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 Director operating in the E-Commerce 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 – 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.
Oliver Sloane
Director, Amazon Global Communities of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Alex Green
Managing Director, Amazon Video of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Michael Muskat
Director of REEF
Michael Muskat is the Director of Reef Technology.
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About REEF: REEF Technology is a company that transforms urban real estate such as parking facilities into thriving mobility and logistical hubs.
Lawrence Hall
Group Communications Director of Cazoo
Lawrence Hall is the Group Communications Director at Cazoo.
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About Cazoo: Cazoo is an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
Federico Pienovi
Regional Managing Director – Head of EMEA of Globant
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About Globant: Globant is a digitally native technology services company building a new way of being digital.
Orhan Hasanov
Director of SwiftGift
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About GiftMagic, SwiftGift: SwiftGift is the world’s first Instant Gift Messenger App which allows you to send real gifts to anyone in your phone’s contact book.
Tom Seymour
Global Sr Creative Director of Nike
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About Nike: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Galahad Clark
Founder & Managing Director of Vivobarefoot
Galahad Clark is the Founder and Managing Director of Vivobarefoot.
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About Terra Plana, Vivobarefoot: UK-based shoe brand and Crowdcube alum
Glen Walker
Co-Founder & Director of Trouva
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About Trouva: Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world
Lucy Ward
Creative Brand Director of Trouva
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About Trouva: Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world
Alex Buttle
Co-Founder, Marketing Director of Motorway
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About Motorway: Motorway is an online used-car marketplace for professional car dealers that sells their cars using their smartphones.
George Livingston
Director of Data Infrastructure of Farfetch
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About Farfetch: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Henry Graham
Creative Director & Co-Founder of Wolf & Badger
Henry Graham is Creative Director & Co-Founder @ Wolf & Badger.
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About Wolf & Badger: Wolf & Badger is a multi-channel retail platform for the finest independent, ethical and unique brands from around the globe.
Bridget Mills-Powell
Content Director of Lyst
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About Lyst: Lyst is a global fashion search platform that allows users to browse through thousands of online fashion stores.
Stéphane Moracchini
Director of Engineering Retail Checkout / Engineering Manager of Lyst
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About Lyst: Lyst is a global fashion search platform that allows users to browse through thousands of online fashion stores.
James Grant
Co-Founder & Managing Director of MyTutor
James is a driven, passionate and ambitious entrepreneur, with experience in sales, leadership, strategy, product, digital marketing and fundraising. He started a fledgling events business at 15, which grew to a team of 30, catering for over 1,200 weekly guests. After completing a Philosophy degree at University of Birmingham, James worked for Barclays Wealth, in the Chief of Staff Team, within the Office of the Chief Executive, helping to set the Division’s strategic agenda and taking responsibility for the implementation of sponsored projects. James is a co-founder of MyTutor, creating a new world of one-to-one tuition. The team are unwaveringly focused on their mission to give every student access to 1-1 support. The platform provides live, online one-to-one lessons, delivered by bright, inspiring undergraduates studying at the UK’s leading universities – their secondary aim is to become the leading provider of work to these students. MyTutor uses AI-driven matching algorithms to ensure perfect student-tutor matches and every lesson is taught in an interactive online learning space, which facilitates live video and audio chat, document editing, file sharing and lesson recording. The company’s proudest achievement has been helping 92% of their pupils in 2016 hit or exceed their grade targets. James enjoys public speaking and has presented at a number of education and business events. His other interests include sport (football, rugby, athletics), music (blues & hip hop), travelling, reading and all things startup. He has won a number of awards over the past few years, including Unltd’s ‘Do it’, Mercia’s ‘The Pitch’, O2 ‘Think Bigger’ and Santander’s ‘Spark’.
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About MyTutor: MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK’s best unis with pupils at home and in schools
Robert Grabiner
Founder and Executive Director of MyTutor
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About MyTutor: MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK’s best unis with pupils at home and in schools
Magnus Jakobson
Corporate Finance Director of Kinnevik AB
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About Kinnevik AB: Kinnevik is an entrepreneurial investment group focused on building digital consumer businesses.
Jan Farrarons
Founder & Director of Judopay
Jan Farrarons is the founder of Dojo, Capital On Tap, and Judopay.
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About Capital on Tap, Dojo, Judopay: Judopay is a mobile-first payments platform.
