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 Kent based CEO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
H. David Hale
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of First Capital Bank of Kentucky
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About First Capital Bank of Kentucky: First Capital Bank of Kentucky accepts checking accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificate of deposits.
Simon Wilding
Chief Executive Officer of Optomany
Simon is a founder director of CR7 Services (Optomany’s parent company) and as Chief Executive Officer is responsible for all aspects of the Optomany business in the UK and Europe. Simon has a long and successful track record in the payment’s industry having been the co-founder and CEO of Commidea before merging the company with Point International. Simon worked with Point for 2 years as Senior Vice President and Head of UK and Ireland and was a key member of the team that conducted the sale of Point International to Verifone in 2011. He is passionate about innovation in payments and has the proven ability to translate visions into profitable reality.
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About CR7 Services, Optomany: Optomany specializes in omnichannel payment processing technology, delivering reliable and secure solutions to the retail sector.
Matthew Maloney
Chief Executive Officer of Finalto
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About CFH Group, Finalto, Tradable: Finalto offers lending, trading, investment, risk management and financial solutions to businesses.
Corey Gross
Founder and CEO of Sensibill
Corey Gross is the Co-Founder & CEO at Sensibill.
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About Sensibill: Sensibill makes SKU-level data actionable, equipping financial institutions with insights to help their customers.
Michael Browning
Co-Founder and CEO of Onovative
Co-Founder and CEO of Onovative
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About Onovative: Onovative is marketing automation and customer analytics for banks and credit unions.
Kayode Adesiyan
Founder, CEO of OnlineNaira
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About OnlineNaira: OnlineNaira is the Largest Payment Gateway for Africans
Steven E. Trager
CEO of Republic Bank
Mr. Steven E. Trager is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Republic Bank & Trust Co. (Louisville, Kentucky) and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Kentucky). He is on the Board of Directors at Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Health Care.
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About Republic Bank: Republic Bancorp, Inc. (Republic) is a holding company. Republic is the parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company (RB&T).
John Onslow
Chief Executive Officer of Independent Growth Finance (IGF)
John Onslow is an industry veteran and brings a wealth of experience to his role as Chief Executive of the IGF Group. In April 2016, John led the MBO / MBI of IGF and brought with him colleagues to develop the Asset Based Lending side of the business. He is a former Chairman of ABFA and co-founder of Centric Commercial Finance where he was CEO through to its sale to Shawbrook Bank. Under Shawbrook ownership he was a member of the Executive team which ran the bank. Prior to Centric, John was COO of GE Commercial Finance and Deputy Group MD of NMB-Heller. John’s great passions are books, films, music and art. He has an MA in American politics and history. He is an avid supporter of the England cricket team, Arsenal, and is a Dylan and Bowie nut.
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About Independent Growth Finance (IGF): IGF provides tailored finance solutions to help businesses manage cash-flow problems and fuel growth.
Christopher Johnson
President and CEO of Crown Capital Partners
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About Crown Capital Partners: Crown Capital Partners is a financial consulting business for companies in the Canadian mid-market.
Russell Lyons
Chief Executive Officer of CreditForce
A pioneer in the field of personal computing when he co-founded Torch Computing and then later when he created the Innovation Software suite way ahead of its time, Russell’s vision continues Innovation’s Software growth and dominance as the premier collections management system in the market.
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About CreditForce: CreditForce’s mission is to provide the finest credit and collections management systems and contract-to-cash solutions.
Ralph E. “Gene” Coffman Jr.
President & CEO of Poage Bankshares
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About Poage Bankshares: They are a full-service locally owned bank serving the area since 1889.
