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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 Bristol based Director operating in the Financial Services 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.
Declan Goodwin
Associate Director of Vistra Group
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About Vistra Group: Vistra’s specialist colleagues provide tailored trust, fiduciary, fund and corporate services.
David Gee
Director of Investments of YFM Equity Partners
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About YFM Equity Partners: YFM Equity Partners is an independent private equity business owned by its senior management and investment team.
Gareth Williams
Founder & Non-Executive Director of YellowDog
Gareth hounds the YellowDog kennel, spearheading the vision to build a world where people do more, create more, discover more; unleashed from limited computing power. Following an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from the University of Durham, Gareth cut his canines working in software and telecoms at companies including Orange, Experian QAS, FREEDOM4 and Arieso, where he was part of the Management Team that completed the successful sale of the company to JDSU in March 2013 for $85m. One day he had a brilliant idea for using spare mobile capacity which, following a chat with someone in the animation department at the University of the West of England, gave birth to what is now YellowDog. When not coming up with brilliant ideas, he is a dad, a keen cyclist, an ardent reader, a Samaritans Listening Volunteer. He also likes ale and talking to anyone (usually together). You can email Gareth on gareth@yellowdog.co or phone +44 (0) 330 223 2499.
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About YellowDog: Helping businesses power their innovations with the most scalable cloud native scheduling and provisioning technology.
Andrew Nisbet
Director of Key West Holdings
Andrew Nisbet is a Director at Key West Holdings, a family owned business which holds the Nisbet family’s investments in Nisbets Plc, the UK’s leading catering equipment supplier, and kitchen equipment hire firm Jongor. Key West Holdings also invests in commercial property in the UK. Andrew founded Nisbets in 1983 and it is now the UK’s largest provider of catering equipment. Employing more than 2000 people, the company is headquartered in Bristol, UK, and has offices across Europe and Australia. It is one of the UK’s largest exporters, shipping to more than 100 countries and was awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in 2017. In 2012, Andrew and his family set up The Nisbet Trust, an independent charitable trust primarily funded by the business activity of Key West Holdings, whose business comprises the management of holdings in trading subsidiaries and commercial property. The Trust makes grants to registered or exempt charities and not-for-profit social enterprises in Greater Bristol that work in social welfare, education and the arts.
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About : Investment holding company for the Nisbet family’s interests in Nisbets Plc; kitchen equipment hire firm Jongor; and commercial property.
Anthony Carty
Director of Clifton Asset Management
Anthony Carty has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is a Board Director of Clifton Asset Management Plc, the innovators behind the Alternative Business Funding (ABF) collaboration (www.alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk), which unites the country”s top funding providers and offers a free and easy way for SMEs to find non-bank finance for their business. ABF focuses on making it simple for business owners to find the right funder with a few simple questions and no personal contact information required to use the online service. The Clifton Group of companies also includes finance provider Pension-led funding (www.pensionledfunding.com), SIPP provider Morgan Lloyd (www.morgan-lloyd.co.uk) and Wealth Management and Employee Benefits business, Clifton Wealth Ltd (www.clifton-wealth.com). Outside of work, Anthony enjoys spending time with his young family, keeping fit (keen but rubbish runner!!) and following the highs & lows of Bath Rugby Club & QPR (mostly lows for the latter!).
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About Clifton Asset Management: Clifton has offered specialist financial services to business and individuals throughout the UK, since 1986.
