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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 Managing Director operating in the Insurance space. If you think a Managing 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.
Markus Noe-Nordberg
Managing Director and Head of Europe mid-market Private Equity of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Kenneth Borton
Managing Director of WhiteHorse Capital of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
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.
David Kelnar
Managing Director, Head of Growth Capital Solutions of Numis Securities
David has eight years of entrepreneurial leadership experience in early stage companies, having served as the founding CEO and CFO, respectively, of two consumer service technology companies, and is an advisor to a range of early stage ventures. Previously, David was an equity research analyst and investor in the European technology sector, at Goldman Sachs in London and a hedge fund in New York. David graduated with double First Class Honours in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.
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About Numis Securities: Numis Securities is an investment banking and stockbroking business for corporate and institutional clients.
Jeffrey Fredrick
Managing Director of TIM Group
Jeffrey Fredrick is an internationally recognised expert on software development. He joined TIM Group in 2011 as a 20-year veteran with experience across the software development lifecycle. An early adopter of XP and Agile software development, he has consistently been at the forefront of software development. Jeffrey joined TIM Group from Urbancode where as Chief Evangelist he was a regular speaker and coach on Agile development. Before Urbancode Jeffrey was an independent consultant for software companies on topics including corporate strategy, product management, and interaction design. Jeffrey’s Silicon Valley experience includes time at Agitar where he was VP of Product Management, and Alphablox where he was a pioneer in modern continuous integration practices. Jeffrey was also founder and VP of Engineering at OpenAvenue, an early software-as-service company offering web hosted development tools. Jeffrey began his career at Borland International where he was manager of online services and then a founding member of the JBuilder development team. In addition to his role at TIM Group Jeffrey is also indulging his passion for improving how software is made as a Technical Advisor to SauceLabs and as the Co-Organiser of the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON).
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About Citcon, Open Information Foundation, TIM Group: TIM Group is a provider of alpha-generating information technologies for the financial services industry.
William Cooper
Managing Director of Stanhope Cooper
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About Stanhope Cooper: Stanhope Cooper is an insurance broker for private clients, family businesses/offices, SMEs, property developers, renovators & contractors.
Simon Taylor
Founder & Managing Director of Get Indemnity
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About Get Indemnity: Get Indemnity is a Digital Insurance Broker for UK business
Pascal Keutgens
Managing Director of CPP Investments
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About CPP Investments: CPP Investments helps and provides a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement.
Camilla Stowell
Managing Director, Head of Wealth and Investment Management of Coutts
Camilla Stowell is the Managing Director and Head of Wealth and Investment Management at Coutts International and Private Office.
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About Coutts: Private bank and wealth manager owned by the RBS Group. It is the seventh oldest bank in the world.
Stuart Rootham
Group Managing Director of AstonLark
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About AstonLark: AstonLark is an Industry leading and completely independent insurance broker.
Nigel Minett
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Trehane Oliver
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Denise Judge
Managing Director of Ellis David
Denise arrived at Ellis David in 2003, when she joined as a broker. Since then, she has worked her way up through the business, before being appointed as Managing Director in 2012. While being managing director means responsibility for running the business generally, Denise still enjoys spending time with customers and ensuring they have the right protection in place for their assets – whether business or personal.
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About Ellis David: Ellis David is an independent general insurance broker.
Lesley Wise
Managing Director of Wise Pharmacovigilance & Risk Management
Lesley Wise has more than 15 years of experience in pharmacovigilance both in medicines regulation at at the MHRA, and in the pharmaceutical industry as vice-president and global head of Risk Management Centre of Excellence and Pharmacoepidemiology where she worked closely with colleagues to ensure a companywide approach to Benefit – Risk Management and to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. Lesley has liaised regularly with regulators, including meetings with PRAC, CHMP and FDA.
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About Wise Pharmacovigilance & Risk Management: Wise Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management Ltd is a consultancy service for all pharmaceutical companies.
Matthew Reed
Founder and Managing Director of Equipsme
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About Equipsme: Equipsme provides health insurance for UK business.
Toni Vallen
Managing Director & President of Seton Services Ltd.
Toni Vallen served as Managing Director and President of Seton Services Ltd. since 1988. Before joining Seton, Toni served as Vice President for Manufactures Hanover, a International Private Banking Deparment, and she also worked in Citicorp a Latin American Department and the Mexican Government as an U.S. representative officer for the Public Works Bank. Toni Vallen has a Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University, New York City and Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Journalism and Literature at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Toni aims to help small and mid-sized companies to portray their investments and financial state in the best possible light. She is an expert in integrating finance, investment management and other financial responsibilities.
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About Seton Services Ltd.: Offers international small-cap companies access to all aspects of financial public relations in regard to building an investor network.
