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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 United Kingdom based President operating in the Information Services 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.
Len Padilla
Vice President Product Strategy of NTT Communications
Len is a highly knowledgeable IT professional with considerable experience in a variety of areas from scientific super-computing to shared and dedicated hosting to selective outsourcing. Len has worked in all technical aspects and management levels of IT: supercomputing and financial systems programing, administration of large server and content delivery networks, PCI-DSS certification, management of international operations teams, product engineering and strategy.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
George Rigby
Vice President of Sales – Managed Cloud & Infrastructure Services (EU) of NTT Communications
George deals primarily with end user IT clients, advising on strategy and consultancy for digital transformation across financial and manufacturing industries. Over the last ten years he has helped companies achieve major gains for their businesses and describes how their aims translate into actions for the industry, focusing on value as part of ROI rather than pure cost calculations.
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About NTT Communications: NTT Communications is a provider of network management and security services.
Umashankar Lakshmipathy
Senior Vice President & Regional Head (EMEA) of Infosys
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Sally Moore
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances of IHS Markit
Sally Moore is senior vice president and global head of strategic alliances at IHS Markit. She is responsible for corporate development and the company’s strategy and relationships with partners. Sally provides companywide leadership of third party content licensing, content acquisition, and mergers and acquisitions. Sally leads the company’s fin-tech strategy, including its investment in Illuminate Financial Management, a venture capital fund. She joined Markit in 2006, where she led the European credit business and global loan business. Previously, she spent six years at Thomson Reuters, as co-head of the Loan Pricing Corporation’s operations in Europe and later as a senior vice president and co-head of sales in North America.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Will Meldrum
Senior Vice President, Employee Experience of IHS Markit
Will Meldrum is senior vice president and head of employee experience at IHS Markit. He joined Markit in 2005 as director of acquisitions and strategic development, subsequently launching and managing Markit BOAT and Markit MSA. Prior to Markit, Will worked at Deutsche Bank where he managed the bank’s interests across a diverse portfolio of strategic investments with a focus on industry consortia, electronic trading systems and data. He holds an MA from Edinburgh University and an MBA from London Business School.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Richard Kirk
Vice President, International Sales, Software Integrity Group of Synopsys
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Jeppe Juul-Andersen
Senior vice President of Nets
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About Nets: Nets is a provider of payments, card, and information services with an ambition.
Gavin Howe
Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Elsevier
Gavin Howe is Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Elsevier. He led the successful integration of the Harcourt businesses into Reed Elsevier and led the sale of and transfer of the Harcourt college business to Thomson Reuters. Previously, he was Chief Operations Officer at Elsevier and CEO of the Reed Elsevier Technology Group based in Boston. Having joined Elsevier in 1998, Gavin’s responsibilities have included central marketing, social sciences and economics publishing, IT, production and customer services. For the 15 years prior to joining Elsevier, he worked for another Reed Elsevier company, Reed Business Information in Marketing, Publishing and Electronic Publishing. Gavin rose to be a divisional MD at Reed Business Information and joined the board in 1993. Gavin started his publishing career in Journalism, becoming an editor of a Yachting Magazine.
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About Elsevier: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Peter Cefai
President & Head – Strategic Alliances & Consulting of IBS Software Services
Peter Cefai is the President and Head of Strategic Alliances and Consulting at IBS Software Services and also serves as the Executive Member of the Board of Directors. Peter has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry with a strong background in sales and marketing, strategic planning and general management, people development and customer engagement. Peter currently manages the Global Strategic Alliances with the aim of enhancing IBS’ solution and channel capability and the Consulting Division aimed at enhancing the value IBS adds to the customers. Peter is also the custodian of IBS’ annual Customer Satisfaction survey. Peter served as the Vice President Global Marketing Honeywell / Avient Technologies when IBS acquired Avient Technologies from Honeywell in September 2003. Prior to that Peter worked at International Computers Ltd. (ICL) for 19 years in a variety of roles culminating in him being the Managing Director ICL Travel and Transport division, a business he doubled in size before its acquisition by Honeywell. Peter holds an Economics degree from Manchester University and a Management degree from Ashridge Business School.
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About IBS Software Services: IBS Software is a global provider of new generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation, and Logistics industry.
