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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 Chairman operating in the Non Profit space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Stan Polovets
Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of The Genesis Prize
Stan Polovets is the Co-founder of Genesis Philanthropy Group (GPG), a private foundation with offices in Moscow, New York, and Tel Aviv. GPG’s mission is to develop and enhance a sense of Jewish identity among Russian-speaking Jews worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the former Soviet Union, North America, and Israel, where up to three million Russian-speaking Jews reside. He also serves on the boards of various non-profits, including as Vice Chairman of Hillel Russia. Stan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Russian-American Trade Council. He is also the CEO of the Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) Consortium, which oversaw $28 billion in oil and gas assets for Alfa Group, Access Industries, and Renova Group. Mr. Polovets is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vnimanie Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Russian children with learning disabilities. A graduate of Stanford Business School, Stan received a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Stanford. He has worked for ExxonMobil in the company’s U.S. operations and in the New York headquarters of KPMG and Ernst & Young. At Ernst & Young, Mr. Polovets was responsible for establishing the company’s consulting business in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Stan also worked for the RAND Corporation, a public-policy think tank in Santa Monica, California. From 2001 to 2006, Stan served in a variety of senior executive positions at TNK and TNK-BP, Russia’s second largest private oil company. In 2002-2003, as Vice President M&A, Mr. Polovets represented TNK in negotiating a $15 billion merger with British Petroleum, the largest merger to date involving a Russian and foreign company. He was later Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff to Robert Dudley, CEO of TNK-BP. In 2006-2007, Stan served as Executive Vice President and member of the Board of URALSIB, the second largest financial conglomerate in Russia. He lives in New York, with his wife Erina and three children.
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About The Genesis Prize: The Genesis Prize is a Jewish award given to exceptional people of the Jewish people.
Martin McTague
Policy and Advocacy Chairman of Federation of Small Business
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About A3C Solutions, Federation of Small Business: FSB is also the UK’s leading campaigning pressure group that promotes the interests of businesses in the UK.
Dion McKenzie
Co-Founder, Chairman of Colorintech
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About Colorintech: Colorintech is a London-based nonprofit on a mission to diversify the European tech industry.
Nigel Wicks
Chairman of British Bankers Association
Sir Nigel Leonard Wicks GCB CVO CBE is the Chairman of the BBA. Sir Nigel Wicks is the Chairman of the British Bankers’ Association and a Director of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc. He served as non-executive Chairman of CRESTCo, the settlement system for UK and Irish securities, from 2001 until its merger with Euroclear plc in 2002 when he became Deputy Chairman and Chairman in 2007. He stood down as Chairman of Euroclear on December 31st 2013. Sir Nigel served, on appointment by the UK Prime Minister, as Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life between March 2001 and April 2004. He was a non-executive director of Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited from 2004 to 2006. He was a Commissioner, Jersey Financial Services Commission between 2007 and 2012. He was a member of the EU Committee of “Wise Men” on European Securities Regulation (the Lamfalussy group) from 2000 to 2001. Sir Nigel was a member of the British Civil Service for thirty-two years. From 1989 to 2000, he was Second Permanent Secretary and Director of International Finance at HM Treasury. Before this, he was Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Economic Minister at the British Embassy in Washington DC; UK Executive Director at the World Bank and the IMF; and Private Secretary to Prime Ministers James Callaghan and Harold Wilson.
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About : The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking sector with more than 230 member banks headquartered in over 50 countries
William Haseltine
Chairman and President of ACCESS Health International
William A. Haseltine, PhD, has an active career in both science and business. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health from 1976 to 1993, where he was founder and the chair of two academic research departments, the Division of Biochemical Pharmacology and the Division of Human Retrovirology.He is well known for his pioneering work on cancer, HIV/AIDS, and genomics. He has authored more than two hundred manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and is the author of several books, including Affordable Excellence: The Singapore Healthcare Story, published in 2013. He is the founder of Human Genome Sciences, Inc., and served as the chairman and CEO of the company until 2004. He is also the founder of several other successful biotechnology companies. Companies he has founded account for seven drugs currently on the market. He is chairman of the Haseltine Foundation for Science and the Arts. He serves as an advisor and board member of several innovative healthcare companies.
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About ACCESS Health International, Demetrix: ACCESS Health International is a nonprofit think tank and advisory group dedicated to improving access to high quality.