Simon Burke
Board of Directors of Co-op
Simon Burke is an experienced retail and consumer executive and has managed some of the best-known retail names in the UK. He trained as a chartered accountant before joining Virgin, where he held various positions, including CEO of Virgin Retail, Virgin Cinemas, and Virgin Entertainment Group. In 1999 Simon was drafted in as Chairman & Chief Executive of Hamleys PLC. He has also been chairman of Majestic Wine, Irish supermarket chain Superquinn, and Mitchells & Butlers, the FTSE 250 pub and restaurant business. Currently Simon is chairman of Hobbycraft, Bathstore.com, and Eagle Eye, the mobile voucher specialist.
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About The Light Cinema Company: Co-op, home to Food, Insurance, Funeralcare, Legal Services and Electrical
Derek Weaver
Director of Logistics of Metapack
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About Metapack: Metapack provides delivery management solutions that enable online retailers to increase user engagement and sales conversions.
James Carter
Finance Director of Thread
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About Thread: Thread operates as an online personal styling platform designed to help men find clothes.
Shaunie Brett
Style Director of Thread
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About Thread: Thread operates as an online personal styling platform designed to help men find clothes.
Sam James
Managing Director of Hassle.com
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About Hassle.com: Hassle.com is an online marketplace that matches busy people with local, trusted cleaners.
Zoe Wong
Finance Director of Depop
Zoe is a finance and operations specialist within high-growth digital platforms. She is currently Director at Depop, an international ‘social shopping’ app that is hugely popular with Generation Z, with over 8 million users.
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About Depop: Depop provides a mobile application that allows users to buy, sell, discover, and explore various things.
Pierre Sapin
Managing Director of BORN
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About BORN: BORN is the world’s first private B2B platform that connects a global network of design-led lifestyle brands and retail buyers.
Sally Heath Minto
Digital Director of REVOLUTION BEAUTY
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About REVOLUTION BEAUTY: REVOLUTION BEAUTY provides beauty products.
Nadine Neatrour
Ecommerce Director of REVOLUTION BEAUTY
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About REVOLUTION BEAUTY: REVOLUTION BEAUTY provides beauty products.
Michael Kraftman
Non Executive Director of My 1st Years
Michael Kraftman is an Executive Director at My 1st Years.
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About My 1st Years: My 1st Years offers personalised gifts for babies and children.
Kim Ludlow
Managing Director of mySupermarket
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About mySupermarket: mySupermarket designs a supermarket shopping and comparison website that helps users to compare prices across different stores.
Norman Butler
Managing Director – Visa Payments Limited of Visa Europe
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About Visa Europe: Visa Europe is a payment technology business that enables European consumers, businesses, and governments to make electronic payments.
Anthony Craufurd
Director, Venture and Startup Engagement of Visa Europe
Anthony joined Visa 6 years ago as an Visa 6 years ago as an apprentice, and has worked all over the apprentice, and has worked he business, from plugging in cables the business, from plugging in cables in the data centers to developing new propositions. • He now leads Vis’s venture and startup programme in Europe as part of Visa’s Innovation & Strategic Partnership division, connecting Visa with entrepreneurs to enable the next generation of innovation. • Anthony also leads Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Europe, a global platform to promote and support early stage companies.
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About Visa Europe: Visa Europe is a payment technology business that enables European consumers, businesses, and governments to make electronic payments.
Peter McConnell
Commercial Director of Socital
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About Socital: Socital is a SaaS platform specialized in personalization and lead generation for ecommerce.
Will Wynne
Managing Director, Co-Founder & Chief Executive of Arena Online Ltd
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About Arena Online Ltd, Smart Pension: Flowers & gifts, London, UK & Europe
Paula Bacariza
Director, Business Development, Northern Europe of AppNexus
Paula Bacariza is a director of business development for Northern Europe at AppNexus.
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About AppNexus: AppNexus operates a cloud-based software platform that enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising.
Alexandra Hoffnung
Creative Director, Social Commerce of Net-a-porter.com
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About Net-a-porter.com: Net-a-porter.com is an online luxury fashion retailer.
Lawrence Melville
Director of ZigZag Global
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About ZigZag Global: ZigZag Global is a software platform that helps retailers manage their returns globally.
