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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 COO’ operating in the Personal Finance space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Jackson Hull
Chief Operating and Technology Officer of Gocompare.com
Jackson is currently COO and CTO at Gocompare.com. Jackson previously was CTO at Student.com, the leading global student accommodation marketplace, and CTO at onefinestay (acquired by Accor Hotels), the upmarket Airbnb. Before that, he was CTO at Plum District (acquired by nCrowd), the leading daily deal company for moms, based in San Francisco. Previously, he co-founded Chatterfly, a mobile loyalty application startup, which sold to Plum District. Jackson was CTO and VP Product Development at venture-backed Sitoa, the largest US SAAS drop-ship platform provider. Jackson has a degree in Mechanical and Material Science Engineering from the University of California, Davis earned with honors and a Masters in Information Systems from the University of California, Berkeley, with honorable mention.
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About Gocompare.com: Gocompare.com is a British financial services comparison website provides comparison details for vehicle, home and pet insurance.
Stephen Doherty
Co-Founder & COO of Nude
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About Nude: The new way to save for and purchase your first home.
Andy Wicken
Chief Operating Officer of Together Money
Andy Wicken is the Chief Operating Officer of Together. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies at Coventry University.
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About Together Money: Together is a specialist lender, offering short-term finance, auction finance, personal, commercial.
Dora Ziambra
COO of Azimo
Dora is responsible for Azimo’s business development, fundraising, strategic partnerships and international expansion. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and joined in Azimo in 2014.
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About Azimo: Azimo is an online money transfer company that provides a fast, secure, and low-cost alternative to legacy high street remittance services.
Ben Davies
Co-Founder and COO of Hugo Save
Ben Davies is the Co-Founder and COO at Hugo Save.
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About Hugo Save: Hugo is a digital account that helps you spend, save and invest, starting with gold.
Adrian Shedden
Co-Founder and COO of Lumio Technologies
Adrian Shedden is the Co-founder and COO at Lumio Technologies.
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About Lumio Technologies: Lumio is you Intelligent wealth mentor. With the simple aim to maximize your money around your lifestyle
Ian McWilliams
COO & Co-founder of Inzura
Ian McWilliams is a seasoned senior executive with over 30 years experience in the Telecoms and IT market covering both the Enterprise market and Mobile Network Operators. A business developer and leader for major business divisions in global vendors such as Motorola, Lucent Technologies & Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. Ian brings a wealth of maturity and experience in managing strategic relationships and running large internationally diverse teams across EMEA, AsiaPac and the Americas. Ian also has extensive experience in multiple start-up companies, covering Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Product Management, Application Development and Customer Support.
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About Inzura: Inzura’s customer engagement Apps and cloud-based services cover the major personal insurance lines.
