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 London based CEO’ operating in the Consulting 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.
Lance Uggla
Founder and CEO of IHS Markit
Lance Uggla is Chairman and CEO of IHS Markit. He served as president from July 2016 to December 2017 and was appointed chief operating officer in October 2017. Prior to the 2016 merger of IHS and Markit that formed IHS Markit, Lance was the chief executive officer of Markit, responsible for leading the company’s strategic development and managing day-to-day operations. He founded Markit in 2003 after spotting an opportunity to bring transparency to the credit default swap market. The company launched the first daily credit default swap pricing service that year. He oversaw Markit’s growth from a startup to a global public company with more than 4,200 employees in 28 offices worldwide, serving more than 3,000 customers. Lance graduated from the Simon Fraser University in Canada with a BBA and holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, UK.
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About IHS, IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
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Grahame Chilton
CEO of Gallagher
Grahame Chilton was named CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher’s UK-based international brokerage operations in February 2015, having worked in close partnership with Gallagher since December 2013 when reinsurance intermediary joint venture Capsicum Re was launched, led by Grahame as founding partner. He will continue in his role at Capsicum Re and also becomes a member of the senior leadership team of parent company Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Grahame has had a long and successful career spanning more than 30 years in the City. He was appointed as CEO of the Benfield Group in 1996, was part of the management team that led the buy-out of Benfield in 1998, and embarked on an expansion programme of organic growth and acquisitions that led to the company listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2003 and achieving a position in the FTSE 150. He also oversaw the successful sale of Benfield to Aon in 2008, subsequently becoming part of the Global Executive of Aon and ARS, Global Executive and Chairman of Aon Benfield, before transitioning out of the business in 2012. During his career as a reinsurance broker Chily has traded in non-marine, Marine and aviation reinsurance, motor, energy and direct retrocession business.
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About Gallagher: Gallagher is an international insurance brokerage and risk management services firm.
Dave Bailey
CEO of The Founder Coach
Dave Bailey is CEO of The Founder Coach, an organisation that supports venture-backed founders around the world. Dave runs several programs for startup and scale-up CEOs, and works one-on-one with a limited number of CEOs as executive coach and mentor. Dave is editor-in-chief of The Founder Coach blog, and hosts The Founder Coach Podcast, mentors at Techstars in London, and angel invests in areas of his domain knowledge. Previously, Dave co-founded three VC-backed businesses including Delivery Hero, Ezlearn and Spotnight. Dave studied Mathematical Sciences at Oxford University, before going on to Stanford Graduate School of Business and Singularity University.
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About The Founder Coach, The Fund: CEO coaching for venture-backed founders
Vincent Lambert
Founder & CEO of Orbit Partners
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About Bigpoint, Orbit Partners: Orbit Partners facilitates personalized and private discussions between corporate leaders.
Paul Higgs
Owner & CEO of Millbank Group
Paul Higgs is a Chartered planning and development surveyor, land specialist & developer with 30+ years’ experience in the sector, a soon to be published author and a successful entrepreneur (still, after coming-back from a severe RBS kicking in 2008!). Throughout his career Paul Higgs have purchased, gained planning permission for and built over 6,000 residential units and 2.5M sq/ft of commercial space. 14 years ago Paul Higgs formed what is now a multi-million pound property development company, Millbank Group, and in 2013 won The Evening Standard New Homes Award for ‘Best Apartment’. Many people know a lot about property, far fewer recognise the true value and importance of land. As a result, one of his main aims for 2016 and onwards is to mentor, educate and train more people in the skills required to successfully acquire land, create value, win the best planning permissions and develop property. Paul Higgs also lecture in advanced development valuations at South Bank University. Every successful development begins with Land (preferably ‘Brownfield’) – Finding the right opportunities, structuring the best deals, adding value through excellent design and negotiating the very best planning consents. Paul Higgs specialise in understanding the system inside-out and knowing how to best leverage it – often partnering with land owners, other professionals, agents, deal sourcers or not-for-profit organisations (we love using our skills to help make good things happen). As well as continuing to develop award-winning properties himself, his goal is to make a real difference to the supply of good, well-designed housing in the UK by supporting people in realising their dreams as successful entrepreneurs, deal creators, property investors and developers, so Paul Higgs is now training and mentoring others to show anyone interested in making money from land and development how to identify and generate the best off-market opportunities, maximise planning value, raise capital, buy and develop themselves.
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About Millbank Group: Millbank’s connections mean we can provide a fully integrated development, planning and advisory service.
Christen Ager-Hanssen
CEO of Custos Group
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About Custos Group: Custos creates a unique platform that targets world-beaters and tomorrow’s enterprising disruptive innovators.
Gerard Grech
CEO of Tech Nation
Gerard is CEO of TechCity UK in London.Prior, he headed up global marketing for Blackberry World (e-commerce store for apps music & film), in New York. Before that, he was with Nokia, where, in New York and London, he led the app store’s marketing operations, ran the app strategy and portfolio development team and, most recently, identified and assessed equity investment opportunities for Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia’s venture arm, with $600M under management in the mobile space. At Orange in Paris and London, Gerard was the content division’s group director of strategy and business development, and group head of music and video, launching multiple pioneering content services with Facebook, Universal Music and Sony Pictures, among others. He was EMEA chapter founder and chair of the Mobile Entertainment Forum and board director of DDEX, the Digital Data Exchange consortium. Before his MBA, Gerard’s career began as a new-media correspondent, covering the digital revolution in the music industry for Music Week and New Media Age, among others. He also co-founded a music label. He read Acoustics Engineering as his first degree.
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About Tech Nation: Tech Nation is focused on accelerating the growth of digital businesses across the UK.
Sairah Ashman
Global CEO of Wolff Olins
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About Wolff Olins: Wolff Olins is a brand consultancy, based in London, New York City, Dubai, and San Francisco.
Laura Mason
CEO of Legal & General
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About Legal & General: Legal & General provides individual life assurance products and manages retirement risk for pension schemes.
Mark Aldridge
CEO of Better Capital
Mark is one of the three founding members of Better Capital LLC alongside Jon Moulton and Nick Sanders. Prior to establishing Better Capital Mark was a partner at BDO, responsible for the private equity advisory business. He also developed the property finance practice and led an integrated approach to providing corporate finance and business recovery advice. Before joining BDO, Mark was a partner at Clark Whitehill. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand.
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About Better Capital: Better Capital provides consultancy services to the general partners of the Better Capital Funds.