Colin Roughan
Managing Director, Asia Pacific of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade, The Natural Edition: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Filipa Neto
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Chic by Choice
Filipa Neto is co-founder and CEO of Chic by Choice, Europe’s leading luxury rental marketplace allowing women to rent the world’s best items sourced from brands and e-commerce platforms at a fraction of the retail price. Chic by Choice provides retailers a yield management solution that can help manage excessive stock in a clever way, providing an alternative that can generate up to 5 times more revenue than discounting or outlets. Filipa was able to raise €520k investment for the venture at the age of 23. The success of Chic by Choice later led to another €1.5m of investment to continue to grow the company in the UK and Germany. In July 2015, the company acquired Laremia, a German dress rental competitor, which already represents 20% of the company’s revenue. In little more than a year, Chic by Choice is established as the leading dress rental platform shipping to more than 15 countries in Europe and with outstanding month on month growth. Filipa currently manages a team of 16 with offices in London and Lisbon and she is also part of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum a network developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities.
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About Chic by Choice, Farfetch, The World Economic Forum: Hire designer dresses curated by boutiques and department stores.
David Mirvish
Director of AudienceView
David Mirvish serves as a Director at AudienceView.
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About AudienceView: AudienceView offers the entertainment industry with tools that enables intelligent ticketing and e-commerce solutions.
Don Green
Director of AudienceView
Don Green serves as a Director at AudienceView.
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About AudienceView: AudienceView offers the entertainment industry with tools that enables intelligent ticketing and e-commerce solutions.
Lilian Lin
Director of FP&A of dealmoon.com
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About dealmoon.com: Dealmoon is the largest Chinese shopping and lifestyle advisory site in the U.S. with offices in U.K., Australia, France and China.
Nigel Phan
Founder and Managing Director of Whirli
I am the Founder of Whirli – the ever-changing toy box, a start-up venture based in the UK. Prior to founding Whirli, I was an Associate Partner in McKinsey & Company’s London Office. I worked with retailers, CPG companies, and other consumer businesses on topics including strategy, marketing & sales, and operations. More broadly, I also worked with organisations in other sectors on strategic topics such as Corporate / Portfolio Strategy and Growth Strategy.
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About Whirli: Whirli is a provider of toy sharing subscription service for kids.
Tom Singh
Founder & Non-Executive Director of New Look
Tom Singh OBE is the Founder of New Look, a leading UK entrepreneur and active private investor with family interests spanning: retail, technology, real estate, renewable energy sectors and private equity. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member for New Look with over 900 stores worldwide which he founded in 1969. In addition to his responsibilities at New Look, Tom is a founding member of: the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust, and is a Trustee of the Pakhar Foundation. Tom is an active philanthropist and social investor and in recent years, has taken an increasing interest in the world of technology.
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About New Look: New Look is a retail seller of mens and womens clothing.
Joshua Pierson
Director of Business Development of Ometria
Joshua Pierson is Business Development Director at Ometria.
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About Ometria: Ometria is a customer data and marketing platform that helps retailers increase CRM revenue by sending personalized marketing messages.
Catherine Mandungu
Director of Sales Operations of Ometria
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About Ometria: Ometria is a customer data and marketing platform that helps retailers increase CRM revenue by sending personalized marketing messages.
Konstantin Zaripov
Managing Director of Dynapay
Konstantin Zaripov is the Managing Director of DynaPay Ltd.
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About Dynapay: DynaPay UK is accredited by the FCA as Authorised E-Money Institution.
Nick Whitehurst
Co-Founder and Director of Watneys
Nick Whitehurst is the co-founder and director Watneys.
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About Figura Analytics Limited, Watneys: Watneys and Home Ales brands and they are hell-bent on returning them to their former glory.
Olivier Stapylton-Smith
Sales & Marketing Director, Co-founder of Moteefe
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About Moteefe: Moteefe is an e-commerce platform that allows anyone to sell customized merchandise through social media.
Andrius Skerla
Co-Founder & Technical Director of Splyt
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About Splyt: Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Pradeep Menon
Director of dealgobbler
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About dealgobbler: dealgobbler.com is a social e-commerce site providing users with a one-stop-shop to fantastic deals
Victoria Tydeman
Director and Co-Founder of Oodee
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About Oodee: allergen neutral skincare – next generation clean beauty
Steve Webster
Co-Founder & Director of Technology of Tails.com
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About Tails.com: Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs.
