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 CIO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a CIO’ 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.
Pawel Aleksander
CIO & Co-Founder of Coinfirm
Pawel Alexander is Co-Founder and CIO of Coinfirm. One of the more recognizable fraud prevention experts in Central Europe, former Head of Fraud Investigations in ArcelorMittal, AML/CTF Project Manager in the Royal Bank of Scotland, fraud investigator and auditor in Ernst & Young; holds the titles of Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Internal Auditor.
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About Coinfirm: Coinfirm is the global leader in regtech for digital currencies and the blockchain-based financial ecosystem.
Gael Itier
CIO, CEO and Co-Founder of Automata
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About Automata: Automata provides trading strategies for cryptocurrencies with a focus on risk management and capital protection.
James Carlyle
Chief Information Officer & Head of Production of R3
James is R3’s Chief Information Officer and is focused on defining a candidate architecture and building out a collaborative lab for experimentation. Previously, James was Chief Engineer within Corporate Banking at Barclays, where he designed and delivered the bank’s corporate internet channel, and the bank’s US banking and dollar clearing platforms. Before Barclays, James co-founded two start-ups and holds patents in mobile data search and directory technology. He is a Chartered Engineer and holds a degree in Engineering Science from University College, Durham.
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About R3: R3 is a financial innovation firm dedicated to the design and deployment of DLT to build the new operating system for financial services.
José Nistal
Chief Information Officer of GoMadrid
José Nistal is co-founder and CIO of GoMadrid. He studied BSc. Finance & Marketing & Business Management at Comillas Pontifical University – ICADE and, additionally, Empirics of Management Program (The London School of Economics and Political Science), Global Leadership Program (Harvard University) and Frontiers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He is also an MBA, Finance & Entrepreneurial Management by The Wharton School. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch, Soros Private Equity Partners, Lehman Brothers, Alantra Private Equity, Cygnus Asset Management and Ecofin Asset Management.
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About GoMadrid: GoMadrid is a technological ecosystem and innovation hub focused on venture building projects in fintech and blockchain areas.
Tomas Nascisonis
CIO of Agent House
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About Agent House: Agent House is building a Real Estate Ecosystem – End to End Platform for agents, clients and suppliers.