Nigel Vaz
Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Sapient
Nigel is CEO of Publicis Sapient (SapientRazorfish, Sapient Consulting), he is also a member of the Publicis Groupe Executive Committee and leads Global Business Transformation for the Groupe. He is responsible for developing and executing business strategy and identifying market opportunities to drive the growth of the business. A driving force behind the company’s vision to partner with clients to help them realize a better future for their businesses and improve their customers’ lives, Nigel works closely with clients and teams to deliver transformative experiences and business models that make a significant impact on the success of leading global brands including Carrefour, Lloyds, Nationwide,McDonalds RBS/NatWest, Unilever, BNP Paribas and Fiat Chrysler. Nigel has held a variety of leadership positions with Sapient prior to its acquisition by Publicis Groupe, where he is now part of the Groupe Executive Committee Nigel drove the evolution of Sapient’s EMEA business, helping build Sapient Consulting into one of the premier digital consulting firms, and growing SapientNitro to be one of the largest agencies in the UK from a startup a decade ago. He led Sapient’s expansion beyond the UK to be a significant presence across Europe and in Asia. With roots in business strategy, Nigel has consistently helped clients to build businesses and create sustainable value propositions for their brands by operating at the intersection of strategic thinking, creativity and technology. Prior to Sapient, he was a successful entrepreneur – co-founding a public company with interests in consulting and connectivity solutions. Nigel is an inductee of BIMA’s Digital Hall of Fame (British Interactive Marketing Association), was named Individual of the Year at the DADIs, is a Fellow of The Marketing Society and is President Elect of the IPA, and provides mentoring to startups through the Publicis90 program.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Emmanuel Tahar
Co-Founder & CEO of Third Bridge Group
Emmanuel has led Third Bridge from its inception and overseen its growth into a leading provider of research to the financial services industry. He now concentrates on defining company strategy and making the development plan a reality. Emmanuel’s past career includes several roles at Bain & Company in Europe and North America, where he led consulting projects for major technology corporations and diverse financial investors. He has an MBA with Honours from the Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania and speaks French and English fluently. A self-confessed boffin, he’s never happier than when taking electronic components apart. His MSc in Engineering may help explain his success rate at re-assembly stage.
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About Cognolink, Third Bridge Group: Third Bridge Group is a provider of research services to private equity and hedge funds.
Rob McCombie
Founder & CEO of Titan Capital Advisers (TCA)
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About Titan Capital Advisers (TCA): Titan Capital Advisers is a mergers and acquisition advisory services provider that helps tech and financial services businesses.
Simon Freakley
CEO of Alix Partners
CEO at Alix Partners
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About Alix Partners: AlixPartners is a global business advisory firm of results-oriented professionals who specialize in creating value and restoring business.
Tim Smeaton
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner of Kubrick Group
Tim Smeaton co-founded Kubrick Group in March 2016. Tim is responsible for the overall strategy of the company and its execution. Tim was previously the CEO of a public company that he grew with his co-founders to have revenues in excess of £200 million and 10 offices around the world. Tim also has a background in the technology industry with multiple non-executive roles, with a strong focus on education and charitable organisations helping them increase diversity in the technology industry. Tim also has experience as an advisor and investor in technology start ups. Tim believes that all organisations have a responsibility to develop their people to compensate for the huge impact that automation and artificial intelligence will have on the global workforce.
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About Kubrick Group: Kubrick Group is a new force in technology consulting, providing fully trained and accredited junior consultants to organisations.
Titus Sharpe
CEO of MVF
Titus is CEO and Co-Founder of MVF, one the world’s fastest growing customer acquisition firms. He has a passion for starting Internet companies and has had two successful exits thus far. Titus co-founded Approved Index in 2004, built it into the UK’s largest B2B Lead Generation firm and then sold it to Reed Elsevier in 2008. In 2001 Titus co-founded a Web Development agency called Moodia, specialising in website optimisation. The company was sold to Zone Content in 2009. Titus is also a Fulbright Scholar and holds a first class degree in Artificial Intelligence.
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About Goals for Giving, MVF, Profind: MVF provides Customer Generation for some of the world’s largest companies.
Joe Channer
Founder and CEO of Delta Capita
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About Delta Capita: Delta Capita is an International business & technology consultancy and managed services provider
Jens Pedersen
CEO of Efficio
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About Efficio: Efficio provides traditional procurement consulting services.
Manjit Rana
Founder and CEO of Ingenin
Manjit is a founder and CEO of Ingenin, a multi-award winning technology consultancy created to help insurers grow their businesses through the adoption of disruptive, emerging and more established technologies. His broad and deep understanding of the insurance industry together with his ability to generate creative solutions means he is well placed to identify innovative and new solutions for insurance companies looking to evolve their products, services and operations to better service todays digital and mobile enabled customers. “A visionary and strategic thinker with an excellent network of key industry connections, Manjit is one of those rare individuals who has innovation at the heart of everything he does. He thinks in different ways and looks at problems and opportunities through a different lens which means that he is challenging and creative. This is helped enormously by his engaging and highly energetic personality.” David Williams, Claims & Underwriting Director at AXA Insurance
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About Ingenin, InsurTech Scout, PSKinetic: Ingenin is a multi-award winning blue sky thinking / innovation consultancy focused purely on the insurance industry.
Mark Read
CEO of WPP
Mark Read is the CEO at WPP Digital. Mark was appointed a director in March 2005. He is chief executive of WPP Digital, and was previously WPP’s Director of Strategy.Mark is a director of CHI&Partners. Mark worked at WPP between 1989 and 1995 in both parent company and operating company roles.Prior to rejoining WPP in 2002, Mark was a principal at the consultancy firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton and founded and developed the company WebRewards in the UK. Mark is a trustee of the Natural History Museum Development Trust.
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About WPP: WPP creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, commerce, and technology.
Michael Phair
Founder, Director & CEO of REG
REG’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Phair, is a banking veteran with links to World Bank, N M Rothschild and UBS. Michael is a private equity investor with over 40 years’ experience in the financial markets.
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About REG: REG provides an intelligence, analytics, and risk management software to the global insurance and financial services market.
Maulik Sailor
CEO of Innovify
Maulik has a deep and long lasting passion for entrepreneurship and wanted a way to share that passion with the world. That’s why he founded Innovify. A company that allows him to help new entrepreneurs take their ideas to market and watch their companies flourish. His history working for leading companies like Nokia, Microsoft, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Betfair, and Visa gave him the experience and contacts that every new startup dreams of having, while his unique vision and creative spirit will help your company achieve lasting success in the marketplace. A few startups Maulik has been founder/co-founder includes Innovify, Landbay, Kwanji, Brickowner, Instantt and more. Maulik obtained his MBA (Distinction) from Imperial College, London, MSc from Brunel University, London and B. Eng. from Sardar Patel University, India.