Paul Smith
New Business Director Partnerships of JustPremium
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About JustPremium: The World’s most innovative Rich Media Marketplace – We bring creativity to digital advertising
William McMullan
Director of Sales – eCommerce of Trustly
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About The Carlyle Group, Trustly: Pay directly from your online bank
Gary Rohloff
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Laybuy
Gary Rohloff is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Laybuy. He attended Massey University.
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About Laybuy: Laybuy is a technology-driven payments business that makes desirable and affordable payments.
Lorenzo Franzi
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Zipjet
Lorenzo is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet. ZipJet is an urban pick-up & delivery service for laundry & dry cleaning in London and Berlin. Previously, Lorenzo worked with McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked with Voice.ee a micro polling start up. Lorenzo started-off his professional career at JP Morgan in London. Lorenzo holds an MBA from INSEAD and Msc in Finance from the University of Maastricht.
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About Zipjet: Zipjet is an online laundry and dry cleaning service that enables its users to order laundry and dry cleaning pickup and delivery services.
Frank Bertele
Managing Director of Der Merklinger
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About Der Merklinger: Der Merklinger is an online shop that offers different kinds of baking and grilling materials.
Faisal Galaria
Board Member & Non Executive Director of Green Man Gaming
Faisal Galaria is the CEO of Blippar the Augmented Reality company. He previously served as Global Head of Business Development at Spotify Limited, as Managing Director of Europe and Asia at Kayak and was early member of the Skype team. At Skype as Director of Europe, he was responsible for key partnerships across the US, Europe the Middle East, with companies such as Sony, Bebo, British Telecom, Dixons and HP. Prior to joining Skype, he was a member of the Policy Executive of the UK’s telecom and media regulator Ofcom. At Ofcom, he played a senior role in the high-profile negotiation and valuation of distribution rights for Premier League Football and co-authored the Telecoms Strategy Review. He started his career in wireless and Internet consulting and was a senior member of Cluster Consulting, which was acquired by Diamond Technology Partners (NASDAQ: DTPI) for $930 million in 2000. He has been educated across Europe and graduated with honors from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) with a Bachelor’s in Management Sciences in the UK. He also holds an MBA from IESE in Spain.
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About Blippar, Gocompare.com, Green Man Gaming, Superdry: Green Man Gaming is a global pure play e-commerce and technology business in the video games industry.
Lee Buchanan
Co-founder & Operations Director of Miappi
Lee Buchanan joined Miappi as Co-founder and Operations Director in 2012.
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About Appismo, Miappi: Miappi helps brands to discover authentic consumer stories, manage the digital rights and to distribute to marketing channels and ecommerce.
Mr. Sufi Miah
Director of ChefOnline
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About : Order Takeaway Food Online or make reservation at your nearest Restaurant via ChefOnline.
Marco Contadin
Director Business Development of Coras
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About Coras: The world’s tickets through one API.
Maria Salichou
Director of insitu
A scientist by trade and a beauty buff at heart, Dr. Salichou founded insitU on the belief that men and women should be treated as individuals. As a trained chemist, Maria was frustrated with brands’ poor science and the assertion that there are only a few different skin types and set about building products, unique to each customer, with her knowledge of active ingredients and their properties. Prior to launching insitU, Maria gained a P.hD in Chemistry in Nuclear Medicine from the University of Oxford and is an expert in Biotechnology and DNA sequencing.
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About insitu: World’s No1 personalised skincare brand with a comprehensive range of fully customised products.
David O’Neil
Director of insitu
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About : World’s No1 personalised skincare brand with a comprehensive range of fully customised products.
Cheryl Coucher
Buying Director of navabi
Cheryl Coucher is Buying Director at navabi.
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About navabi: navabi is the premier destination for plus size fashion worldwide.
Romano Oliveri
Co Founder – Art Director of Feral Horses
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About Feral Horses: Feral Horses is an online platform that makes it easy to discover, experience, and care for art.
Anna Szanto
Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Goodness Project
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About The Goodness Project: The Goodness Project is a highly regarded e-commerce platform offering quality free from gifts, subscription boxes.
Andy Yates
Director of Craved
Andy Yates is Director of Craved.
