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 President operating in the Consumer space. If you think a President 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.
Mark Cooper
Vice President and Managing Director, Avery Europe and Asia Pacific of CCL Industries
Mark Cooper is a Vice President and Managing Director, Avery Europe and Asia Pacific at CCL Industries.
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About Avery, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
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Jamie Robinson
Vice President and Managing Director, Home & Personal Care Europe of CCL Industries
Jamie Robinson is a Vice President and Managing Director, Home & Personal Care Europe at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Bobby Ford
Vice President/Global CISO of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Kees Kruythoff
President, Home Care of Unilever
Kees has enjoyed a long career history with Unilever, working in senior roles for the company since the 1990s, based in countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Prior to his current role, Kees had been President of Unilever’s North America business and Global Head of Customer Development since 2011. Between 2004 and 2008, Kees was based in South Africa as CEO of Unilever Foods, during which time he took part in a nationwide programme to bring together business, government and non-governmental organisations. In 2002, he joined the Board of Unilever Bestfoods in Asia, tasked with building Unilever’s foods and beverages brands across the continent. Kees is Chairman of Enactus International, a network of global business, academic and student leaders dedicated to developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. Kees is married with four daughters and enjoys travel, sports and spending time with his family.
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About LIVEKINDLY, Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Nicky Clement
Vice President HR, Organisation Effectiveness & People Analytics of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Britta Bomhard
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Church & Dwight, Co
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About Church & Dwight, Co: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products.
Sam Jones
Vice President of Torch Capital
Sam Jones serves as the Vice President at Torch Capital.
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About Torch Capital: Torch Capital is an early-stage consumer-focused venture capital firm.
Jeanne Bolger
Vice President Venture Investing of Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation
Jeanne Bolger, MB BCh BAO, Vice President, Venture Investments, joined Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) in 2013. She is based in London, UK. Dr. Bolger has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in management roles across R&D, Commercial and Business Development (BD). She spent 11 years in Licensing and Acquisition (L&A), most recently as Global Head of Scientific Licensing for Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceutical business, having joined Johnson & Johnson in 2005 from the Business Development group at GlaxoSmithKline. In 2009, Dr. Bolger became Vice President, Alliance Management at Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, working with Pfizer and Elan. Dr. Bolger received her medical degree from University College Dublin. She also holds diplomas in Child Health (NUI) and in Finance and Accounting (ACCA). She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland (RAMI). Dr. Bolger has served as the sole pharma industry representative on two Irish government taskforces seeking to enhance the commercialization of IP from Irish academic centres. She is a visiting lecturer on the MSc Pharmaceutical Medicine curriculum at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
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About Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Pulmocide: Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, a venture capital subsidiary, finances technology companies focused on patient health.
Julia van Tuyll
Vice President of Investor Relations of Lion Capital
Julia van Tuyll is a Vice President of Investor Relations at Lion Capital. Prior to joining Lion Capital, Julia was employed by Vision Capital where she was involved with the implementation of the fund raising programme including raising capital from new and existing relationships. She was previously with the European Department at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in London. Julia graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where she obtained an Honours Degree in International Politics.
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About Lion Capital: Lion Capital is a consumer-focused investor passionate about investing in brands about which people are passionate.
Anthony Catterson
President and CEO of Decluttr
Anthony Catterson is a CEO at Expansys.
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About Decluttr, Expansys, Sprint: Decluttr buys and sells consumer technology, CDs, DVDs, books and games.
Chris Parsons
President of Mayborn Group Ltd.
When Chris Parsons joined Mayborn in 2014 as General Manager, North America it was the chance to build a lasting legacy with our tommee tippee® brand in the US that attracted him to the business. Chris has a clear remit to drive growth across North America, and our US presence is now firmly established and growing rapidly – with our products on sale in the major US retailers including Walmart, BabiesRUs, Target and Amazon. A driven and highly acclaimed sales and marketing senior executive, Chris has held top flight positions in a range of international organisations in the UK and US. Originally from Manchester in the UK, Chris graduated from Newcastle University with a BA in Economics and Business Management. He’s a keen sportsman and proud tommee tippee dad with a young son and twin daughters.
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About Mayborn Group Ltd.: Mayborn Group Ltd. is a manufacturer and supplier of toddler feeding products.
Hubert Patricot
Executive Vice President and President, European Group of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Stephen Moorhouse
Vice President, General Manager – Northern Europe of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Scott Bourgeois
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Group Controller of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Nik Jhangiani
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Leendert Den Hollander
Vice President and General Manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
E J Marino
President & Chief Executive Officer of Plantation Patterns
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About Plantation Patterns: Plantation Patterns is a manufacturer of outdoor home decor.
