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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 London based Vice President operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Vice President 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.
Asit Mehra
Executive Vice President of Omnicom Group
Asit is responsible for growing some of Omnicom’s key client relationships. He is tasked with developing and delivering bespoke “Screen to Shelf” solutions for clients that leverage the scale and creativity of Omnicom’s individual agencies, creating new, more effective ways of engaging with large global clients and ultimately their consumers. Asit has been with Omnicom for almost nine years, before which he spent 18 years at the Interpublic Group, where he held a variety of roles, ranging from running large multinational businesses, regions and offices. Asit is a true citizen of the world, having grown up and worked on both sides of the Atlantic and Asia.
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About Omnicom Group: Omnicom Group provides advertising and marketing communications services for their clients.
Matthew Locsin
Vice President of Publicis Sapient
Matt Locsin is a Vice President at Publicis Sapient, where he leads the firm’s practice for innovation and drives Digital business transformation. He works with leaders and their teams to conceive, develop, and launch ‘what’s next’ and helps organisations to build their innovation competencies.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Nadine Causey
Senior Vice President of EMEA & APAC of Guinness World Records
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About Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records: Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority on record-breaking achievement.
Lance Miller
Assistant Vice President of R&D Marketing of Teradata
Lance Miller is Assistant Vice President, R&D Marketing, for Teradata where he is responsible for marketing all services. Mr. Miller’s is a subject-matter expert in several areas of the software industry including: databases, data warehouses, decision support (DSS/EIS), data visualization, CRM, and very large database technologies. Before joining Teradata, Lance was Chief Technology Officer (CTO), CIO, and VP, Software Development for Customer Insight Company, CIO for Woodward-Clyde, VP Software Development for Cray, and VP Software for Solbourne. Lance holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an MBA (Strategic Marketing) from Chadwick University.
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About Teradata: Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale.
Steve Murray
Executive Vice President, Strategic Projects of VF
Steve Murray is Executive Vice President, Strategic Projects at VF Corporation. He has more than 30 years of experience in the apparel and footwear industry. In his current role, Steve partners with VF’s Senior Leadership Team and Brand Presidents to drive and deliver integrated strategic projects across brands, functions and the enterprise. Prior to his current role, Steve served as President of the Vans® brand following VF’s acquisition of the brand in 2004, during which time many of the Vans foundational strategies were established and annual revenue for the brand tripled to approximately $1 billion. In 2009, Steve was appointed President of VF’s Action Sports coalition, where he was responsible for overseeing the Vans , Reef and Pro-Tec brands . A British citizen, Steve left VF in 2010, moving back to his native UK, before re-joining the company in April 2018. He has held several leadership roles with iconic youth brands. Most recently, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Airwair International (Dr. Martens) and was responsible for leading the company’s transformation from a manufacturing-led, family owned entity to a consumer-focused, private equity-backed, global retailer. He also served as Global Brand President, Urban Outfitters and EMEA President for Deckers Brands. Earlier in his career, Steve was the Global Head of Apparel for Reebok International. Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Studies from Middlesex University.
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About VF: VF offers a diverse portfolio of iconic outdoor and activity-based lifestyle and work-wear brands.
Jean-Christophe Gombeaud
Senior Vice President Marketing of Connexity
Jean-Christophe Gombeaud is Senior Director, EMEA B2B Marketing Director for Yahoo. He has 20 years of experience in Marketing for the Media and Tech Industries both on the Sales and Publishing sides. Before joining Yahoo in 2009 he worked for magazine publishers in France: Marketing Director for Groupe Express Roularta (leading publishers for news, business and lifestyles magazines in France), Marketing Director for the women magazines division of Emap France (Women magazines), Marketing and Research for Groupe Expansion (Business magazines).
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About Connexity, Skimlinks: Connexity is a digital advertising company that works with merchants to determine which product offerings to put on publishers’ websites.
Sam Yardley
Executive Vice President, North America of Two Circles
Since joining Two Circles, Sam has led a number of projects for professional clubs and governing bodies, both in the UK and increasingly internationally, helping them grow commercial revenue across ticketing, membership, retail and hospitality. Sam has fused his passion for sport with his background as a strategy consultant at Accenture, where he worked with a range of multinational companies, government ministries, and start-ups, and learnt how to make a mean spreadsheet. Sam definitely makes a better fist of watching sport than participating in it. Recent career highlights include the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, and finally seeing England beat a southern hemisphere side at Twickenham. Just don’t mention the last Ashes tour.
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About Two Circles, Two Circles: Two Circles is a sports marketing agency based in London.
Dom Blacklock
Vice President Programmatic, International of Active International
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About Active International: Active International provides support services for businesses in utilizing organizational assets.
Benjamin Hansz
Vice President of Simplaex
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About Simplaex: Simplaex is the company behind the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence-powered user targeting technology.
Kieran Williams
Vice President – Business Development of Captini
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About Captini: Captini transforms Guest WiFi networks into an automated marketing service that increases customer return rates.