Peter Williams
Executive Vice President, Ricoh Europe of Ricoh Company
Peter is a member of the Ricoh Europe Board, responsible for multiple lines of business including the Production Printing Business Group, Additive Manufacturing, Service and Annuity, Business Process Services and the European Technology Centre. In this role, Peter drives Ricoh Europe’s long-term strategy to become a leader in the production printing market. In 2009, he established the European Production Printing Business Group headquarters in London and launched Ricoh’s European Production Printing Innovation Centre. Peter’s current focus is building the Ricoh brand in the corporate and commercial printing markets, as well as developing the production printing sales and support infrastructure across all European operations. Peter is responsible for Ricoh’s Additive Manufacturing strategy in the EMEA region, the Business Process Services, and Service and Annuity lines of business, and the European Technology Centre, which brings customer-driven innovation to Ricoh both regionally and globally.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Peter Williams
Executive Vice President, Ricoh Europe of Ricoh Company
Peter is a member of the Ricoh Europe Board, responsible for multiple lines of business including the Production Printing Business Group, Additive Manufacturing, Service and Annuity, Business Process Services and the European Technology Centre. In this role, Peter drives Ricoh Europe’s long-term strategy to become a leader in the production printing market. In 2009, he established the European Production Printing Business Group headquarters in London and launched Ricoh’s European Production Printing Innovation Centre. Peter’s current focus is building the Ricoh brand in the corporate and commercial printing markets, as well as developing the production printing sales and support infrastructure across all European operations. Peter is responsible for Ricoh’s Additive Manufacturing strategy in the EMEA region, the Business Process Services, and Service and Annuity lines of business, and the European Technology Centre, which brings customer-driven innovation to Ricoh both regionally and globally.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Mukhtar Ahmed
President, Science Group of Clarivate Analytics
Mukhtar Ahmed is the President & Science Group at Clarivate Analytics.
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About Clarivate Analytics: Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics.
Robert Dobson
Vice President, Technology Partners, and Product Marketing of Device Authority
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About Device Authority: Device Authority is a global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain.
David Hawkings
Vice President EMEA & Global Planning & Optimisation Practice of OLR
David Hawkings is the SVP EMEA at Antuit.
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About Antuit, OLR: OLR is retail industry experience to safely take our clients into an empowered commerce world.
Yuval Ben Haim
President of Goji Food Solutions
Yuval Ben-Haim is President of Goji Food Solutions. He joined Goji in 2010 and oversaw the development of new business verticals. Mr. Ben-Haim subsequently joined the managerial team at Impulse Dynamics, a medical device company, where he established a new sales channel increasing sales by 15%. In 2015, Mr. Ben-Haim was appointed Business Development Manager at Hobart Group, a private equity firm primarily focused on developing medical technologies, where he oversaw international M&A and investment transactions worth over $100M. Mr. Ben-Haim received a BSc in Physics and Medical Physics from University College London and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.
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About Goji Food Solutions: Goji’s pioneering RF solid-state cooking technology enables faster, simpler and better food preparation.
Natasha Christie-Miller
CEO / President of Ascential Plc
Natasha Christie-Miller is CEO of Plexus, the digital intelligence and live events business that formed by the coming together of EMAP, 4C and Planet Retail. Natasha started her career in sales and led the commercial teams on consumer brands such as Elle, Red, and the Emap parenting portfolio before taking on the role of Publishing Director of Drapers, the fashion industry bible at Emap B2B in 2005. She then became Managing Director for the Retail portfolio in 2007 and was appointed CEO of EMAP in 2010. As chief executive of Plexus, Natasha manages 19 product lines that include market leading brands HSJ, Planet Retail, Glenigan, Retail Week, and Groundsure.
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Philip Thomas
President of Ascential Plc
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About Ascential Plc: Ascential is a global information company that enables smart decision-making for business.
Andrew Humphrey
Senior Vice President of Sales EMEA and APAC of Teneo
Andrew is a passionate believer that all contact with our customers should be impeccable. Directing and implementing the sales strategy across EMEA and APAC, his specialist experience includes complex cloud and Data Centre service engagements.
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About Teneo: Teneo is the specialist integrator of next generation technology, offering the strongest mix of optimization solutions for networks.