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About CodeMonk.ai, Innovify, Tech London Advocates: Innovify is a digital venture studio enabling startups and corporates to convert their ideas in to Most Lovable Products
Mark Billige
Chief Executive Officer of Simon-Kucher & Partners
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About Simon-Kucher & Partners: Simon-Kucher & Partners is a global consulting firm.
Madhuban Kumar
Chief Executive Officer of CarbonLaces
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About CarbonLaces: CarbonLaces provides environmental services.
Ian Beaumont
Chief Executive Officer of IBA Group
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About IBA Group: Software development, IT outsourcing, software solutions.
Mark Brosnan
Director CEO of Xanadu Consultancy
Mark would consider himself to be 50% Software Technologist and 50% Economist which makes him a 100% Xanadu CEO. Mark has been involved in the online gaming sector since early 2003 where he has been at the forefront of cutting edge technology and at the sharp end of the online gaming sector. Mark has extensive knowledge of sports betting and trading technologies. With 9 years of in-depth betting exchange development experience he has an intimate, in-depth and rare understanding of what it takes to build, maintain and innovate with a highly transactional and highly available environment.
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About Getvisibility, Xanadu Consultancy: Xanadu Consultancy is based in Cork with a branch office in London.
Angus Ward
Partner and CEO, Digital Platform Solutions of BearingPoint
Angus is the CEO of BearingPoint’s digital platform solutions arm, BearingPoint//Beyond, appointed in September 2017. Angus brings 30 years of consulting and solutions experience to his role, supporting organizations across multiple industries in shaping strategies and adopting platform-based business and operating models with differentiating partner ecosystems. Key clients have included BP, BT, Boeing, Ministry of Defence and Tata Communications as well as key ecosystem partners like Amazon Web Services. Angus’ work takes him right across BearingPoint//Beyond’s core markets of APAC, EMEA and Americas. Angus’s extensive experience and knowledge over a range of fields has established him as a thought leader, quoted often by newspapers and prominent industry publications, on the topics of business model reinvention, digital platform business models and the role of the ecosystem in the evolving digital economy. Working closely and collaborating with industry bodies such as TM Forum, analysts, research firms and academic organizations such as MIT and Wharton, he regularly presents on the key trends and issues affecting telecoms and technology.
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About BearingPoint: BearingPoint offers management and technology consulting services that transforms businesses by creating customized solutions.
Rod Flavell
Chief Executive Officer of FDM Group
Rod is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of FDM Group. He has been instrumental in developing the Group into an international, award-winning employer with a prestigious client base operating in multiple industries. Rod is a firm supporter of improving diversity in technology, with clear results achieved by the Group through its FDM Women in Tech, Getting Back to Business, Ex-Forces and veteran career transition initiatives. Rod was featured in the Management Today Agents of Change Power List 2018 for his work promoting gender parity in the workplace. Rod has no external appointments.
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About FDM Group: FDM Group is a professional services provider with a focus on IT and business recruitment for graduates and veterans.
Simon Haighton-Williams
CEO of Adaptavist
Simon Haighton-Williams is the CEO of Adaptavist.
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About Adaptavist: Adaptavist provides professional services, managed services, and add-on products for the Atlassian suite.
Paul Zuckerman
Chair and CEO of Zuckerman & Associates
Paul Zuckerman is the Chair and CEO of Zuckerman & Associates LLC. His expertise is in Finance and Economics. He retired from full time investment banking in 1998, having been Managing Director and Founding Director of Caspian Securities, Ltd (1995-98); and before that Executive Director, S G Warburg & Co Ltd, London; Vice Chair, S G Warburg International; Chair S G Warburg Latin America Ltd (1981-95). He spent six years at the World Bank as Senior Economist (1974-80); and before that was Research Associate at IITA (1970-72) and Training Associate, Ford Foundation (1968-70) based at IITA (a member of the CGIAR Consortium). Since 1998 he has been on the Board of a number of international companies and is now on the board of, amongst others: ArcelorMittal Ltd Brazil; and JMFinancial Ltd and Great Eastern Energy Company Ltd in India. He was Chair of the Intermediate Technology Group (1990-95), Treasurer of the International Women’s Health Coalition in New York (2000-10) and on the board of The African Medical Research Foundation in Nairobi (2002-10). He is presently Treasurer of the National Art Collections Fund in the UK and a Trustee of the Foundling Museum in London. He is a Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Fellow of King’s College London. He has a BA & MA in Economics, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1964-67), a Higher National Diploma in Agricultural Economics, Trinity College, Cambridge University (1967-68), and a PhD in Agricultural Economics, Reading University (1970-74).
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About Zuckerman & Associates: We offer a wide range of services to our individual and business clients.
Brandon Stephens
Founder & CEO of Anthem
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About Anthem, Mamma Roma, REVL, Thunderbird Fried Chicken, Tortilla Mexican Grill: Anthem embraces the seismic changes in work, entertainment, and wellbeing.
Simon Hill
CEO & Founder of Wazoku
Simon Hill is the CEO of Wazoku.
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About InnoCentive, INSEAD, The Future Shaping Media Company Limited, Wazoku: An Enterprise Innovation Platform comprising: Idea Management, Open Innovation Marketplace, Innovation Consulting, Portfolio Management
Juan Colón
Chief Executive Officer of Darwinex
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About Darwinex: Darwinex allows independent traders around the world to quote their strategies and thus access investor capital.
Paul Dowling
Founder and CEO of Mindstream-AI
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About Mindstream-AI: Mindstream AI is a provider of AI strategy, training, and consulting solutions for enterprise clients, startups, and individuals
Chris Abbass
Founder and Co-CEO of Talentful
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About Talentful: Talentful specialises in helping companies to elevate their talent acquisition strategy.
Phil Blaydes
Founder and Co-CEO of Talentful
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About Talentful: Talentful specialises in helping companies to elevate their talent acquisition strategy.
