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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 CEO’ operating in the Charity space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Ashley Turing
CEO & Founder of LiveTree
Ashley Turing, LiveTree CEO, is an entrepreneur and investor with a diverse background and over twenty years’ experience in technology innovation. Ashley is a specialist on blockchain intellectual property rights management and featured speaker at various conferences around the globe.
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About LiveTree: LiveTree is a social UK crowdfunding platform based in Hackney, London.
Sacha Deshmukh
Interim Chief Executive Officer of Amnesty International
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About Amnesty International: Amnesty International is a global charity organization of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights.
Helen McEachern
Chief Executive Officer of Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
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About Cherie Blair Foundation for Women: The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is a charity that supports women entrepreneurs in developing and emerging markets
Jude Ower
Founder & CEO of PlayMob
Jude Ower is changing the world through game play. She has spent 10 years working within games, creating educational, training and awareness games across a range of organisations from corporate, government and education. Jude is now concentrating on social and mobile games, and how engaging mass audience of game players can make a world changing difference.
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About Department for International Trade, PlayMob: Playmob is the gaming engagement platform for brands with purpose.
David Goldberg
Co-founder and CEO of Founders Pledge
David is the co-founder and CEO of Founders Pledge a new international charity through which tech entrepreneurs commit to donate a small percentage of their personal exit proceeds to high impact social causes. Since launching in June 2015, Founders Pledge has raised $575 million for high impact charities through more than 1300 pledges in 30 countries. Having run the gauntlet of finance, start-up, and academia, David started Founders Pledge to make it absurdly easy for entrepreneurs to do good through their work and in lives. David moved into the non-profit sector from an eclectic commercial background. Immediately following high school, David joined one of the largest privately held mortgage banks in the U.S., where he launched the secondary marketing department, after which he worked as an investment banker Los Angeles. David also founded and ran a boutique real estate firm in Germany. David is a graduate of UCLA and the University of Cambridge.
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About Founders Pledge, Wayra: Founders Pledge is a global community of entrepreneurs finding and funding solution’s to the world’s most pressing problems.
Phil Andrew
Chief Executive Officer of StepChange Debt Charity
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About StepChange Debt Charity: StepChange Debt Charity is a registered charity offering free, confidential advice and support about debt
Will Straw
Chief Executive Officer of The Prince’s Trust
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About The Prince’s Trust: The Prince’s Trust is a youth charity that helps change young lives.
Mark Wilson
CEO of The Cochrane Collaboration
Mark Wilson is CEO at The Cochrane Collaboration.
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About The Cochrane Collaboration: Cochrane exists so that healthcare decisions get better.
Mohammed Walji
Chief Executive Officer of CVS Brent
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About CVS Brent, MBW Enterprise: CVS Brent is a non-profit organization that helps non-profit organizations that provide community services.
Jacqueline Geis
Chief Executive Officer of Videre
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About Videre: Videre is a global network that equips oppressed communities
Antonio Zappulla
Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters Foundation
Antonio Zappulla is the CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the world’s largest news and information provider. An outspoken supporter of the business case for human rights, Antonio is the founder of Openly, the world’s first global platform dedicated to coverage of LGBT+ stories with distribution to one billion Reuters clients daily. Prior to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Antonio was Executive Producer at Bloomberg Television in charge of news, factual programming and documentaries for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, developing programming for a global audience. He holds a Degree in Journalism, and a Master’s Degree in Islam and Middle East studies.
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About Thomson Reuters Foundation: Thomson Reuters Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides an international audience with information and free legal assistance.
Stuart Dawks
Interim Chief Executive Officer of Peterborough Environment City Trust
Stuart works closely with the CEO and Board on delivering the strategic direction of the organization. He is responsible for the management of the PECT team and oversees on a number of the projects. Previously to PECT, Stuart worked for 18years as a consultant within the water industry, specializing in innovation, visualization and project management.
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About Peterborough Environment City Trust: PECT is a charitable organization that helps protect and enhance the environment throughout Peterborough and beyond.
Randa Bennett
Founder & CEO of vHelp
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About vHelp: Vhelp is an expenses application for charities and voluntary groups.
Iskren Kulev
CEO, Founder of KindLink
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About KindLink: Online platform for businesses to manage and engage with employees through their social responsibility
Matt Kepple
CEO of Makerble
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About Makerble: Makerble enables charities to track, review and share their impact
