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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 Consulting 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.
Nick Walker
Director Connected Car of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Tom Hibberd
Founding Director of iO Associates
Following a successful recruitment career within the S3 Group, Tom took the decision to fulfil the long term ambition of building a company from inception, and so in 2009 jointly founded Panoramic Associates Ltd. Having experienced significant success and exciting growth within the senior level staffing sector, it was time to launch phase 2 of the plan, the development of a group company to house both Panoramic Associates and the new technical brand, iO. Tom has an extensive background in the provision of specialist contract, interim and permanent resource into specific industry sectors, and technology based recruitment forms a large proportion of this experience. A visionary & adaptable business leader, well versed in developing mutually beneficial, long term business relationships. Proven in building and managing teams of recruitment professionals with a core focus on creating exciting career opportunities through the development of individuals at all levels.
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About iO Associates: iO is an industry leading IT search firm, with specialist disciplines including FinTech, development, analytics, IT security and more.
Neil Willis-Stovold
Managing Director of iO Associates
Neil previously worked for the S3 Group across multiple offices in the UK and Australia, progressing from Trainee to Management, and then to S3 Group’s Australia Director for the last 4 years. Driven by a client centric and partnership approach, Neil has a proven track record of developing staff at all levels, establishing and maintaining key client relationships and evolving these relationships into effective, long lasting and successful business partnerships. “iO is the coming together of Panoramic Associates’ consultative approach to recruitment, with a passion for understanding Technical and Digital recruitment in the world today, for the benefit of our clients.”
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About iO Associates: iO is an industry leading IT search firm, with specialist disciplines including FinTech, development, analytics, IT security and more.
Mark Lloyd
Director of iO Associates
This strategy has proven successful throughout his career, whether that’s meant taking the extra time to listen to the aspirations of his clients and candidates, understand the individual motivations of his teams, or develop winning strategies to grow the businesses he’s been involved in. Having jointly founded the Group in 2009, this successful formula, in conjunction with Mark’s considerable experience, has been a key factor in the Company’s success to date. And with the launch of iO, Mark and the other founders bring with them a unique blend of expertise and knowledge which collectively inspires a great deal of confidence that the business is destined for tremendous success as they continue on their exciting journey.
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About iO Associates: iO is an industry leading IT search firm, with specialist disciplines including FinTech, development, analytics, IT security and more.
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.
Paul Burton
Director of Pobi
Paul has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector leading change and performance. For Abbey National plc in the early 90s, he turned an underperforming franchise performance rating from 65% to exceed it’s target in less than two years and to carry on still by becoming the top performing operation in the country. Paul moved to AXA Insurance where he was appointed National Sales Development Manager. He developed and led an award winning culture change programme to embed a world-class sales and management capability across AXA Insurance’s 3,000 plus employees, leading to 10% growth on growth in a declining market. Prior to setting up Pobi, Paul was Head of Claims Experience at AXA Insurance where he was responsible for the identification and delivery of efficiency and cost improvements whilst improving customer experience.
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About Pobi: Pobi platform provides a simple yet effective way of solving business critical challenges.
Dave Liddament
Director & Software Developer of Lamp Bristol
Dave Liddament is a director and developer at Lamp Bristol, a software consultancy. He’s been writing software commercially for over 15 years in many languages including C, Python, Java, and PHP. Dave is keen to pass on his knowledge. He is an organizer and regular speaker at PHP-SW. He also runs a monthly workshop covering topics including testing, CI, and Git. When not busy coding, Dave enjoys scuba diving and running.
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About Lamp Bristol: Lamp Bristol offers web development services for digital agencies.
Mike Kerley
Managing Director of Cloudwired
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About : Business technology consultancy and managed services provider based in the south west of England.