Mark Iremonger
CEO of iCrossing
Mark is the CEO of iCrossing in the UK. Owned by Hearst, iCrossing is the marketing agency for a modern world. Annual agency reviews by Forrester and Gartner have consistently ranked iCrossing as a market leader for the past five years. 2016 saw iCrossing collect the Grand Prix, Best Digital Full Service, Best Strategic Thinking and Best Search at the RAR Awards, the only UK awards based on independent client feedback. 2016 also saw iCrossing announce a strategic partnership and minority acquisition of content marketing agency Mediablaze, and move into a new home on Broadwick Street in the heart of London’s Soho. Mark became CEO in August 2015 following four years as Chief Strategy Officer. He joined from Proximity BBDO where he was Head of Digital and Planning for six years, leading its digital transformation. Before this he was MD of creative shop unit9, voted the 9th most creative agency in the UK by AdAge International, and MD of cross platform marketing start-up Sleeper, that challenged conventional advertising models by bringing the UK’s best TV and digital creatives together. Mark has been a member of the British Council’s Creative Industry’s Advisory Panel, a Vice Chair of BIMA, a member of D&AD, and is a board member of Wired Sussex, a member organisation that promotes digital creativity, innovation and growth.
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About iCrossing: iCrossing is a digital marketing company providing planning and development services for brands and agencies.
John Murphy
President & CEO – Europe, Middle East, India & Africa of WSP Global
John Murphy is President and CEO of WSP for Europe (including the UK), the Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA). John had joined Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2010 as Chief Financial Officer. John has more than 25 years of financial and senior management experience, including 14 years working with major engineering contractors and their domestic and international operations. Positions in this sector included serving as Executive Vice President and Finance Director for the Engineering & Consultancy Division of Kvaerner ASA in London, UK, and various roles in the US and Canada. John was CEO of Irving Transportation Services, with overall responsibility for the integrated transportation businesses of the Irving Group, one of the largest privately held conglomerates in Canada. John also served as the head of Irving Group’s Marine and Industrial Division. John received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University in Canada and is a Canadian Chartered Accountant.
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About WSP Global: WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firm.
Jeremy Basset
CEO of CO:CUBED
Jeremy has built his career by helping large corporates define and build their future organisation. Through CO:CUBED, he works with some of the worlds largest businesses to re-think their organisational approach to innovation and helping them build and execute their collaborative innovation capabilieis. Prior to launching CO:CUBED, Jeremy spent 13 years at Unilever where he was responsible for launching and then leading the Unilever Foundry, Unilever’s platform to engage with startups and innovative companies who can help Unilever pioneer the future. Through the Foundry, over 1500 of Unilever marketers have worked with over 150 startups, brining innovative technology and an entrepreneurial culture to Unilever. Originally Australian, Jeremy’s career has taken him from Australia to New Zealand, Singapore he now resides in the UK. Jeremy has a marketing and commercial background, with a degree in Accounting & Marketing, he’s CPA qualified and has an MBA from London Business School.
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About CO:CUBED: CO:CUBED helps FTSE100 companies to embrace the startup revolution, by defining and executing their collaborative innovation capabilities.
Matt Lerner
Founder & CEO of Startup Core Strengths
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About Startup Core Strengths: Startup Core Strengths offers marketing strategy and executive coaching to startups.
Gideon Joseph
CEO of Transatlantic
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About Transatlantic: Transatlantic is a communications consultancy focused on accelerating the growth of start up fast growth businesses
Andrew Henwood
CEO of Foregenix
Andrew Henwood is a cyber security evangelist and serial entrepreneur.
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About Foregenix: Foregenix prevents, protects, investigates, and solves serious cyberthreats for large enterprises and SMEs all around the globe.
Daniel van Binsbergen
CEO and Co-Founder of Lexoo
Daniel van Binsbergen Before founding Lexoo, Daniel worked for over 5 years as a lawyer at an international law firm (De Brauw), first in Amsterdam, then in London. He’s always up for a game of squash, and is easily excited.
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About Lexoo: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Paul Worrall
Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Keepers
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About Carbon Keepers: Carbon Keepers is an investment management company that focuses on facilitating investments.
Carrie Osman
Founder & CEO of Cruxy & Company
Carrie Osman Relentless energy & fierce provocation are what Carrie is know for in the worlds of Tech & FinTech. This is the ethos that imbues CRUXY&CO, of which Carrie is founder & Chief Provocateur. Fearlessness when it comes to saying the unsayable, a razor-sharp tongue & electric spark mean Carrie makes an unforgettable contribution speaking at events. She was included in Tech World’s 2017 List of women to speak at Tech Events, was a commentator BBC Business News (http://bit.ly/2tNbIlX), & has featured on panels for ING Bank, Association of Foreign Banks & Forward Women (Guardian). Running a portfolio of £300m & 12 brands, 7 years into Mars Inc, Carrie noticed a void. The consultancies provided the quantitative rigour, the marketing agencies offered the creative flare. True growth & traction demands both. CRUXY & CO was created with a mission to bridge this chasm & forge a creative approach to growth strategy. The complex, the intricate & technical FinTech & Tech industry is where Cruxy’s agitation & market strategy is deployed. No change takes place without challenge, & results from the 40+ clients Cruxy has worked with include: A payments firm sold to Barclaycard A retail tech business that shifted win rate from 30% to 80% An Infrastructure consultancy sold 10% of the business for £15m based on their positioning & ethos Carrie actively contributes her punchy opinion and mentors whenever she can at a number of accelerators such as Cocoon networks, XN tree at Level39 and the charity Bathroom to Boardroom. She is also on the Advisory Board of a Courtside Ventures backed Silicon Valley AI platform, a gold member of Fintech Circle and has judged both firms applying for FTC funding and coached at Angel Academy. Theadvice Carrie offers is valuable & actionable which means you don’t have to deploy McKinsey: guidance that shifts results in reality, not in your head. Suzanne Chishti, CEO & Founder of FINTECH Circle, Mark Beeston Founder of Illuminate Financial & Ian Hollowbread at ING Bank all talk of Carrie as an unknown force to be reckoned with. In rebellion against the staid & numbingly dull industry networking events, Carrie founded Currency of Connections: a handpicked founder & funder only drink series injected with true vitality & establishing real business-karma. She is known as a connector who always pays it forward, you just wait.
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About Cruxy & Company: Cruxy & Company A provocative strategy consultancy. We question, dig and challenge to get to the CRUX.
Eric Guichard
Chief Executive Officer of Orango Investment
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About Movement Capital, Orango Investment: Orango Investment provides consultation services on financial investment decisions of businesses.
