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 Edinburgh based CTO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Olly Headey
CTO of FreeAgent
Olly is a co-founder and CTO of FreeAgent, a leading UK-based SaaS accounting platform which was acquired in 2018 by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Having worked in software development roles since the mid-90s, Olly has experience across a wide variety of industries, from video games to radio stations to hedge funds. Since co-founding FreeAgent in 2007, Olly has helped scale the company and its culture to 200 employees and over 85,000 customers. He is passionate about startups, technology and building customer-delighting products. He is also a director and board member of CodeClan, Scotland’s award-winning digital skills academy.
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About FreeAgent: FreeAgent provides online accounting and money management software for small businesses and freelancers.
Andrew Pickett
Co-Founder and CTO of ShareIn
Andrew has been pioneering web technology at startups since 2000. He benefits from combining his software development expertise with an excellent business background.
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About ShareIn: ShareIn help our clients deliver market leading direct investment channels.
Paul O’Neill
Co-founder and CTO of Tillit
Paul O’Neill is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Tillit.
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About Tillit: Tillit is a DIY investment platform for retail investors offering funds across regions, asset classes, and styles.
Andrew Smith
CTO of Nucleus
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About Nucleus: Nucleus is a software platform that allows financial advisors to manage and customize their clients’ investments.
Tim Shields
Chief Technology Officer of Money Dashboard
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About Money Dashboard: Money Dashboard is an online personal financial management service allowing users to view their online financial accounts.
Tim Shields
Chief Technology Officer of Money Dashboard
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About Money Dashboard: Money Dashboard is an online personal financial management service allowing users to view their online financial accounts.
