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This list showcases the top Cheshire 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.
Nick Williams
Managing Director, Consumer Digital of Lloyds Banking Group
Nick is a highly respected executive with a wealth of experience across the public and private sectors. Most notably, Nick has extensive experience in leading transformative change in complex organisations across the Financial Services industry. As Managing Director of the Consumer Digital business at Lloyds Banking Group, he runs the largest digital Retail Banking franchise in the UK. His responsibilities span the 12.5m online users (7.7m via mobile) across Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Scottish Widows. He has transformed the business through unprecedented growth to provide a best in class eCommerce capability whilst maintaining a market leading customer experience. He is passionate about the digital inclusion and financial wellbeing agendas, proactively engaging in public policy setting and external media relations. Nick is also the Groups Ambassador for the North region, managing relationships with central and local government, MPs and LEPs. As the chair of the Northern Executive Committee, he brings focus to the region with the objective of helping northern communities and businesses prosper.
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About Lloyds Banking Group, Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Mike Pitts
Deputy Challenge Director – Transforming Construction of Innovate UK
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About Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Innovate UK: Innovate UK holds funding competitions for businesses and research organizations in sectors, including emerging technologies.
Adrian James
Technical Director of Worldline
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About Worldline: Worldline is the platform that provides payments and transactional services.
Mike Ransom
Managing Director of Quint Group
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About Quint Group: Quint is a international, highly innovative fintech Group operating in consumer finance markets globally.
Tom O’Brien
Founding Director & CEO of The Services Family
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About The Services Family: The Services Family building better financial services for the ‘Services Family’.
Katy Horrocks
Marketing Director of NVM Private Equity
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About NVM Private Equity: NVM Private Equity Limited is an independently-owned firm of venture capital managers with over 20 years experience of investing in UK.
Will Clark
Investment Director of Enterprise Ventures
Will joined EV in 2011 as an Investment Director. He works from EV’s Liverpool office and is focused on the £30million North West Fund for Venture Capital, which provides support for entrepreneurs to build high growth companies in the form of risk capital for new and early-stage start-up companies located throughout the North West of England.He was previously a Director with 3i, based in the North West with responsibility for a £500million portfolio of investments across the UK. The earlier part of his career was spent with Ernst & Young as a member of its corporate finance team in Liverpool. Will has been working with growth and venture capital-backed companies in the North West region since 1989 and in that time has been involved in more than 100 transactions.
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About Enterprise Ventures: Enterprise Ventures is a Preston-based venture capital that provides early-stage finance to SMEs in England and Wales.