Paul Cuatrecasas
Founder & CEO of Aquaa Partners
Paul Cuatrecasas is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aquaa Partners since July 2010. Previously, Paul was the Founder and a Partner of Alegro Capital from 2003-2010. Prior to Alegro, Paul was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of ARC Associates from 1993-2003. (ARC Associates was a leading independent London-based TMT mergers and acquisitions advisory practice with a full range of blue chip and entrepreneurial clients including Sonera, Cable & Wireless, Apax, Marconi, Equant, ICL, KKR, Permira and BT, amongst others). Paul has directly or indirectly completed over 35 M&A transactions around the world worth over $6 billion and over 40 corporate finance advisory and strategic consultancy assignments. Paul has directly or indirectly originated and structured over 15 private placements of equity capital raising over $500 million. Paul also directed the ARC investment programme and achieved a historical professional investment track record over 50% IRR since 1994. Prior to ARC Associates, Paul was a Senior Associate with Arkwright Capital (ex-Bain & Co. partners), an M&A and Corporate Finance advisory firm in London (1991-1993) and with GE Capital in their LBO and Restructuring Group in New York (1989-1991). Paul is a Non-Executive Director of Motive Television plc. Paul holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University where he was awarded the Roswell C. McCrea Scholarship and a B.A. from Wake Forest University. Paul holds dual US and UK citizenship and speaks fluent Spanish.
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About Aquaa Partners: Aquaa Partners is a London-based investment banking firm focused on the Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) industries.
Karen Kwong
Founder and CEO of RenOC
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About RenOC: RenOC provides psychology-based insights that help individuals for their business success.
Peter Dolukhanov
Founder & CEO of Decoded Consulting
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About Decoded Consulting: Decoded Consulting is a technology leadership consultancy that offers CTO services.
Robert King
Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Acuity Knowledge Partners
Robert King is the executive director of Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services.
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About Acuity Knowledge Partners: Acuity Knowledge Partners is a provider of research, analytics and business intelligence to the financial services sector.
Jeanette Carlsson
Founder & CEO of Tech Nordic Advocates
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About newmedia2.0, Tech Nordic Advocates: Tech Nordic Advocates is Northern Europe’s largest and only pan-Nordic/Baltic tech/startup community.
Simon Williams
CEO of NTT DATA UK
Simon Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of NTT DATA UK.
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About NTT DATA UK: NTT DATA UK is a consulting and IT service provider to manufacturing, banking public sector, telecom, and financial services.
Matthew Griffin
Founder and CEO of 311 Institute
Regularly featured on AP, CNBC, Discovery and RT, his ability to identify and track hundreds of game changing emerging technologies, and explain their impact on global culture, industry and society, is unparalleled. Recognised for the past five years running as one of the world’s foremost futurists, innovation and strategy experts Matthew is an international speaker who helps governments investors, multi-nationals and regulators around the world envision, build and lead an inclusive future.
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About 311 Institute: 311 Institute is an innovation and management strategy consulting group.
Nick Sykes
Global CEO of FutureBrand
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About FutureBrand: FutureBrand seamlessly combines expertise in brand strategy, identity, digital, retail, environmental, product and service design.
Mina Gouran
Senior Client Partner- CEO & Board Services of Korn Ferry
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About Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm
David Fountaine
CEO & Founder of Creation Technology
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About Creation Technology: Creation Technology is a consultancy and product development company that offers department solutions or a complete digital transformation.
Bruce Bratley
CEO and Founder of First Mile
Bruce Bratley is the Founder and CEO of First Mile.
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About First Mile: First Mile provide super simple, low cost recycling and waste services for businesses.
Phil Westcott
Founder & co-CEO of Filament AI
Phil is a former Director at IBM, and a specialist in applied Artificial Intelligence. Phil previously ran the IBM Watson Ecosystem in Europe, led their Smarter Cities business in Southeast Asia and launched IBM’s global IoT practice.
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About Filament AI: Filament helps clients to build proprietary AI capability within their organisation, through consultancy, solutions and tooling
Michael Pan
CEO and Founder of China Ventures
CEO and Founder, a China Specialist, has been working extensively in public/private placement, private equity, technology, and energy sectors, etc. Michael’s project experience includes supporting clients on strategy development (corporate, growth, market entry), alliance development, full potential transformation program, as well as acquisition evaluation and integration. Michael holds a Master degree in Global Business Strategy from London Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
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About China Ventures: China’s global deal marketplace and a leading China-centric investment community on the globe.
Ben Jackson
Chief Executive Officer of Oxygen Finance
As Chief Executive Ben is responsible for the company strategy and continued rapid growth in the UK, North America and across sectors. Prior to joining Oxygen in 2009 as COO Ben spent 15 years in Procurement, Supply Chain and Transformation at companies including Cable & Wireless, Royal Mail, Network Rail and Fujitsu.
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About Oxygen Finance: Oxygen Finance brings innovation to early payment solutions, generating a new source of income for companies
Andrew Thornton
Chief Executive Officer of FromCounsel
Andrew is CEO of FromCounsel in addition to his role as a contributor from Erskine Chambers.
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About FromCounsel, Sparqa Legal: FromCounsel is an innovative online corporate law knowledge service.
Daniel Fellows
Founder & CEO of Get-Optimal
Daniel is founder and CEO at Get Optimal Content. Ex-Marketing Director at Indeed.com and also spent time in senior teams at Microsoft and Vodafone Group. Daniel is a highly accomplished data-driven sales, marketing and business leader. Having ran 250 client meetings in 18 months with the worlds leading HR and Talent Attraction leaders Daniel has built a contact network to win and win fast, locally and globally. He’s an accomplished data-driven marketer and commercial business leader, open, curious and committed to learning.He played a pivotal role in enabling LifeWorks to exit for $426m to Morneau Shepell in 2018. He’s built a vault of marketing expertise, a positive mindset and learning agility operating within series B, fast-paced startups and high growth startups right through to multi Billion dollar global organisations. He’s failed a few times along the way which is a great learning and helps keep his self-awareness and emotional intelligence balanced and online. He lives in London with his young family.
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About Get-Optimal: Get-Optimal is a UK based global technology company whose core product optimises Job Ads using AI and ML for diversity, inclusion and SEO.