Steve Cliffe
CEO & President of Ultraleap
Steve has 30 years of experience in the technology industry encompassing significant exposure to global markets, senior management positions and commercial roles. He joined Ultrahaptics from Plessey Semiconductor, where he was Business Development Director. Prior to that role, he was CEO at Provision and Xintronix. He also brings extensive commercial experience to the role from previous appointments. He was VP of Sales and Marketing at eoSemi and Sales Director at Dialog Semiconductor.
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About Ultraleap: Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Mickey Nasiri
Vice President Software of Roost
Vice President Software at Roost.
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About Roost: Roost is a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer of affordable smart home technology.
Alan Flower
Senior Vice President – CTO EMEA & Global Head, Cloud Native Labs of HCL Technologies
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About HCL Technologies: HCL Technologies is a global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses.
Colin Hutchison
Vice President of International of Edgewell Personal Care
Colin joined Energizer in 2004 as Vice President Europe for Wilkinson Sword. In 2006 he led the successful integration of the Personal Care and Household Divisions in Europe. After the Playtex acquisition, he became Vice President for Personal Care in Europe and led planning for the distribution expansion of Hawaiian Tropic and the Hydro brand launch. After the American Safety Razor acquisition, Colin was appointed Vice President and General Manager for EPC’s Private Brands Group. Overseeing strategic development for the global private label wet shave business, he reshaped the portfolio and developed a roadmap for growth through NPD and distribution expansion. Additionally, he led the integration of most functions into the wider Personal Care business structures. Prior to Edgewell, Colin worked for a number of consumer goods businesses based in Europe including United Biscuits and the Campbell’s Soup Company. He held various positions in sales, marketing, and general management that latterly included international responsibilities.
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About Edgewell Personal Care, Energizer Holdings: Edgewell Personal Care manufactures and markets a diversified range of personal care products.
Wissam Jabre
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Dialog Semiconductor
Wissam joins Dialog after serving as Corporate Vice President of Finance at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) since 2014. Between 2003 and 2014, Wissam Jabre held various executive positions at Freescale Semiconductor, including Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President Global Pricing, Chief Financial Officer of the Networking & Multimedia Solutions Group as well as senior roles within Corporate Treasury. During this period he gained extensive experience in accounting, financial planning, treasury, procurement, and merger and acquisition integration. He began his career at Schlumberger, gaining international experience in the Middle East, Europe and North America, before joining Motorola in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree and received an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York in 1998.
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About Dialog Semiconductor: Dialog Semiconductor makes energy-efficient, highly-integrated, and mixed signal ICs for mobile, IoT, and solid state lighting applications.
Paul Whiting
President of Global Sales of Sennheiser
Paul Whiting is President of Global Sales @ Sennheiser.
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About Sennheiser: Sennheiser develops, manufactures, and markets headphones, headsets, microphones, and integrated systems.
Kent McCammon
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of PRA Group
Kent is responsible for the company’s global development including mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed to his current role in 2015. Prior to that he was responsible for global strategy and business development and directed PRA’s fee-for-service businesses. He joined the company in 2007 as senior vice president, strategy and business development from Shamrock Holdings, the investment arm of the Disney family, where he was managing director. While at Shamrock from 2004 to 2007, he helped raise $1.25 billion to fund activist investments in publicly traded companies. Prior to Shamrock, Kent conducted business development for Trader Publishing, LLC in the Trader Ventures group from 2003 to 2004. From 1995 to 2003, Kent directed equity research and capital management for Atlantic Capital Management and Scott & Stringfellow. He was an associate at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., from 1994 to 1995, and started his finance career as an analyst in New York at Smith Barney Inc. in the early 1990s. Kent has an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Chris Lagow
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of PRA Group
Chris is responsible for the company’s global legal, regulatory and government relations functions. He was named general counsel in January 2016 after serving as PRA Group’s deputy general counsel since 2011. Chris has been practicing law for 15 years and joined PRA in 2006 after working in private practice for law firms in New York and Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from James Madison University and a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law. He has served on the board of directors of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Council of the Virginia Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Chris Graves
Executive Vice President, Core Acquisitions of PRA Group
Chris directs all of PRA’s Core Acquisitions and Core Operations in the Americas. He was appointed to his current role in 2015 after serving as executive vice president of core acquisitions since 2013. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined PRA in 2006 as vice president, portfolio acquisitions and was appointed to senior vice president, core acquisitions in 2009. Prior to joining PRA, he was vice president of acquisitions and group manager for the Credit Recovery Services division of Capital One. He previously served as vice president and regional manager at Signet Bank and First Union. Chris has an MBA from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Wake Forest University, and graduated from the Consumer Banking Association’s Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia. Chris serves on the board of directors and the executive committee for VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Richard Lagani
Executive Vice President of MMRGlobal
Richard Lagani is an Senior Management Professional
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About MMRGlobal, MMRGlobal: MMRGlobal provides secure, easy-to-use multilingual personal health records (PHRs) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions.
