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Pauline Campbell
Partner of PwC
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Sue Rissbrook
Partner, Head of Retail of PwC
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Richard Horne
Partner of PwC
Richard is the Partner for PwC UK, responsible for developing and delivering its range of Cyber Security services.
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About PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Jonathon Howe
Partner of PwC
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Angus Ward
Partner and CEO, Digital Platform Solutions of BearingPoint
Angus is the CEO of BearingPoint’s digital platform solutions arm, BearingPoint//Beyond, appointed in September 2017. Angus brings 30 years of consulting and solutions experience to his role, supporting organizations across multiple industries in shaping strategies and adopting platform-based business and operating models with differentiating partner ecosystems. Key clients have included BP, BT, Boeing, Ministry of Defence and Tata Communications as well as key ecosystem partners like Amazon Web Services. Angus’ work takes him right across BearingPoint//Beyond’s core markets of APAC, EMEA and Americas. Angus’s extensive experience and knowledge over a range of fields has established him as a thought leader, quoted often by newspapers and prominent industry publications, on the topics of business model reinvention, digital platform business models and the role of the ecosystem in the evolving digital economy. Working closely and collaborating with industry bodies such as TM Forum, analysts, research firms and academic organizations such as MIT and Wharton, he regularly presents on the key trends and issues affecting telecoms and technology.
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About BearingPoint: BearingPoint offers management and technology consulting services that transforms businesses by creating customized solutions.
Emile Naus
Partner of BearingPoint
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About BearingPoint: BearingPoint offers management and technology consulting services that transforms businesses by creating customized solutions.
Melanie Hayes
Managing Partner and Investment Director of Bethnal Green Ventures
Melanie leads on our operations and helps our ventures raise further investment. She was previously an investment manager at Octopus Investments and Channel 4’s Innovation for the Public (4iP)
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About Bethnal Green Ventures: Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe’s leading early stage tech for good VC.
Cansu Deniz Bayrak
Head of Partnerships of Bethnal Green Ventures
Cansu leads and manages our partnerships for BGV and techforgood.global. Prior to BGV, she worked with Startupbootcamp – first running their MENA branch in İstanbul and making investments through a $10M microfund, then building and running their IoT programme in London.
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About Bethnal Green Ventures: Bethnal Green Ventures (BGV) is Europe’s leading early stage tech for good VC.
Alex Fortescue
Managing Partner of Epiris
Alex joined Electra Partners as Chief Investment Partner in 2011. Prior to this he spent eleven years at private equity firm Apax Partners, where he was Global Head of the Retail and Consumer Group. Before Apax he spent nine years at OC&C Strategy Consultants where he focused on corporate strategy and private equity commercial due diligence. In total he has more than 20 years Private Equity experience. Alex chairs Electra Partners’ Management Committee and is a member of its Investment Committee. He sits on the boards of Electra Partners’ portfolio companies AXIO Data Group, Parkdean Resorts, Davies, Hotter Shoes and Knight Square. He has a first class degree in Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a keen sailor and cyclist.
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About Epiris: Epiris is an independent private equity firm.
Ian Wood
Investment Partner of Epiris
Ian joined Epiris in 2012 having previously spent two years at GCP Capital and eight years at Silverfleet Capital focusing on mid-market UK and European buy-outs. Prior to that, he worked at Deloitte in Corporate Finance and at Andersen in the Financial Restructuring team. Ian is a Chartered Accountant and has a degree in Management Science from Warwick University.
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About Epiris, Epiris: Epiris is an independent private equity firm.
Owen Wilson
Investment Partner of Epiris
Owen joined Epiris in 2013 having previously spent four years at Palamon Capital Partners and four years at Candover working on mid-market buyouts. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant at Bain & Company, focusing on private equity commercial due diligence and operational support. Owen has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Mathematics from Cambridge University.
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About Epiris: Epiris is an independent private equity firm.
Bill Priestley
Chief Investment Partner of Epiris
Bill joined Electra Partners in 2014 from LGV Capital where he was Managing Director. He was with LGV Capital for over 10 years and before worked at N M Rothschild & Sons and Barclays Bank. Bill sits on the Investment Committee. Bill has a degree in Law from Cambridge University.
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About Epiris: Epiris is an independent private equity firm.
Thomas Depuydt
Managing Partner & Co-Founder of SmartFin
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About iMinds, SmartFin: SmartFin operates as an early stage venture capital fund with a focus on companies developing smart technologies.
Graham Beckett
Founding Partner of Windrush Advisors
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About Results International, Windrush Advisors: Windrush Advisors helps business owners create and maximize value in their companies.
Joanne Thompson
Founding Partner of Spring Partners
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About Spring Partners: Spring is a management consulting firm that helps startups, scaleups, and disruptors address challenges and maximize their potential.
Pavneet Khurana
People + Culture Partner of Unleashed
Pavneet Khurana is the People + Culture Partner at Unleashed.
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About Unleashed: Unleashed works with early-stage start-ups and scale-ups to build a better and more successful business.
Stewart Darling
Senior Partner of The Rubicon Partnership
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About The Rubicon Partnership: The Rubicon is an executive coaching firm that employs coaching methodologies to assist Senior Executives in growing their businesses.
Anatoli Kaminov
Founding Partner of Eaton Capital
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About Eaton Capital: Eaton Capital provides business valuations, M&A management, transaction structuring and strategic advisory services for various industries.
Terry Donovan
Partner of Exolta Capital Partners
An Influential and inspirational results orientated NED or Mentor with over twenty five years experience in leadership roles with a sustained record of achievement as a superb strategic, tactical and pragmatic leader. Experience includes dynamic fast growth companies with turnover up to £150m spanning the U.K., Europe, Middle/Far East and Australasia as well as start ups, six successful turnarounds and raising Venture Capital money. He has a proven ability to stabilise and increase sales, cut costs and improve margins thus creating cash generative businesses. An excellent communicator who both motivates and ensures the buy in of all key stakeholders. Defines and delivers on the vision and strategy through an empowering team ethos. A self confident, dynamic , dedicated and credible leader with a passion for achievement and looking to mentor/coach in a role as Executive Chairman, Non Executive Director or advisor.Terry is based in their Leeds Office.
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About Exolta Capital Partners: Exolta is a collective of senior executives and non-executive directors that specializes in providing unparalleled business growth guidance.
Mike O’Donoghue
VP Business Partners & Alliances of PNMsoft
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About PNMsoft: PNMsoft, a software company, develops and supports business process management, case management, and work optimization software.
Chantelle Genovezos
Partnerships Manager of Procurious
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About Procurious: The online business network for a new generation of procurement & supply chain professionals.