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About Craved, Home Grown, InnovationRCA, New Wave Learning, Wildgoose: Craved curates a collection of small batch food and drink made in London.
Ollie Marshall
Managing Director of Maplin Electronics
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About Maplin Electronics: Maplin Electronics is an online retailer of consumer electronics.
Paul Archer
Founder and Managing Director of Duel
World Record-breaking Adventurer, Best-selling Author and founder of Duel. Aside from his expeditions and writing, he has spent his career building technology, including the Daredevil Project app development studio, and consulting for advertising agencies and tech companies. He founded Duel to democratise and decentralise marketing for brands. Duel is solving the lack of emotional connection and social proof in often clinical looking online stores by rewarding customers for creating visual testimonials and advocating among their friends, rather than wasting millions on advertising to drive sales. Before this Paul conceived and implemented the It’s on the Meter Expedition to drive to London taxi around the World. The expedition broke two Guinness World Records, raised over £20,000 and passed through 50 countries after driving 80,000 miles from London to London in Hannah, a 1992 London Taxi bought of eBay. Paul is also an experienced speaker, moderator and a conference host. Including TEDx, SXSW, Festival of Media, Cannes Lions, Social Media Week, GenerationE, the Content Marketing Institute and Retail.Tech, as well as guest lecturing at the British School of Fashion.
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About Duel: Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Attila Jakab
Director of Demand of Zalando Lounge
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About Zalando Lounge: Zalando Lounge is an e-commerce site that lets you shop for apparels and accesories for men and women.
Che Frantz
Artistic Director of HEMYCA
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About HEMYCA: HEMYCA is a London based womenswear and accessories with a vision of Innovative design, modern elegance and female empowerment.
Jason Grima
Director & Co-founder of Everly Wellness
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About Everly Wellness: Everly Wellness is a technology healthcare company focused on providing honest, expertly researched and personalised nutritional products.
David Roe
Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director, Europe of Paramount Commerce
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About Paramount Commerce: Paramount Commerce is a financial services company that enables customers to make purchases online directly from their bank account.
Amanjit Dhami
Founder & Creative Director of Ama Dhami
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About Ama Dhami: Ama Dhami is a jewellery e-commerce store that provides earrings, necklaces, rings and bracelets.
Natalia Krupina
Formerly Marketing Director, currently Advisor of Pulp
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About : Pulp allows its users to get the most diverse selection of wines from independent producers.
Cenk Dumlupinar
Director of Fiver London Ltd
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About Fiver London Ltd: Pure play fast fashion D2C
Talal Cheaib
Partner / Operations Director of Slidr
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About Slidr: SLIDR is a dynamic pricing technology allowing customers to buy products/services at prices always lower than retail
Tom Samodol
Director of PayProp
Executive roles: PayProp Holdings, Member of the Board; Director Strategy & Corporate Development Mentor and advisor: Level 39, Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab, Barclays Techstars, Microsoft Venture and others Track record: from early stage startups all the way to global technology blue chips (e.g. Google, SAP, eBay, HP, Kaspersky Lab, etc.) Domain expertise in software, mobile, internet, software, fintech/payment technologies, media and IT services Previously, Head of Technology Investment Banking at Dresdner Kleinwort / Commerzbank with extensive experience in incubating and scaling startups, investments, fundraisings, IPOs and M&A of European technology companies
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About PayProp: PayProp is an automated cloud-based payment and settlement platform for the property management industry.
James Scott
Marketing Director of Koy Clothing
KOY Clothing is run by two brothers, Alastair & Jimmy Scott. We were raised in Africa and now have an ambition to help support the deprived communities of Kenya through luxury fashion. Growing up in East Africa and going to school in the UK put us in a unique position to incorporate both worlds and help support the country we grew up in and love so much. Surrounded by beautiful landscapes, fascinating cultures and the stunning fabrics used by the Kenyan people, put together with the UK’s quintessential fashions and lifestyles, inspired us to combine authentic African fabric with luxury lifestyle, and give back to Kenya in the process. Since the official launch of KOY Clothing in December 2016, we have learned so much, and with greater knowledge, comes greater responsibility. The more we learned about cultural influences in fashion, we realised that many brands around the world use cultural inspirations within their designs. Sadly, not all of those brands give recognition to the cultures which inspired them. This was a chance for us to try and change this mindset and demonstrate to others the value of cultural inspiration. We do this by giving 5% of every purchase to projects within the communities of Kenya that our products are inspired by.
