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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 Principal operating in the Consumer space. If you think a Principal 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.
Ziran Sun
Principal Open Source Engineer of Samsung Electronics
Ziran Sun is an Open Source Engineer at Samsung Research UK. She has been involved in a few open source projects, including webinos, blink/chromium, and IoTivity. Currently, Ziran is looking at web IoT and related areas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Matt Wilson
Principal of Lion Capital
Matthew Wilson is a Principal of Lion Capital. Prior to joining Lion Capital, Matthew worked at Morgan Stanley in London where he served in their private equity group, as well as the U.K. investment banking team. Matthew received his Masters of Physics degree from Oxford University.
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About Lion Capital: Lion Capital is a consumer-focused investor passionate about investing in brands about which people are passionate.
Pierre Pozzo
Principal of Permira
Pierre Pozzo is a Principal at Permira Advisers LLP where he focuses on investment opportunities within the Technology sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Teraco, Althea, Exclusive Group and Vacanceselect. Prior to joining Permira in 2013, Pierre worked for Credit Suisse and PAI Partners.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Tara Alhadeff
Principal of Permira
Tara focuses on investment opportunities in the Consumer sector and has worked on a number of transactions including eDreams Odigeo, Dr. Martens and Iglo Group.Prior to joining Permira, Tara worked for three years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, in both London and New York.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Riccardo Basile
Principal of Permira
Riccardo is a member of the Portfolio Group. He has worked on a number of transactions including Allegro, Magento, Synamedia and Tricor. Prior to joining Permira, Riccardo was a Director at AlixPartners in London for five years, where he delivered a number of operational turnaround programmes mostly in retail, consumer goods, transport & logistics and industrial products. Before that, he worked for PwC in London for five years where he focused on delivering supply chain transformation programmes. Riccardo had previously held line management roles in industry.
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About Permira: Permira is a global growth obsessed private capital investor.
Stephen Greenslade
Principal Solutions Architect of EE
Stephen is a Principal Solutions Architect at EE, operator of the UK’s largest mobile network. He has architected major network projects such as NGN Gi, IP interconnect, femtocells, EE WiFi on the London Underground and QoS enablement. Architecture lead during EE’s successful response to the UK government’s tender to provide mobile network services for the Emergency Services Network, he has 20 years of architecture experience with mobile operators starting with his first telecoms role in Accra, Ghana. Stephen graduated from the University of Cambridge, is a member of the IET and holds an MBA.
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About EE: EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broadband services to personal and business customers.
Martin Fenton
Principal in the Spectrum Group of Ofcom
Martin is a Policy Projects Director in the Technology Policy Team of the Spectrum Group of Ofcom (UK). He is an expert in international and domestic spectrum regulation; specialising in interference analysis, RF performance and technical licence conditions. He has 20 years’ experience in spectrum management at the UK communications regulator, Ofcom, and its predecessor, the Radiocommunications Agency. Martin is the Chairman of ITU-R Study Group 5, the lead group responsible for terrestrial radio frequency services in the International Telecommunications Union. During the last ITU-R study cycle he chaired the JTG 4-5-6-7 looking at additional spectrum for 4 and 5G mobile services in the run-up to WRC-15. At WRC-15 Martin chaired the main committee looking at all terrestrial agenda items (COM4). In the UK, Martin has led the technical work in support of a number of spectrum awards including 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz. He is currently engaged in a number of activities including the proposed release of the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands; studies on the potential spectrum implications for future 5G systems in mmWave bands (e.g. 26 GHz, 40 GHz and 66-71 GHz), improving the RF performance of radio systems; and the spectrum implications of the growth in demand for mobile data.
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About Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
