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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 Director operating in the Messaging 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.
Marie Outtier
Director of Product Management of Twitter
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
David Wilding
Director of Planning of Twitter
As Director of Planning at Twitter UK my role is to help to inspire and enable planners and clients to get the most out of a product by advising them on how to embed Twitter into their marketing and communication strategies. I’ve recently joined Twitter from PHD where I spent 5 fantastic years as Head of Planning, overseeing PHD’s planning product on brands such as Sainsbury’s, Warner Bros, Mondelez, YouTube and the BHF. Before that I spent 8 years at Mindshare. I’m Module editor for the IPA’s Excellence Diploma and sit on the APG committee.
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About Twitter: Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Marjorie Scardino
Member of the Board of Directors of Twitter
Marjorie Scardino served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Pearson PLC, a publishing and education company, from 1997 to 2012.From 1985 to 1997, Marjorie Scardino served in several roles at The Economist Group, a media company, including as Chief Executive Officer. Marjorie Scardino served on the board of directors of Nokia Corporation, a telecommunications company, from 2001 to April 2013. Scardino holds a B.A. in Psychology from Baylor University and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.Scardino was selected to serve on our board of directors because of the strength of her extensive knowledge of the media industry and her global business experience.
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About : Twitter is a social networking platform that allows its users to send and read micro-blogs of up to 280-characters known as tweets.
Charlotte Holloway
Government Relations Director, UK and Ireland of Zoom
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About Zoom: Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.
Rudy Markham
Member of the Board of Directors of United Parcel Service
Rudy Markham is a Member of the Board of Directors at UPS since November 2007. Rudy retired as the Chief Financial Officer of Unilever in 2007 after 39 years. Rudy joined the company in 1968 as a Commercial Management Trainee and spent most of his early career in the finance function of various Unilever companies in Europe before being appointed financial director of Unilever in Zurich. Rudy returned to Rotterdam as Head of the Finance Department and became group Treasurer of Unilever in 1986. From 1989 to 1998, Rudy was based in Unilever’s East Asia Pacific Region and directed operations in Australia and New Zealand, then Japan and then China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Rudy joined the Board of Unilever as Strategy and Technology Director and became a Member of its Executive Committee in May 1998. Rudy was appointed Financial Director in August 2000, reporting directly to the company’s chief executive. In May 2007, Rudy retired from Unilever’s Board and on Oct. 31, 2007, he retired as Chief Financial Officer. The native of Alresford, Hampshire, England, Rudy is a Member of the Board of Directors at AstraZeneca PLC and Legal and General PLC. Rudy is also Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Corbion, N.V., formerly CSM, N.V.
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About : UPS is a package delivery company that offers the transportation of packages and freight and the facilitation of international trade.
Torsten de Riese
Director of Strategy & Operations of Dods (Group) plc
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About Dods (Group) plc: Dods is a global political information, publishing, training, events and communications business
Walter Kerins
Director – Board Member of CS Networks
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About CS Networks: CS Networks, a telecommunications service provider, offers professional services and premium quality IT solutions for the mobile industry.
Andy Bell
Non-exec Director & Co-founder of Boomf
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About Boomf, SIDE Labs: Boomf is an initial product, Boomf is a quite simply a better way to send a sentiment.
Jonathan Rodger
Director of Email Checker
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About Email Checker: Email Checker offers fast and accurate email verification solutions.
Greg Jordan
Sales Director of Email Checker
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About Email Checker: Email Checker offers fast and accurate email verification solutions.
Kevin Bone
Director of Sentiment
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About : Sentiment Engage is a cloud platform including a unified inbox for social media and messaging apps.
Thelma Kalentzoti
Founder, Managing Director of Shoutcube
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About Shoutcube: Shoutcube is a chat app that will change the way the user communicates.
Pat Eskinasy
Director of ExperiencEconomy
Director of ExperiencEconomy
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About ExperiencEconomy: We make stuff on the internet (and outside the internet), rinse and repeat.
Pat Eskinasy
Director of ExperiencEconomy
Director of ExperiencEconomy
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About ExperiencEconomy: We make stuff on the internet (and outside the internet), rinse and repeat.