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About Koy Clothing: Koy is an African inspired clothing brand.
Patrick Eve
Co-founder & Non Executive Director of TranslateMedia
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About TranslateMedia, ZigZag Global: TranslateMedia provides professional translation, localisation, and transcreation services for documents, websites, and content marketing.
Akshay Ruparelia
Founder and Managing Director of Doorsteps
Akshay Ruparelia is the Founder of Doorsteps.
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About Doorsteps: Doorsteps is a UK-based online estate agents.
Paul Davies
Group Client Director (interim) of Econsultancy
Paul Davies is the Group Client Director (interim) at Econsultancy.
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About Econsultancy: Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.
Simon Derungs
Global Client Director of Econsultancy
Simon Derungs is the Global Client Director at Econsultancy.
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About Econsultancy: Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.
Justin James
Buying and Merchandising Director of MedicAnimal.com
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About MedicAnimal.com: MedicAnimal.com is an e-commerce company specializing in veterinary and pet retail.
Virendra Rajput
Director of Earthmiles
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About Earthmiles: Track and be rewarded for your healthy and fit activities. Get exclusive deals on the widest range of fitness products.
John Suggitt
Director of Elevate Your Look Limited
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About Elevate Your Look Limited: Elevate Your Look Limited is a brick-and-mortar and online jewelry store.
Karen Ng
Co-Founder and Director of Carnaby Fair
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About Carnaby Fair: Carnaby Fair produces exclusive hat wear collections.
Eleeta Tong
Business Development Director of Luckycycle
“The business was created to fill a gap in the market for professional, project based business hunters. Our sole purpose is to ensure we connect you to the right people in a transparent and professional manner ” Eleeta Tong, Founder. eleetat@tenacity-group.com
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About Luckycycle: Luckycycle is a patented sales promotion tool offered to digital stores allowing them to offer free purchases to their customers .
Nicolas Coppée
Sales Director of Luckycycle
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About Luckycycle: Luckycycle is a patented sales promotion tool offered to digital stores allowing them to offer free purchases to their customers .
David Sibley
Business Development Director of Luckycycle
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About Luckycycle: Luckycycle is a patented sales promotion tool offered to digital stores allowing them to offer free purchases to their customers .
Alex Norton
Co-Founder and Director of Locus
Alex Norton is the Co-Founder & Director at Locus. He is also the Co-Founder of The Bureau Group and Private debt investments at Qbera Capital LLP and also the Investor at Freetrade. Mr. Norton was a Co-founder at Poochie. Alex studied Economics and Finance at Queen Mary, U. of London.
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About Locus: Locus provides one-click checkout & 30 minute delivery option for urban shoppers.
Fayimora Femi-Balogun
Co-Founder & Director of Technology of Locus
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About Locus: Locus provides one-click checkout & 30 minute delivery option for urban shoppers.
Simon bullers
Non Executive Director of PureNChic.com
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About PureNChic.com: We are online marketplace that specialise in European designed product
Asif Khetani
Managing Director, Ecommerce of BT Expedite
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About BT Expedite: BT Expedite provides innovative, proven technology and business solutions for retailers.
Andre Borgstrom
Technical Director of Ekos Global
Technical Director at Ekos Global Ltd.
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About Ekos Global: Ekos Global is the fastest way for retail to go global: any language, any currency, on all devices and in one day.
Yeon You
Creative Director of The Pommier
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About The Pommier: Not All Accessories Are Created Equal
Matt Sullivan
Co-Founder & Director of Data Quality of Intelligent Reach
Matt Sullivan is Co-Founder & Director of Data Quality at Intelligent Reach.
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About Intelligent Reach: Intelligent Reach optimises the product discovery journey with augmented product data and scientific testing that drives conversion.
Jeremy Steer
Operations Director of Peoplevox
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About Peoplevox: Peoplevox offers easy to use warehouse management systems for e-commerce companies.
Maria Trechman
Co-Founder and Director of Well&Truly
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About Well&Truly: Well&Truly is properly satisfying snacks without any artificial nonsense.
Sara Trechman
Co-Founder and Director of Well&Truly
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About Well&Truly: Well&Truly is properly satisfying snacks without any artificial nonsense.
