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 Product operating in the Human Resources space. If you think a Product 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.
Christos Malliaros
Product Management Director, Leadership Solutions of SHL
Christos Malliaros is an Organisational Psychologist with over 20 years of HR experience. He holds a master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from London’s City University, a Diploma in Human Resource Management from London Metropolitan University and Advanced Certification in Executive Coaching from Bristol Business School. He is a member of the British Psychological Society and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK). Christos has a varied background of in-house HR and Recruitment roles with private and public sector organizations in the UK. Over his career, he has worked and delivered consulting services in Hong Kong, China, and Singapore, especially in the areas of Executive Assessment, and Leadership Development Centres. Since 2016, Christos has exclusively focused on developing new Leadership Solutions for SHL, with the largest and most ambitious product being SHL Leader Edge. Leader Edge is an innovative Leadership assessment and development solution based on SHL Research findings on the importance of context in leadership performance. SHL Leader Edge won the 2018 SIOP M. Scott Myers Award for Improving the Accuracy of Identifying and Developing Best-Fit Leaders.
Follow Christos Malliaros:
About SHL: SHL, the global leader in talent innovation, helps companies transform productivity through deeper people insight.
Christos Malliaros
Product Management Director, Leadership Solutions of SHL
Christos Malliaros is an Organisational Psychologist with over 20 years of HR experience. He holds a master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from London’s City University, a Diploma in Human Resource Management from London Metropolitan University and Advanced Certification in Executive Coaching from Bristol Business School. He is a member of the British Psychological Society and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK). Christos has a varied background of in-house HR and Recruitment roles with private and public sector organizations in the UK. Over his career, he has worked and delivered consulting services in Hong Kong, China, and Singapore, especially in the areas of Executive Assessment, and Leadership Development Centres. Since 2016, Christos has exclusively focused on developing new Leadership Solutions for SHL, with the largest and most ambitious product being SHL Leader Edge. Leader Edge is an innovative Leadership assessment and development solution based on SHL Research findings on the importance of context in leadership performance. SHL Leader Edge won the 2018 SIOP M. Scott Myers Award for Improving the Accuracy of Identifying and Developing Best-Fit Leaders.
Follow Christos Malliaros:
About SHL: SHL, the global leader in talent innovation, helps companies transform productivity through deeper people insight.
Richard Doherty
Senior Director Product Marketing EMEA of Workday
Richard Doherty is senior director product marketing at Workday with EMEA-wide responsibilities for Workday’s HCM and financial management applications. Prior to joining Workday, Richard was part of a team that pioneered cloud based recruiting and talent management solutions in Europe. Joining Jobpartners as one of the first employees in 2000, Richard held a number of positions across professional services, sales and marketing, helping Jobpartners grow into one of the market leaders in Europe. In 2011 Jobpartners was acquired by Taleo, the cloud recruiting and talent management leader at the time. Richard subsequently spent time at Taleo and Oracle as HCM Strategy Director before joining Workday. Richard holds a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Follow Richard Doherty:
About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Charles Bloomfield
Product Manager of Lantum
Product Manager at Lantum
Follow Charles Bloomfield:
About Lantum: Lantum is the online platform that enables healthcare providers to manage their clinical workforce.
Sammy Halabi
Senior Product Manager of Homebase
Follow Sammy Halabi:
About Homebase: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Christopher Lomas
Global Digital Products Leader of Mercer
Christopher is an established senior leader in Digital Product Management, with 14+ years experience in Financial Services + Digital Products + Digital Marketing. Christopher currently works for Mercer (the world’s largest HR Consulting company), where he is the Global Digital Products Leader, focused on developing AI products, and lead’s the MercerX Artificial Intelligence community (with over 800 business leaders and managers). In the past he has held roles with American Express, Goldman Sachs, and Lloyds Banking Group, as well as being the founder of three companies. Christopher is exceptionally well connected in the HealthTech, HRTech, FinTech and AI startup scene, and is a passionate promoter of Start-ups and Digital Business. He is a public speaker and thought leader on Digital, Artificial Intelligence, Product Management and Career Management (see press references/ videos below).
Follow Christopher Lomas:
About Mercer: Mercer US is a human resource consulting service that includes compensation, employee benefits, communications, and investment consulting.
Shahab Ali
Product Manager of YapJobs
Follow Shahab Ali:
About YapJobs: Real Time Hiring App for Hospitality & Retail
Dan Nelson
Head of Product – Office of the CEngO of Ocado Technology
Follow Dan Nelson:
About Ocado Technology: Ocado Technology designs and builds the platform that powers online-only grocery retailer.
Chris Barrett
Chief Product Officer of Concentra
Chris is the CTO and architect behind OrgVue with over 18 years of experience in software product design and development. He is responsible for the design and delivery of OrgVue, as well as leading the architecture and development teams. He provides technology and practice leadership to product development at Concentra with expertise in AWS, cloud security, scalable architecture, data visualisation and analytics. Alongside supporting and enabling continuous improvement of Concentra’s products, Chris maintains an external focus on the opportunities and threats presented by trends in the industry.
Follow Chris Barrett:
About Concentra: Concentra is a UK-based business consulting and technology services company, serving clients across a number of economic sectors.
Michael Campbell
Commercial and Product Director of AdviserPlus
Follow Michael Campbell:
About AdviserPlus: AdviserPlus provides its clients with managed HR advisory solutions.
Phil Brown
Chief Product Officer of Tungl
Follow Phil Brown:
About Tungl: Tungl is a tech assessment platform designed to streamline tech recruitment and enable data driven hiring decisions.
Andrew Sheehy
Executive Product Manager of Promatta
Follow Andrew Sheehy:
About Promatta: Promatta offers experience-based professionals on product marketing and project management.
Stephane Zahrai
Business Strategy & Product Development Lead of GENIAC
Follow Stephane Zahrai:
About GENIAC: GENIAC provides essential business services for SMEs, all in one place, and all managed on their behalf.
Mike Worthington
Director, International Product Management and Pre-Sales of SD Worx
Mike Worthington is part of the Global Leadership Team at SD Worx, one of the largest HR & Payroll providers in Europe proving services in 91 countries, with over 65,000 customers and 4,100 employees. Mike and his colleagues are responsible for the SD Worx International business. His main objective is to deliver transformational products and services to the International market. Mike is particularly passionate about engaging customers to help ensure that SD Worx global solutions address customer needs and help make a real difference in their business.
Follow Mike Worthington:
About SD Worx: SD Worx can help you to harmonize the entire management of your international employment.
Jason Ali
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Talent Deck
Follow Jason Ali:
About Talent Deck: Talent Deck instantly matches tech talent to employers based on their cultural compatibility.
Liam Nolan
Head of Product of Zealify
Follow Liam Nolan:
About Zealify: Zealify is a recruitment tool assisting enterprises in finding candidates for higher level positions.