Ann-Christine Roope
Founder & CEO of Ethan Partners
Ann-Christine is Founder and CEO of Ethan Partners a global executive search company focusing on high growth Internet companies. Ethan Partners has supported over 150 successful Internet companies and placed more than 3000 high profile candidates. Clients include among others Uber, Houzz, Naspers, Zomato, Ringier, Deliveroo, and Goldman Sachs. Previously Ann-Christine was Director of International Recruiting at Rocket Internet where she was responsible for Founder and Senior Executive recruiting for +75 portfolio companies in +45 countries, taking Rocket Internet from a few 1000 people European company to a +25.000 person global organization in 2 years. Before this Ann-Christine was Director of International Recruiting at Groupon as they entered +50 countries globally. Ann-Christine has also supported some of the largest VC’s and PE’s globally with talent acquisition. Ann-Christine holds a Master in Marketing and Business Communication from Copenhagen Business School.
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About Ethan Partners: Ethan Partners is a specialized executive search firm.
Huy Nguyen Trieu
CEO of The Disruptive Group
Huy Nguyen Trieu is the Co-Founder of CFTE. He is also the CEO of The Disruptive Group – a business builder and advisory firm in innovation and finance. Prior to The Disruptive Group, Huy was a Managing Director at Citi, and previously at RBS and SG. Before banking, he was the CEO of Ukibi, a VC-funded startup in the US. He is a frequent keynote speaker in Europe and Asia, likes to teach and share with stu-dents and entrepreneurs, and is regularly quoted in articles on innovation and finance. He writes the blog Disruptive Finance, is a Fintech Fellow at the Centre for Global Fi-nance and Technology at Imperial College, an Entrepreneurship Expert at Oxford Said Entrepreneurship Centre. He is also a member of ESMA’s Consultative Working Group for financial innovation and a founding member of the Asian SuperCharger, one of the largest Fintech accelerators in Asia.
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About The Centre for Finance, Technology & Entrepreneurship, The Disruptive Group: The Disruptive Group (TDG) is an advisory firm and business builder in innovation and finance.
Gareth Balch
Founder&CEO of Two Circles
Gareth co-founded Two Circles in 2011 with Matt Rogan having spent his career helping sports organisations grow commercial revenues, most recently in Commercial Strategy roles at Manchester City. Prior to assuming the role of Two Circles Chief Executive, Gareth was Managing Director of the business, where he led the delivery of their client results. As a result of these results, the business grew significantly and won plaudits & awards for the quality and innovation of its work. In Gareth’s final year as Managing Director, 40% of Two Circles clients achieved all-time commercial growth records. As Chief Executive, Gareth leads their 100-strong business to deliver results for all of their stakeholders in each market. He is also actively involved in supporting ESP Properties growth strategy and sits on the Global Executive Committee for that organisation. Gareth represented Great Britain at 800m in an international career spanning seven years and still loves nothing more than pulling his trainers on.
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About Two Circles: Two Circles is a sports marketing agency based in London.
Paul Blunden
CEO of UX247
Paul Blunden is CEO at Usability247.
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About UX247: UX247 London UX Research Agency
Richard Ozols
Founder and CEO of Solution Rock
Richard Ozols is the Founder and CEO of Formyoula and Solution Rock.
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About Solution Rock: Solution Rock specializes in Salesforce CRM implementations and Force.com application developments.
David Poole
CEO and Co-Founder of Symphony Ventures
David is an industry visionary with over 20 years as a corporate executive, running multi-billion dollar outsourcing and services firms. He has grown global businesses, built industry leading sales and operations teams, and spearheaded innovation across the industry in areas including platform-based BPO, supply chain BPO, cloud-based services, and user experience. David’s priorities at Symphony are to develop a world-class team and to work closely with client leadership to help them leverage Symphony’s Digital Ecosystem of automation partners and other inspired delivery models to compete in a digital world.
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About Symphony Ventures: Symphony is a professional services firm passionate about creating value for the world’s leading organizations.
Laurent Christen
CEO and Founder of e2y
Laurent Christen is a digital entrepreneur, mentor & investor. Prior to founding companies, Laurent gained 10+ years of experience managing strategy, marketing and eCommerce of Fortune 500 companies including Dell, LEGO and Nikon in European and global roles.
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About e2y: e2y is an award-winning digital experience consultancy, delivering solutions for firms aiming to improve their customer experience.
Gurnek Bains
Founder and CEO of Global Future
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About Global Future: Global Future educates, informs, and helps people understand the benefits of globalization.
Eddy Solbandt
Chief Executive Officer of GPR Dehler
Eddy Solbrandt is the founder of GPR Dehler. He has been working in and consulting to the mining industry since 1990. He has since worked in open cut and underground metalliferous mines, as well as in coal, and mineral sands in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia. GPR Dehler is an international consultancy that harnesses the skills and knowledge of experts from fields that include: computer science, cognitive science, economics, psychology, engineering and finance. They have been operating in Australian mining for close to 30 years.” Eddy is also co-founder and Director of Simmersal Inc, a San Diego based business recognised as a world leader in immersive experiential learning in virtual world environments.
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About GPR Dehler: They are an international consultancy that helps businesses accelerate their strategy realisation.
John Caffery
Founder & CEO of RAMP Global
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About RAMP Global, TheJobPost: RAMP Global is a platform that offers a source-to-pay agency management solution to help employers manage staffing agencies.
Sandeep Dhillon
CEO of Talmix
Sandeep Dhillon is the CEO at Talmix, having joined the business when it was MBA & Company as Director of Finance and Strategy at MBA & Company. Most recently he has fulfilled the role of Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Previously he was the Head of the Technology, Media and Telecoms EMEA Practice of GLG, a primary research firm that operates a network of senior industry executives who provide consulting services to venture capital, private equity and hedge fund clients. Prior to this he worked on a number of technology, media and telecoms M&A transactions whilst at Jefferies in the London TMT Investment Banking team and during his time at PwC both in London and San Francisco where he worked closely with Private Equity and Blue Chip Technology clients.
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About Talmix: Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
David Day
President & Global Chief Executive Officer of Lightspeed Research
Based in London, David is Lightspeed’s President and Global CEO. He joined the company in 2006 as CEO, Europe, and oversaw the expansion of the European business. He became Global CEO in 2009. David has extensive experience in market research and official statistics, and has worked in both the private and public sectors. His past employers include the UK Ministry of Defense, ACNielsen, and NetRatings. A seasoned international executive, he has held a range of senior roles in operations, sales and marketing, consulting, and general management. An expert in the field of Internet and media research, David is a regular conference speaker, and is often quoted in the media. David holds non-executive positions with the UK Department of Work and Pensions and the Open University. Educated at University College London, Imperial College London, and the University of Greenwich, David holds a First Class Bachelor degree, a Ph.D. degree in Physics, a Master of Business Administration degree, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics.
