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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based CFO’ operating in the Retail space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Stefan Hobl
CFO & Co-Founder of Butter.co.uk
Stefan Hobl joined Butter.co.uk as CFO & Co-Founder in 2017.
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About Butter.co.uk: Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!
Sacha Jacobs
CFO of Fabacus
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About Fabacus, Reporo: Fabacus is a technology business that transforms brand licensing through the power of data.
Elliot Jordan
Chief Financial Officer of Farfetch
As Chief Financial Officer, Elliot is responsible for the company’s financial operations including accounting; treasury and tax; and financial reporting and control, across all of Farfetch’s international offices. Elliot is part of the Executive Board. Elliot joined Farfetch with a wealth of financial experience at consumer online retailers including ASOS and Sainsbury’s. Prior to joining the retail industry, Elliot worked at Credit Suisse in London and KPMG in Auckland.
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About Farfetch: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Ngoc Chu
Chief Financial Officer of Zapp
Ngoc Chu is the Chief Financial Officer at Zapp.
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About Zapp: Zapp is a grocery-delivery startup that provides on-demand delivery services 24/7.
Iain MacLaren
Chief Financial Officer of ZigZag Global
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About ZigZag Global: ZigZag Global is a software platform that helps retailers manage their returns globally.
Alisdair Cameron
CFO of The Post Office
Alisdair became the Chief Financial Officer of Post Office in January 2015. He is also a non-executive on the Board of Oxford University Hospitals. From 2002-14 Alisdair worked in a variety of roles for Centrica plc, a FTSE 100 company, including Director of Audit & Risk, Group Financial Controller, Finance Director of British Gas and Managing Director of British Gas Enterprise. Previously he was a partner with Arthur Andersen and served as a trustee of the e-Learning Foundation.
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About The Post Office: Post Office is a retail post office company that provides a wide range of products, including postage stamps and banking to the public.
Neville Evans
Chief Financial Officer of Lumene
Neville Evans is the chief financial officer at Lumene. He is also a chief financial officer at Langholm Capital LLP.
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About Lumene: Lumene is a Finnish manufacturer of cosmetics.
Richard Parker
CFO of StreetDots
Richard has extensive board-level experience in Healthcare Operations Management. He has worked as both Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director in a number of Acute NHS Hospitals and has over 20 years’ experience at a senior level in the NHS, having held positions in a range of acute NHS and private sector organisations including Executive Director of operations at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust and Associate Director of Operations at Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Richard also managed and implemented the emergency care recovery programme at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
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About Parker Health, RwHealth, StreetDots: StreetDots creates smart street-trading platform.
Hannah Lowry
Chief Financial Officer of Ecrebo
Hannah joined Ecrebo in July 2017 and brings proven experience in driving business performance and robust financial management for multinational companies in Europe and the Middle East. In her role as CFO, Hannah is responsible for all financial matters for Ecrebo and as part of the senior leadership team, will help set and implement the strategic direction of the company. Hannah previously served as finance director for the data and analytics business at Aimia, as well as tenures with GE Capital in Dubai, and Barclays in London.
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About Ecrebo: Ecrebo is a point of sale marketing platform.
Tim Parfitt
CFO of eve Sleep
Tim Parfitt is the CFO at eve sleep.
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About eve Sleep: eve Sleep is a pioneer of luxury sleep solutions, promising the perfect start to every day thanks to a guaranteed great night’s sleep.
Phil Rock
Group Chief Financial Officer of Global Risk Partners
Phil Rock is the group chief financial officer at Global Risk Partners.
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About Global Risk Partners: Global Risk Partners is an investment vehicle aimed at insurance brokers and managing general agents trading in the UK retail and global.
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO of CONTEXT
Adam joined CONTEXT in February 2013 to develop the company’s research coverage of ICT and technology. Adam is growing the CONTEXT panel of ICT retailers across Europe and, using the panel data, brings fresh thinking for exploiting new market opportunities. In June 2015 he formed a pan-European Smart Home Research Group including Smart Home Associations, retailers and manufacturers and also pioneered research into the opportunities for retailers selling technology to small businesses (“R2B”). In May 2016 he formed a specialist research group on Virtual Reality. In September 2015 he launched the 1st CONTEXT Smart Home Survey which compares consumer attitudes to Smart Home across UK, France and Germany. In January 2016 he launched the 2nd survey covering in addition Spain and Italy. These surveys have become established as an authoritative source of information and understanding of the emerging smart home market. He is the organiser and speaker at a number of conferences and summits – he chairs the CONTEXT Smart Channels Summit which takes place at DISTREE EMEA in Monaco and APAC in Singapore, the Melco Forum in Valencia and the CONTEXT Retail CEO breakfasts at IFA and CES. In these events he brings together CONTEXT technology vendors, distributors, retailers and other partners around topical issues. He is a Director of the Smart Homes & Building Association (based in the UK) and member of the Fédération Française de Domotique (French Smart Home Association) and the German based Smart Home initiative. Prior to joining CONTEXT, Adam spent his career in professional services, introducing operational best practices in large retailers across multiple market sectors. He has worked with many of the largest retailers in Europe at senior executive level. Adam is a qualified Chartered Accountant, having spent 10 years working at KPMG, and has a degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He is married with 2 daughters and a son.
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About CONTEXT: Leading the company’s efforts to offer its customers unrivalled research coverage of the IT channel landscape in Europe.
Adam Simon
Global Managing Director & CFO of CONTEXT
Adam joined CONTEXT in February 2013 to develop the company’s research coverage of ICT and technology. Adam is growing the CONTEXT panel of ICT retailers across Europe and, using the panel data, brings fresh thinking for exploiting new market opportunities. In June 2015 he formed a pan-European Smart Home Research Group including Smart Home Associations, retailers and manufacturers and also pioneered research into the opportunities for retailers selling technology to small businesses (“R2B”). In May 2016 he formed a specialist research group on Virtual Reality. In September 2015 he launched the 1st CONTEXT Smart Home Survey which compares consumer attitudes to Smart Home across UK, France and Germany. In January 2016 he launched the 2nd survey covering in addition Spain and Italy. These surveys have become established as an authoritative source of information and understanding of the emerging smart home market. He is the organiser and speaker at a number of conferences and summits – he chairs the CONTEXT Smart Channels Summit which takes place at DISTREE EMEA in Monaco and APAC in Singapore, the Melco Forum in Valencia and the CONTEXT Retail CEO breakfasts at IFA and CES. In these events he brings together CONTEXT technology vendors, distributors, retailers and other partners around topical issues. He is a Director of the Smart Homes & Building Association (based in the UK) and member of the Fédération Française de Domotique (French Smart Home Association) and the German based Smart Home initiative. Prior to joining CONTEXT, Adam spent his career in professional services, introducing operational best practices in large retailers across multiple market sectors. He has worked with many of the largest retailers in Europe at senior executive level. Adam is a qualified Chartered Accountant, having spent 10 years working at KPMG, and has a degree in Modern History from the University of Oxford. He is married with 2 daughters and a son.
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About CONTEXT: Leading the company’s efforts to offer its customers unrivalled research coverage of the IT channel landscape in Europe.
