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 Board Member operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Board Member 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.
Projjol Banerjea
Founder & Chief Product Officer, Board Member of Zeotap
Projjol has 10+ years of experience in product management, marketing and business development. He’s the founder and Chief Product Officer of zeotap, a premium data collective that aims to democratise enterprise data for better decision-making across industries. Projjol’s prior roles include those as Chief Product Officer at premium network Moboqo, acquired by mobile advertising company Applovin, as well as VP Marketing & Business Development at mobile supply side platform Fyber (formerly SponsorPay), acquired by RNTS Media for $190 million. Projjol was awarded an MBA by Oxford’s Saïd Business School in 2009. At Oxford, he was a member of the university’s lightweight rowing team. He also holds an MS in HCI from Indiana University’s School of Informatics and a BA in Computer Science (highest honours, Phi Beta Kappa) from DePauw University. He is also an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). Projjol was selected as a Fellow by StartingBloc, an international fellowship of young leaders who share a keen interest in corporate responsibility, cross-sector partnerships and sustainability. In addition to physical activity, he enjoys reading (mostly non-fiction), music and travel; weaknesses include wine and dark chocolate. Projjol has extensive experience speaking at events, including CES, ad:tech, TM Forum, Game Connection and Mediabistro conferences, and has also been published in and/or interviewed by Wired, TechCrunch, Economic Times, Business Standard, Tech in Asia, MediaPost, AdExchanger, PocketGamer and KillerStartups, among others.
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About Nua, Zeotap: Zeotap is a Customer Intelligence platform that helps brands better understand their customers and predict behaviors.
Shaun Springer
Advisory Board Member of Bink
Shaun Springer, is a dynamic and seasoned global commercial marketer with experience gained across a wide range of industries, sectors and brands from MasterCard, Sky, BT to Sainsbury’s. He has been heavily engaged in building successful programmes and brands and most recently MasterCard’s Iconic Priceless Brand & Priceless Programmes as Head of Brand, Digital, and Consumer Marketing. Also, from his entrepreneurial and creative approach throughout his career, in defining and understanding consumer insights and their passions he has significantly driven business value across key business areas such as, Loyalty, ARPU, Sponsorship and Retention.
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About : Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Ed Matthews
Advisory Board Member of Bink
Investment Banker being lead advisor for FTSE100 and 250 companies and is a specialist in the Retail and Luxury Sector
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About : Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Ali Mazanderani
Board Member of Upstream
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About : Upstream is leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets.
Richard Wilson
Board Member of Upstream
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About : Upstream is leading the mobile internet revolution in high growth markets.
Juha Uotila
Board Member of Hookle
Juha is Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Warwick Business School, one of the leading business schools in the UK. An internationally recognized scholar with expertise in innovation and platform strategies, Juha serves on Hookle’s board as a non-executive director and strategy advisor.
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About Warwick Business School: Hookle is super easy social media marketing app for small businesses (SaaS, B2B).
Richard Mergler
Board Member of Presence Orb
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About : Learn more about Presence Aware Tech and our product Presence Orb.
Steve Rivers
Founder, Board Member, and CCO of Intelligent Reach
Steve Rivers is Co-Founder & CEO at Intelligent Reach.
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About Intelligent Reach: Intelligent Reach optimises the product discovery journey with augmented product data and scientific testing that drives conversion.