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About Lightspeed Research: Lightspeed Research provides online market research panels for consumer.
Alvise Recchi
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Morrow Sodali
Chief Executive Officer and founding partner of Morrow Sodali. He is currently also partner of Global Wealth Management (GWM) and Head of Corporate Communication of Greentech Energy Systems. He has been CEO and founding shareholder of GSC Proxitalia where his responsibilities included developing the shareholder service business in Europe and Latin America, together with partner Georgeson Inc. In 2005 Georgeson and Proxitalia were bought by Computershare. He started his career in 1993 at Credit Suisse dealing with the management and the distribution of financial products. In 1994 he moved to INA Group where he dealt with corporate finance and investor relations related to the listing, private placement, acquisitions and spin off of the real estate portfolio. In 1998, he moved to Telecom Italia as Investor Relations manager but left the following year after the hostile takeover and change in management. Born in Rome, he obtained a Degree in Economics and completed his post graduate studies at Insead.
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About Morrow Sodali: Morrow Sodali is the consultancy specializing in shareholder services.
Rupert Osborn
CEO of IP Pragmatics
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About IP Pragmatics: IP Pragmatics is a management consultancy specialising in scientific technologies and intellectual property.
Danny Bluestone
Founder and CEO of Cyber-Duck
Danny Bluestone is the founder and CEO of Cyber-Duck, a leading full-service digital agency. He founded the agency in 2005, inspired by fusing creative, technical and marketing expertise into a superior user experience. Now the independent agency works internationally with prestigious brands, including the Bank of England, the EU, Cancer Research and Arsenal FC. Leading Cyber-Duck, Danny continues developing the agency’s ISO accredited user-centred design process, drawing on lean and Agile management methodologies. In 2015, he was awarded Wirehive 100’s first Digital Leader of the Year. He enjoys giving keynotes for enterprise, UX and technology communities, including the UKTI, UX London and UXPA. His digital insights have been featured in UX Magazine, Econsultancy, and Smashing Magazine.
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About Cyber-Duck: Cyber-Duck is a digital marketing firm focusing on brand and website development.
Clare Johnston
CEO and Founder of The Up Group
Clare is the Founder and CEO of The Up Group, a leading international executive search and networking firm focused on the digital and technology sectors. She has an extensive global network and hosts regular sector events attracting some of Europe’s most exciting investors, entrepreneurs as well as executives from start-ups through to global corporates. Clare’s earlier career was as a Management Consultant for Detica, an international technology consultancy, as well as being co-Managing Director of an executive search firm. Having self-funded and grown The Up Group from the ground up to a twenty person business shortly opening its Berlin and New York offices, Clare was recognised in Management Today’s influential ‘35 Women under 35’ list, as well as listed on Growing Business Young Guns 2012 awards. Clare graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Management Sciences from The University of Warwick.
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About The Up Group: The Up Group company provides online recruitment, professional placement, and career consulting services.
Marc Hammoud
CEO of The Swiss Quality
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About The Swiss Quality: The Swiss Quality provides business consulting, coaching, training, branding, planning, delivering, and writing services.
Tom Ladds
Founder & CEO of Hired By Startups
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About Hired By Startups: Hired By Startups provides onsite and external talent acquisition solutions to some of the UK’s fastest growing startups & scale-ups.
Tom Whitehouse
CEO of London Environmental Investment Forum
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About London Environmental Investment Forum, London Environmental Investment Forum: LEIF is an advisory business that convenes and connects capital, big business and new environmental technologies and technologists.
Milton Guffogg
CEO of Retail Realisation
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About Retail Realisation: Retail Realisation is a consultancy that focuses on the retail industry and provides assistance to firms that are having liquidity problems.
Pierre-Jean Hanard
Co-Founder and CEO of SharePA
Pierre-Jean is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sharepa, an online platform providing actionable peer-based investment ideas for HNWIs by using social learning to support decision-making. He is also the co-founder of IDDEA, the first early-stage Swiss accelerator program focusing on sustainable investment. He advises several startups in FinTech, BioTech and Food Tech on business model, growth strategy, sales management and capital raising. With a keen interest in people development and entrepreneurship, he also enjoys coaching entrepreneurs on storytelling – personal narrative and startup story – using his experience as coach at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School (Advanced Leadership Initiative Program). He also sits on the Emerging Leader Board of the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program and regularly participates in FinTech conferences and competitions around the world as a mentor, an advisor and a jury. Prior to Sharepa, Pierre-Jean spent 10 years in banking in various management positions in London, Singapore and Geneva where he gained experience in strategy, sales, operations, cross-border and cross-functional business transformation. In his last role at HSBC Private Bank, he was both Head of the Private Wealth Client Segment and Chief of Staff to the COO. Working side-by-side with CEO, COO and Regional Business Heads, he turned around front office activities and front–to-back processes to deliver a unique and cost-effective experience to high-net-worth clients. Pierre-Jean earned an MBA as a Sloan Fellow from MIT (USA). He also holds a Bachelor degree in Management Science from the University of Liège (Belgium), a Master degree in Marketing Management from Vlerick Business School (Belgium) and a Master in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi (Italy). He is based in London, UK.
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About SharePA: SharePA aims to revolutionize investment advisory services for individual investors.
Michael Trounce
Founder & CEO of Trounceflow
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About Trounceflow: Tech-centred professional services firm helping financial market professionals with data and insight on flows and positions in EMD/FX
James Baldwin
CEO, Founder & Partner of Unai
James Baldwin was the managing director at ERN.
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About Unai: Software Development and Data Science
Barnaby Piggott
Founder & CEO of Holland Mountain
Barnaby is a highly accomplished private equity project specialist with more than 15 years of experience working with private equity fund managers, administrators and investors throughout Europe and the US. He has completed over 50 client engagements with leading industry names, including Coller Capital, Bridgepoint, UBS (now MUFG), IK Partners and Octopus Investments. Barney began his career in private equity with AnalytX (now eFront) before spending six years with consulting firm 4vco. He founded Holland Mountain in 2009. Barney is a CFA® Charterholder, a CIPM® Certificant and a PRINCE2® Registered Practitioner.
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About : Holland Mountain is a leading specialist consulting firm and data solutions provider.
Carl Engelmarc
Co-Founder & CEO of Engelworks
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About Engelworks, Opporta: We help companies grow by creating desirable products & services based on human-centric design principles & actionable business strategies.
Kent Mosbech
CEO of Impellity
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About BookAclassic, Impellity: Impellity helps accelerate growth and scale, both nationally and internationally.
