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 London based CFO’ operating in the Social space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
BRUNO DE PENANSTER
Chief Financial Officer and Operations of Ananas Anam
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About Ananas Anam: Piñatex is a strong, versatile, breathable, soft, light, flexible textile that can be easily printed on, stitched and cut.
Stephen Furner
CFO of FanCircles
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About FanCircles: Reach followers and fans through your own fan club platform built for music artists, YouTubers, television shows and celebrities
Peter Van Pruissen
Chief Financial Officer of Anakando Media Group
Mr. Van Pruissen joined the company in 2011. He and has over 30 years of focused international finance experience. He has served as CFO at various leading media and technology companies including; Tradeshift, Sharethrough, bCODE, Piczo, ON24 and Wired Magazine. He has also held senior management positions at DHL, Ceridian and Impell. His experience ranges from startups, where he has played a key role in helping to build and grow them from inception through various stages of growth financing – to mid-size companies, managing corporate finance, administration, and senior internal operations positions in a variety of industries including; advertising, mobile, broadcasting, streaming technologies, SAAS-based software development and professional services. Peter received an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Finance from Amsterdam’s Nijenrode University.
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About Anakando Media Group: The Anakando Media Group is a rapidly expanding and innovative digital media company with global interests.
Gummi Eggertsson
Co-Founder,COO & CFO of Takumi
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About Sidekick Health, Takumi: Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.
Forhad Ahmed
Chief Financial Officer of Favorey
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About Favorey: We are building a community of trust, where we can all ask for help from trusted contacts, and use our skills to help others.
Jake Jenner
Co-Founder & CFO of Howbout
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About Howbout: The social planning app that combines events, group chats and calendar sharing to make organising plans simple.
Fahim Kabani
Founder/CFO of Ugenie
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About Ugenie: Private membership mobile hub for businesses to efficiently manage, engage and monetise their existing most valuable asset – their clients!
Randhir Singh
CFO of Live For Football
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About Live For Football: Live For Football is a vertical social network co-owned by the people that make the content that matters most to fans
Richard Hateley
CFO & Company Secretary of PeerIndex
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About PeerIndex: Social influence analytics platform
Philip Kamil
CFO of WhatsActive
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About WhatsActive: Book activities & invite friends to attend – A unique platform combining activity bookings with social networking through a smartphone app.
