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 Buckinghamshire based Director operating in the Social 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.
Tim Davie
CEO & Director-General of BBC
Before he took up the role of CEO BBC Worldwide and Director, Global, Tim Davie was made Acting Director-General following the resignation of George Entwistle on 10 November 2012. Prior to this Tim was Director of BBC Audio & Music (now known as Radio). He had overall responsibility for BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4 and the BBC digital-only stations 6 Music, 1Xtra, Radio 4 Extra (formerly Radio 7) and the Asian Network. He also oversaw the three BBC orchestras in England, the BBC Singers and the BBC Proms. Classical Music & Performance Television, Television Music Entertainment, Factual Radio and Radio Drama production are all within his remit, under the A&M Production department. Tim was appointed to the role of Director, Audio & Music on 1 September 2008. Previously he was Director of the BBC’s Marketing, Communications & Audiences division from April 2005 and before that Vice President, Marketing and Franchise, PepsiCo Europe. He read English at Cambridge University and from there joined Procter and Gamble’s marketing department, becoming a Brand Manager in 1991. He is a trustee of BBC Children in Need, Board member of RAJAR and Board member of DRUK. Tim is married with three young sons.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Alfie Lewis
Publishing Director of Immediate Media Co.
Alfie oversees cross-media content for a range of clients including BBC Worldwide, the Royal Opera House, the RSPB, Cineworld and the Scout Association. He began his career in advertising sales, moving to BBC Worldwide as Advertising Manager of its Youth & Children magazine division. He then became Publisher of a range of high-profile Youth & Children brands. In 2006, Alfie was promoted to Publishing Director of BBC Magazines’ Food and Homes titles, overseeing the strategic direction and budgetary responsibility for Good Food, olive and easycook. He also launched bbcgoodfood.com, now the UK’s most popular cookery website.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Patrick Watkinson
Director of Quickheart
Patrick’s forte is content management and he’s very experienced in balancing the need for the right amount of information, sufficient to be clear and complete, with the imperative to keep it brief online. He has enjoyed a diverse and interesting career, including being a certified Nuclear Radiation Inspector, Mergers & Acquisition Executive and International Sales Manager for a bank vault supplier.
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About Quickheart: Quickheart, an innovative technology company that specialises in digitally enabled social care solutions.
Kate Lowe
Director of Quickheart
Kate’s a natural when it comes to taking concepts and stylizing them to unify the vision. As a hands-on working mum with more years design experience than she cares to admit to, Kate brings a special brand of creative magic (plus a D&AD design award) to the Quickheart fold.
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About Quickheart: Quickheart, an innovative technology company that specialises in digitally enabled social care solutions.
Carolyn Sinclair
Director of Quickheart
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About Quickheart: Quickheart, an innovative technology company that specialises in digitally enabled social care solutions.