Andy Tomkins
CEO, EMEA of Typhoon Consulting
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About Typhoon Consulting: Typhoon Consulting is a boutique management consultancy.
Diane Lightfoot
CEO of Business Disability Forum
Diane joined Business Disability Forum as Chief Executive Officer in February 2017 after moving from her former role as Director of Policy and Communications for United Response, a leading national disability charity. During her 13 years at United Response, Diane led and developed the charity’s campaigning, public affairs and lobbying activity, with a particular focus on promoting employment for disabled people. She subsequently took on the strategic leadership of the organisation’s employment services as a whole and is passionate about the role that good work has in transforming people’s lives. Diane meets regularly with Business Disability Forum Partners and Members and also works closely with Government to help shape disability employment policy. She is a member of the Department of Work and Pensions’ Disability Confident Professional Advisers Group and the Disability Expert Advisory Panel for the Civil Service.
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About Business Disability Forum: Business Disability Forum is a not-for-profit member organisation.
John Zai
Founder and CEO of China-Europe Networks of Technology and Innovation
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About China-Europe Networks of Technology and Innovation: CENTI is a cross border platform facilitating business between China and Europe
Mark Richards
CEO & Founder of makepositive
As Chief Evangelist, Mark cares passionately about creating enterprises that redefine what “work” means. With the goal of releasing everyone from tedious admin and letting all loose to create their own art in the workplace. Inspirational Leader: Seth Godin translates our toughest challenges and fears into meaningful insight, advice and actions. Mark Richards is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Makepositive.
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About makepositive: Makepositive is a business and technology consultancy that delivers innovation cloud engagement and platform.
Nadeem Azam
CEO of Azam Marketing
Nadeem Azam has been at the cutting-edge of entrepreneurship for nearly forty years and generated over £1 billion in sales for clients during his illustrious career. He is also an experienced writer, journalist and sub-Editor, having had his work published in local and national press in the UK as well as several magazines and academic journals. His fiction and non-fiction is studied in schools and universities in the United States, Germany and other countries. Nadeem Azam founded Azam Marketing, an international, full-service digital marketing and design agency in 1997. The company is headquartered in Covent Garden, central London and its corporate website is at https://www.azam.net . Nadeem had been a successful computer programmer as far back as the 1980s in his childhood, and had also enjoyed an acclaimed career as a writer and sub-editor at various British newspapers, magazines and journals in the 1990s. Nadeem foresaw the decline of ‘old media’ and decided to pioneer an internet business. Azam Marketing specialise in search, email, social media and performance marketing, as well as web design, business consulting and corporate training. The multi-award-winning agency’s clients range from the world’s largest corporations such as Disney, Coca-Cola, Hilton, Warner Bros., Nike, Fitness First and BT, to small and medium size companies. Nadeem is often invited to be interviewed on television and radio stations around the world to share his expertise and is highly-rated public speaker.
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About Azam Marketing, Azam Marketing, Azam Marketing: Azam Marketing is a full-service digital marketing and design agency which focuses on results.
Edward Batrouni
Founder/CEO of Zenitech
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About Zenitech: Zenitech is the digital transformation specialist.
Kiran Bhagotra
CEO and Founder of ProtectBox
Kiran Bhagotra raised £30m for (East) London food village as COO, government chose to do themselves. As consultant helped raise inaugural 3i Indian Infrastructure Fund & Big Issue Social Investment Fund, both on 2nd funds of £20m+. Commercialisation of Nyrstar, securing 3x investment & Top20 country status. In the UK government’s National Archives she worked on machine learning & digital sensitivity review. For the Cabinet Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office in cyber-crime, operational engagement (public/private) and strategic bi-/multi-lateral partnerships. This included the #WeProtect (Children Online) Summit in which 50+ countries attended, committed to a Statement of Action, new legislation and a new fund led by Unicef were launched. As well as a Ministerial (Letwin) Review of critical infrastructure’s resilience to coastal flooding.
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About ProtectBox: NetZero cybersecurity marketplace
Steve Lazarus
CEO of Lazarus Consulting
Having previously held senior roles at Warner Music, ITV, Celador, Yahoo, Myspace and Dow Jones, Steve Lazarus is the Founder and CEO of Lazarus Consulting which is an award winning UK-based boutique advisory firm that launched in 2005 offering Business Development, Capital Raising, Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions services to clients primarily in the tech, media and retail sectors. For further information please visit www.lazarusconsulting.net.
Steve is also an Associate Partner in the Technology, Media, and Telecom team at the UK Affiliate Office of CDI Global, which consists of 50 offices in over 30 countries focusing on mid-market cross-border transactions.
Aside from many years of business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development and M&A experience gained at major multinational companies, at Lazarus Consulting Steve has successfully secured a number of high value transactions for clients.
Prior to his industry roles, Steve qualified as a Solicitor at global law firm Dentons.
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About Lazarus Consulting: Lazarus Consulting is an award winning UK-based tech, media and retail focused boutique advisory firm
Carole Edmond
Founder, CEO, Investor of Glassmoon
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About Glassmoon: Glassmoon provides consultancy services for the investor community and leadership teams in social care, healthcare, and early education.
Alex Bligh
CEO of Silverscale Associates
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About Silverscale Associates: Silverscale Associates provides business and technology consultancy services to the internet, telecommunications and technology sectors.
Ed Broussard
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer of Mudano
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About Mudano: Mudano, part of Accenture Applied Intelligence, is a data and machine learning company focused on financial services.
Aled Morris
CEO of Harris Hill
Aled is the Chief Executive and owner of Harris Hill Limited (including Harris Hill Independent Schools), and the Managing Director of Harris Hill Executive Search. With an extensive and highly successful 19-year track record as a CEO in the recruitment industry, he previously spent a further 10 years as a Chartered Accountant in PricewaterhouseCoopers, and 4 years as a commercial Finance Director. He is a graduate of Oxford University and is a Trustee for the Addiction Support and Care Agency, and the Chair of London Welsh Mini Rugby. His appointments include the Development Director at Queens Gate School, Bursar (also at Queens Gate), CEO with St Michael’s Hospice, CEO with Rotherham Hospice and the Finance Director with Parkinson’s UK.
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About Harris Hill: Harris Hill is a specialist recruiter to the charity and not-for-profit niche markets.
Louise Ainsworth
CEO – EMEA, Media Division of Kantar
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About Kantar: Kantar is the data investment management division of WPP, is a global insight, information, and consultancy network.