Cornelia Meyer
Chairman & Chief Economist of LBV Asset Management
Cornelia Meyer is an independent business consultant, macro-economist and energy expert. She is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MRL Corporation and Chairman and Chief Economist of LBV Asset Management. Ms. Meyer served as the Chairman and then strategic advisor to the Board of Gasol plc, an AIM listed independent gas (to power) company. She gained her diverse commercial and advisory background over the last 30 by advising governments as well as working for and with some of the most recognized enterprises in the world. Her work experience stretches over 25 countries on a vast range of assignments and projects as a financier, adviser, regulator, equipment supplier and principal in the energy and other industries.
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About LBV Asset Management: LBV team comprises of five investment professionals and two professionals dedicated to the non-investment side of the business.
Andrew Adonis
Chairman of Trustees of IPPR
Andrew Adonis took his seat in the House of Lords in May 2005, initially serving as the parliamentary under secretary of state for schools and learners in the Department for Education and Skills with special responsibility for the academies programme. After three years Andrew moved to the Department for Transport as a minister of state and was promoted secretary of state for transport in June 2009. He served in that role until the change in government in May 2010. Between July 2010 and January 2012, Andrew served as director of the Institute for Government, an independent charity with cross-party and Whitehall governance working to improve government effectiveness. He is currently shadow minister for infrastructure.Prior to sitting in the House of Lords he worked in business, academia and the media, before joining the No 10 Policy Unit.
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About : The IPPR is a think tank that conducts and publishes research and promotes public education.
Nadim Nsouli
Founder & Chairman of Inspired
Nadim M Nsouli founded Educas, an education investment firm in 2013 to make an investment in Reddam House, a leading group of schools in South Africa. Since then, Nadim founded Inspired and led the growth of the group globally. Prior to that, Nadim was a partner at Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm with $40 billion under management. Nadim was also a member of Providence’s Global Investment Committee and led Providence’s Education investment efforts in Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining Providence in 2006, Nadim was the European head of The Gores Group, a special situations private equity fund based in Los Angeles. Prior to Gores, he founded and managed Lago Ventures, a venture capital firm. Previously, Nadim was a member of the media and telecommunications investment banking teams of Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan in London. Nadim started his career in New York as a corporate lawyer at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He received a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD with distinction, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University.
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About Inspired: Inspired is a operator of premium schools in Europe, Australia and Africa.
Des Browne
Vice Chairman of The Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Rt Hon. the Lord Browne of Ladyton (Des Browne) was admitted as a solicitor in 1976 and called to the Scottish Bar in 1993. In 1997, he was elected Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and represented that constituency until 2010. As a back-bencher, he served on the Northern Ireland Affairs and Public Administration Select Committees. In 1998, he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Donald Dewar, Secretary of State for Scotland. In 2000, he became PPS to Adam Ingram, Minister of State for Northern Ireland. Subsequently, he served on the first Joint Committee on Human Rights. In 2001, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. In 2003, Browne was promoted to Minister of State for Work at the Department for Work & Pensions and in 2004, he was appointed Minister for Immigration & Citizenship in the Home Office. Re-elected in 2005, he joined the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and was appointed to the Privy Council. In 2006, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence and from 2007-2008 he combined this role with the role of Secretary of State for Scotland. In October 2008, he returned to the back-benches and was appointed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Special Envoy to Sri Lanka. He also served on the first Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy. Since October 2009, he has been Convenor of the Top Level Group of Parliamentarians for Multi-Lateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Since its inception, he has been the Convenor of the European Leadership Network. In July 2010 he was introduced to the House of Lords. In 2014, NTI announced Browne’s new role as NTI’s vice chairman. In this role, he will help shape NTI’s strategic direction, including long-term planning and international outreach.
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About The Nuclear Threat Initiative: The Nuclear Threat Initiative is focused on reducing the global threats from nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
Andy Pilley
Chairman of Fleetwood Town Football Club
Andy Pilley is a Blackpool-born businessman. He is the current Chairman of BES Utilities and Managing Director of commercial energy aggregator, Commercial Power and merchant services provider, Card Saver. He is also the Chairman of English Football League 1 Club, Fleetwood Town Football Club and the Owner of Breck Apartments.
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About BES Utilities, Card Saver, Commercial Power, Fleetwood Town Football Club: Fleetwood Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.
Mike Prince
Chairman of European Ozone Trade Association
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About European Ozone Trade Association: European Ozone Trade Association
