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 Managing Director operating in the Marketing Automation space. If you think a Managing 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.
Henry Smith
Managing Director of Adestra
With over 20 years of experience within the Martech industry, working alongside many of the world’s leading brands, agencies, and technology companies, Henry has developed his passion for helping organizations leverage their data alongside the latest technology innovations and services to improve their marketing results. Henry’s experience and knowledge make him a key asset in driving the business forward in EMEA and globally.
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About Adestra: Adestra is a trusted provider of First-Person Marketing solutions for global and growing brands.
Paul Archer
Founder and Managing Director of Duel
World Record-breaking Adventurer, Best-selling Author and founder of Duel. Aside from his expeditions and writing, he has spent his career building technology, including the Daredevil Project app development studio, and consulting for advertising agencies and tech companies. He founded Duel to democratise and decentralise marketing for brands. Duel is solving the lack of emotional connection and social proof in often clinical looking online stores by rewarding customers for creating visual testimonials and advocating among their friends, rather than wasting millions on advertising to drive sales. Before this Paul conceived and implemented the It’s on the Meter Expedition to drive to London taxi around the World. The expedition broke two Guinness World Records, raised over £20,000 and passed through 50 countries after driving 80,000 miles from London to London in Hannah, a 1992 London Taxi bought of eBay. Paul is also an experienced speaker, moderator and a conference host. Including TEDx, SXSW, Festival of Media, Cannes Lions, Social Media Week, GenerationE, the Content Marketing Institute and Retail.Tech, as well as guest lecturing at the British School of Fashion.
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About Duel: Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Goolshun S Belut
Managing Director of Smplicity
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About Smplicity: Smplicity is a London based salesforce partner that focuses on improving business performance with Salesforce
Richard Robinson
Managing Director of Xiem
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About Xiem: Xeim provides marketing intelligence, training, advice, and connections to companies in order to empower and improve their performance.
Jason Lark
Founder & Managing Director of Celerity
Jason Lark is the Founder and Managing Director of Celerity.
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About Celerity: Celerity is a data-driven marketing agency specializing in helping brands to maximize value from marketing technology and customer data.
Jason Lark
Founder & Managing Director of Celerity
Jason Lark is the Founder and Managing Director of Celerity.
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About Celerity: Celerity is a data-driven marketing agency specializing in helping brands to maximize value from marketing technology and customer data.