Giovanni Dolci
Vice President, Theatre Development and Managing Director, Europe and Africa of IMAX
Giovanni Dolci joined IMAX Corporation in October 2012 as Vice President, Theatre Development. In January 2017 he was also appointed Managing Director Europe and Africa, where he is responsible for growing and expanding the IMAX theatre network across the two continents. He previously served as Director of Business Development and Commercial Operations at Arts Alliance, where he was in charge of negotiations with cinema exhibitors and film distributors throughout EMEA to support the market’s transition to digital projection technology and where he helped establish a worldwide digital distribution platform. Prior to Arts Alliance, Giovanni Dolci worked in film financing and oversaw a number of projects based in New Zealand, Italy and the UK. He has a degree in Economics and Management from Bocconi University in Milan and an MSc in Management from Cass Business School in London. He is a Junior Fellow of the Aspen Institute Italy.
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About IMAX: IMAX Corporation is one of the world’s leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies.
Kris Famm
President of Galvani Bioelectronics
Molecular biologist turned bioelectrician, Kris Famm leads Galvani Bioelectronics, a partnership between GSK and Alphabet to develop implantable medical devices.
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About Galvani Bioelectronics: Galvani Bioelectronics is developing ways to treat chronic illnesses by controlling electrical impulses in the body.
Ramchander S.
Vice President of Global Marketing of Castrol
Ramchander A.S. is a Vice President of Global Marketing at Castrol.
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About Castrol: Castrol is a worldwide leader in high performance lubricants for the automotive, industrial, marine and aerospace industries.
Hervé Fontaine
Vice President – Enterprise and Business Development of HTC Vive
Vice President Virtual Reality B2B and Business Development at HTC. Hervé leads the development of HTC’s new Virtual Reality business, HTC Vive, in the professional segment as well as business development activities with large software partners and start-ups in Europe. From virtual showrooms for car brands, VR solutions for engineers or architects, to VR based teaching platforms for learning through experience in VR, virtual reality offers boundless opportunities to enhance the way we work with colleagues located across the world, learn or entertain ourselves with friends even when they are thousands of kilometres away. Hervé joined HTC in 2012 leading European sales for HTC smartphone business. He previously worked for Sony Group where he held various Sales and Marketing leadership positions at Sony Ericsson’s European Headquarter as well as in China as well as for France Telecom (Orange) in France and in Japan.
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About HTC Vive: HTC Vive is a virtual reality headset developed by HTC and Valve Corporation.
Arun Gupta
Vice President, ServiceNow Global Delivery of Crossfuze
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About Crossfuze: Crossfuze is a provider of consulting, design, implementation services, and resale of the ServiceNow® technology platform.
Pam Charris
Vice President Global Marketing of Nualight
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About Nualight: Nualight is a LED retail lighting company specializing in illuminating refrigerated displays and fresh food displays.
Chris Stafford
President of CleanCut
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About CleanCut, Recast: CleanCut manufactures and distributes bath accessibility conversion products.
Wouter Beek
Vice President of uPnP Forum
Wouter is a home networking architect at Cisco System SPVSS. He started his career in Philips at the Physics Labs, where he worked on simulation applications for cathode ray tubes. Later he migrated to Applied Technologies, also a department of Royal Philips Electronics. Among one of the many topics that he tackled, he started working on home network connectivity. Later he moved to the Television department where he functioned as technology leader in home connectivity. Wouter moved to Cisco Systems and functions as home networking architect. In this role he is the main representative of Cisco Systems in the UPnP standardization organization and currently acting as Director on the UPnP Steering Committee and has technical responsibilities among others as UPnP Compliance Committee Chair and IOT Datamodel chair. His contributions in the UPnP Forum are now standardized in UPnP: AV3 AV4, Multi-Screen and other specifications of the UPnP Forum.
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About Cascoda, Open Connectivity Foundation, uPnP Forum: UPnP Forum is an industry initiative of members working to enable easier device-to-device interoperability and better home networking.
Wouter Beek
Vice President of uPnP Forum
Wouter is a home networking architect at Cisco System SPVSS. He started his career in Philips at the Physics Labs, where he worked on simulation applications for cathode ray tubes. Later he migrated to Applied Technologies, also a department of Royal Philips Electronics. Among one of the many topics that he tackled, he started working on home network connectivity. Later he moved to the Television department where he functioned as technology leader in home connectivity. Wouter moved to Cisco Systems and functions as home networking architect. In this role he is the main representative of Cisco Systems in the UPnP standardization organization and currently acting as Director on the UPnP Steering Committee and has technical responsibilities among others as UPnP Compliance Committee Chair and IOT Datamodel chair. His contributions in the UPnP Forum are now standardized in UPnP: AV3 AV4, Multi-Screen and other specifications of the UPnP Forum.
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About Cascoda, Open Connectivity Foundation, uPnP Forum: UPnP Forum is an industry initiative of members working to enable easier device-to-device interoperability and better home networking.