Rachel Head
Vice President of Human Resources of Teneo
Rachel drives brand growth across the group and directs all Teneo HR initiatives, including employee satisfaction and training. She’s a keen supporter of our corporate values, strives to improve on our fantastic working environment and drives our focus on excellence amongst employees and customers.
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About Teneo: Teneo is the specialist integrator of next generation technology, offering the strongest mix of optimization solutions for networks.
Daniel Bennett
President, Brand Protection of Corsearch
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About Corsearch: Corsearch is a data-driven trademark and domain establishment and protection business.
Nick Patience
Co-Founder and Research Vice President of 451 Research
Nick Patience has over 20 years experience in the technology industry in the US and Europe, and manages 451 Research’s software analyst team. Probably best known as being a co-founder of The 451 Group, Nick helped grow that company into a significant force in the technology industry analyst market in the US and Europe, as well as developing into a thought leader in the information management sector of the software industry. A highly experienced and adaptable marketing professional, Nick moved to the vendor side with Recommind, running product marketing and strategy, and then influencer relations and competitive intelligence, all the while remaining one of the company’s principal global evangelists. Nick now manages 451 Research’s software analyst team, spanning software development, DevOps & IT Ops, through data platforms and analytics to business applications. Nick will join a multi-angle panel discussion in which the conversation will focus on how digital transformation has impacted the world of IT research and Analyst Relations, and perhaps more importantly, how this will continue to do so in the future.
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About 451 Research: 451 Research is an information technology research and advisory company providing essential insight for the pioneers of the digital economy.
Justin Kearney
Vice President of Human Resources of Logicalis
Justin Kearney joined Logicalis Group in August 2013 as Vice President of Human Resources with responsibility for providing people management leadership within Logicalis Group. Prior to this, Justin was the HR Director for the Corporate function leaders at Invensys, the engineering and technology business. He has also held international HR business partner roles within the aviation and financial service industries with General Electric, and in retail, with Sainsburys in the UK. Justin has an honours degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Leisure Management, as well as being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management.
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About Logicalis: Logicalis is a platform that provides IT solutions and managed services.
Joanne Nelson
Vice President of International Marketing of Logicalis
Joanne Nelson was appointed to Vice President of Marketing in August 2004, to head up the UK marketing department, and in addition, take responsibility for the corporate marketing function of the Logicalis Group. In January 2008, she became VP International Marketing with responsibility for corporate strategy, branding and analyst relations across the organisation. Joanne brings over fifteen years of ICT marketing experience to her role having previously worked at Ericsson Enterprise, and then its spinoff, Damovo, where she was VP Marketing & Communications, across the Group. She had sole responsibility for re-branding the multi-million dollar global Communications Provider (then ranked 36th top global brand, Interbrand, Citigroup, August 2001) and managing the global corporate marketing function across 20 markets worldwide. Joanne has first-hand international experience, having studied at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), Nice, Côte d’Azur, France, and at Haarlem Business School, in The Netherlands, and worked in Antibes, South of France.
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About Logicalis: Logicalis is a platform that provides IT solutions and managed services.
James Marland
Global Vice President and Centre of Excellence for Spend Management of Ariba
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About Ariba: Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions.
Tim Lafferty
President of Global Corporate Venturing
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About Global Corporate Venturing, Mawsonia: Global Corporate Venturing is both a monthly magazine and website written for the in-house venture capital units of businesses.
Tom Reuner
Senior Vice President of HFS Research
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About HFS Research: It is our mission to provide visionary insight into the major innovations impacting business operations
Olly Cooper
Vice President of Platforms of Stratagem Technologies Ltd
Vice President of Platforms at Stratagem Technologies Ltd.
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About Stratagem Technologies Ltd: Trading Sports Prediction Markets as an alternative asset class
Andrew Webb
Senior Vice President of Services Director of ISG Technology Ltd
Andrew is a Chemistry graduate and is qualified as a Chartered Quality Professional. He has been with ISG for 17 years and prior to this worked in the Petrochemical industry. Andrew is responsible for commercial contract arrangements, quality, project co-ordination and Health & Safety.
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About ISG Technology Ltd: ISG Technology is a provider of IT services.
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.
Alex D. Kostopoulos
President & CEO of reportbrain
Founder of reportbrain
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About reportbrain: reportbrain is a news research engine platform.
