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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 Edinburgh based Director operating in the Finance 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 โ Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth โ Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management โ Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact โ Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data โ 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.
Mark Hunter
Director Of Analytics of Wise
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses toย send money abroad without hidden charges.
Colin Bennett
Investment Director, Scotland of LDC
Colin graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance, joining Bank of Scotland through its graduate program in 2000. Over a 10 year period Colin undertook a variety of debt and equity roles across the UK and Continental Europe. More recently Colin has played a leading role in delivering the wind down of LBGโs non-core equity portfolio, consisting of cยฃ20bn of assets across 180 investments. Colin joined LDC in February 2013.
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About LDC: LDC is a private equity company which provides funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies.
Alan Robertson
Investment Director of Maven Capital Partners
Based in our Edinburgh office, Alan is an Investment Director responsible for new private equity transactions in Scotland. Alan joined Maven in July 2012 from Quayle Munro, where he helped establish a Debt Advisory and Corporate Finance business in Scotland. Prior to this Alan spent seven years with RBS predominately working in the Aberdeen Structured Finance team financing mid-market private equity transactions. He latterly had responsibility for a portfolio of large corporate and leveraged clients. Alan holds an Honours degree in Accountancy from the University of Glasgow and is a Chartered Accountant โ qualifying through the TOPPS scheme during his time with RBS.
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About Maven Capital Partners, Symphonic: Maven Capital Partners is a private equity firm that provides a range of funding options to SMEs and investment opportunities.
Robin Peters
International Digital Development Director of Aviva Group
Robin is responsible for strategy and business development for Avivaโs global digital business. He has a wealth of experience in digital strategy, business planning, transformation, and management across several industry sectors and geographies. He joined Aviva from Ernst & Young and prior to that was strategy director for the insurance division of Lloyds Banking Group. He has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Aviva Group: Aviva is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London.
Derek Gordon
Cyber Security Director of PwC
Derek heads up the Identity and Access Management business at PwC UK. Derek holds over 20 years experience in IT Security across multiple business sectors including financial services, technology, retail, health and public sector. Derek joined PwC in Jan 2016, through the acquisition of Praxism, an Identity and Access Management Solution provider. As Praxismโs founder and CTO, Derek led many large enterprise Identity Management and Access Governance projects for major muiti-national Clients across Europe and Africa. Previous roles include working as an IAM Senior Solutions Architect for Novell, leading the EMEA architecture practice and interfacing with product management, as well as other Consultancy roles with other system integratorโs in the UK.
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About Praxism, PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers is an accounting firm that provides tax, HR, transactions, performance improvement, and crisis management services.
Michael Allan
Director of Operations of LendingCrowd
Michael Allan serves as director of operations at LendingCrowd.
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About LendingCrowd: LendingCrowd is a fintech lending platform serving mainland UK.
Scott Gray
Finance Director of LendingCrowd
Scott Gray serves as finance director at LendingCrowd.
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About LendingCrowd: LendingCrowd is a fintech lending platform serving mainland UK.
Michael Allan
Director of Operations of LendingCrowd
Michael Allan serves as director of operations at LendingCrowd.
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About LendingCrowd: LendingCrowd is a fintech lending platform serving mainland UK.
Scott Gray
Finance Director of LendingCrowd
Scott Gray serves as finance director at LendingCrowd.
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About LendingCrowd: LendingCrowd is a fintech lending platform serving mainland UK.
