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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 Director operating in the Communications 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.
Bhavin Shah
Regional Director, EMEA of Telekom Malaysia
Bhavin Shah Regional Director, EMEA at Telekom Malaysia.
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About Telekom Malaysia: As the leading integrated telecommunications company in Malaysia, we aim to deliver cutting-edge communications & information.
Chintan Patel
Chief Technologist & Systems Engineering Director of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Jon Koplin
Managing Director EMEAR, Cisco Investments and Corporate Development of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Jamie Palmer
Director Product Management of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Mark Weir
Regional Director – UK&I for Cyber Security of Cisco
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About Cisco: Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Chris Fraser
Managing Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Chris is the Managing Director and joint founder of Aspire. Perhaps unusually for a managing director, Chris has over 20 years’ experience in the IT and Technology industry. He also has over 12 years of intensive, hands-on technical experience managing enterprise class IT environments and global network infrastructure deployments. Chris has responsibility for oversight and management of all of the company’s technical operations and managed service platforms.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Tony Dougan
Operations Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Tony has been working in the IT industry for nearly a decade. During his time at Aspire, Tony has progressed though the technical team and is now focused on company organisation and growth. Daily responsibilities are concentrated on overseeing the technical support teams and development of internal systems. He also focuses on making sure all departments are working together as efficiently as possible throughout Aspire Technology Solutions constant expansion.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Steve Laverick
Technical Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Steve has over 20 years’ experience in the IT & Technology industry, holding both management and director positions during this time. He has vast experience in advanced network infrastructure deployment and configuration, network security, system monitoring and maintenance, network administration and server virtualisation technologies. Steve directs a team of consultants providing voice, data, infrastructure and managed services for their customers.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Stuart Hall
Finance Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Stuart is an ACA qualified accountant with more than 5 years experience working at a big 4 firm. He has had exposure to a number of listed public interest clients across a range of industries. These include retail, pharmaceuticals, transport, anti-counterfeit technologies and mining. His role as Finance Manager has him overseeing the operation of the billing, purchasing, stores and other office administrative functions. In addition, he is responsible for annual reporting and tax compliance as well as management.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Stephen McNickle
Sales Director of Aspire Technology Solutions
Stephen has an impressive track record having worked with Mike Errington for a number of years. He is a driving force behind the team’s consultative approach to our customers requirements, and manages the day-to-day operations of the Aspire sales department. Stephen is passionate about listening to our customers and exploring solutions which create business advantage.
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About Aspire Technology Solutions: Aspire is an award-winning managed services company specialising in hosted services, data centre solutions, communications and IT support.
Dave Oakey
Group Operations Director of Mobius Networks
Dave Oakey Has worked with the CEO for over 25 years. Responsible for all of the back end systems and automation that have contributed to the group’s reputation as the best operationally in all of the sectors in which it operates.
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About Mobius Networks: Mobius is the UKs first integrated data airtime provider.
Douglas Gilmour
Founder & Managing Director of Mobius Networks
Douglas Gilmour Founder and Managing Director 30 years in the high tech industry and formed Mobius in 2003. The driver of Mobius strategy and all of innovative processes that have contributed to Mobius’s reputation as the most reliable and innovative mobile comms supplier in the sector. A TSA Board member.
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About Mobius Networks: Mobius is the UKs first integrated data airtime provider.
Adrian Jones
Director Delivery & Operations (EMEA) of Black Box
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About Black Box: Black Box provides its customers with infrastructues and communication solutions.
Andrew Barron
Chairman of the Board of Director of Com Hem
Andrew Barron was COO of Virgin Media and MTG, CEO of Chellomedia, Executive Vice-President Walt Disney Europe and management consultant at McKinsey & Co.
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About : Com Hem is a communications company on a mission: to transform our business entirely around what customers want and need.
Menno Kremer
Investment Director of Zegona
Menno was an Executive Director in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (“TMT”) Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs, and has more than 12 years of experience in investment banking. During this period, he worked on a broad range of M&A transactions and debt and equity financings for leading European TMT companies. Menno received a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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About Zegona: Zegona has been established to execute a ‘Buy-Fix-Sell’ strategy in the European TMT sector.
Chei Amlani
Director, Digital Product and Audience Development of Sky Italia
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About Sky Italia: Sky Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 31 July 2003.
Nick Sutcliffe
Director of BECG (Built Environment Communications Group)
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About BECG (Built Environment Communications Group), HardHat: BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) is a specialist communications consultancy.
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.
James Thomlinson
Managing Director & Partner – Engage of Bell Pottinger
James is Managing Director of Engage by Bell Pottinger, which today sits at the heart of one of the world’s leading communications agencies. During his 11 year career at Bell Pottinger he has planned and executed campaigns for a wide-range of international clients. From looking after FTSE 100 brands, tourist boards, multinational hotel companies and start-ups on integrated communications briefs, James has also delivered complex digital projects, such as influencer marketing campaigns; websites; apps; intranets; online branding collateral; corporate films; webcasts; animations and infographics.
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About Bell Pottinger: Bell Pottinger was founded in 1987 and became a partnership following a management buyout from Chime plc in 2012.
Anthony Simon
Director of Farrant Group
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About Farrant Group: Farrant Group is a global strategic communications firm that focuses on reputation and crisis management.
Mark Gracey
Board of Directors of Zinwave UK
Mark is a Principal at SEP and considers information technology investments with a particular focus on software and e-commerce. Before joining SEP, Mark founded and ran the European operations of network security OEM, Sensory Networks. Mark has an engineering background and previous roles include researching high speed semiconductors with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the University of California as well as acting as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing’s space programme. Mark led SEP’s investments in social network analytics business SocialBro and cloud-based hotel management and reservation software business hetras and holds board positions with both companies.
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About : Zinwave UK is a global provider of wideband active distributed antenna systems for in-building wireless coverage.
Francesco Cavallone
Founder and Director of In Other Words
Founder and Director of In Other Words.
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About In Other Words: In Other Words is the translation agency guaranteeing high quality and accurate translation services in more than 150 combinations.
Mark Lambert
VP of Sales & Marketing, Managing Director for EMEA Region of Advantech Wireless
Mark Lambert is VP of Sales & Marketing, Managing Director for EMEA Region at Advantech Wireless.
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About Advantech Wireless: Advantech Wireless is the leading wireless broadband communications provider for Commercial, Critical Infrastructure & Government.
