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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 Director operating in the Bitcoin space. If you think a Director 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.
Max Boonen
Director & Founder of B2C2
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About B2C2: B2C2 is the trading firm of choice in the institutional crypto markets.
Jack Gavigan
Executive Director of Zcash
Jack has a background in financial technology, cyber security and trading systems, gained at companies like Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley (where he also worked as a trader). He has advised the UK government on digital currencies and blockchain technology, and currently occupies the role of COO at the Zcash company.
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About Zcash: Zcash offers payment confidentiality, while still maintaining a decentralized network using a public blockchain.
Robert Jan Teuwissen
Company Director & Co-Founder – Head of Investor Relations of Chelton Wealth
A progressive investment professional with 29 years of experience in trading the financial markets, combined with running an independent trading & advisory business for the last 2 decades. Having a consistent track record including managing trading desks and advising globally on interest rates and FX risk. Furthermore specialist in taking risk to generate above-average returns. Head of Trading management team running two different currency investment processes: an Absolute return discretionary forex process and a higher vol target systematic forex strategy. Products included absolute return funds and managed accounts, as well as active and passive currency overlay mandates. As a 29 year veteran of the commodity future & foreign exchange markets, I have been responsible for currency strategy and trading for several high profile clients who are allocated within the currency space. I have managed an alpha driven portfolio of G10 currencies, as well as a number of other hedging programmes and strategies. I have been responsible building out the Currency Desk, including infrastructure, technology, and reporting. Having started trading commodities futures & currencies on the ICE, LME, CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX in the early 90’s, I have gained the expertise to manage risk through times of calm, as well as times of extreme market stress, My years of experience have helped me model and analyse risk in both short and long-term time horizons, studying market fundamentals, and correlations across currencies. Specialties: Commodity & Currency Strategy, Trader Selection, Multi Strategies. Knowledge of Modern Portfolio Theory & Behavioral finance, skilled in applying the investment process across portfolio structures and investment vehicles.
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About Chelton Wealth: Effective Intraday Asset Management
Simon Wilkinson
Operations Director of Tradle
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About Tradle: Tradle is using a blockchain to bridge internal and external financial networks to achieve user controlled KYC portability
Rhian Lewis
Director of Count My Crypto
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About Count My Crypto: Cryptocurrency calculator and altcoin monitor. Track your currency investments and overall balance in any currency.
Andrew Field
Managing Director of BitDirect
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About BitDirect: BitDirect is a financial institution that offers exchange solution from international markets for bitcoins.
Caroline Saccardi
Advertiser, Post Production, Photographer, Director, Designer of Virtual Coin Box
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About Virtual Coin Box: Virtual CoinBox connects buyers who want to spend digital currencies with sellers who do not have the means to accept them.
