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 Managing Director operating in the Social Media 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.
Maximilian Bleyleben
Managing Director and Chief Privacy Officer of SuperAwesome
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About SuperAwesome: SuperAwesome offers kid-safe tools and technology for the children’s digital media ecosystem.
Julian Miall
Managing Director of Gravity4
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About Gravity4: Gravity4 is the world’s first high-frequency machine-learning marketing OS, built to enhance the advertising and SaaS industries.
Craig Ribton
Managing Director of Proactive
Craig co-founded Proactive Investors. He is FCA regulated, an expert in financial media and advanced web design. Formerly a full-time trader, he has a passion for stock picking and a thorough understanding of the financial markets. As managing director, he runs the UK business and sits on the board of the parent company. Day-to-day he helps co-ordinate the media and investor outreach for 300 publicly listed companies. Craig is a member of the Institute of Directors, a director of Fuller Treacy Money Ltd and co-founder of StockTube.com and IScapital.
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About Brighter IR, Proactive: Proactive is an international news and media organization providing coverage of companies in the small to mid-capitalization range.
Paul Dobson
Managing Director of The Chelsea Magazine Company
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About The Chelsea Magazine Company: The Chelsea Magazine Company is an award-winning publisher of specialist magazines.
Alex White
Managing Director, Food and Parenting of Immediate Media Co.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Kostas Alekoglu
Managing Director of Caliston
Serial entrepreneur and Managing Director of Caliston Digital, a results-driven marketing agency based in London, UK.
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About Caliston, SmartFi: ROI-driven Digital marketing agency
Nick Wakefield
Founder & Managing Director of inAsia Media
Nick has over 18 years of experience in technology, media and finance. He started his first tech business in 1999 building an e-commerce platform. He spent 7 years in London focusing on financial sales in the risk management and derivatives market, before moving to Asia to help build Euromoney’s portfolio of conferences across emerging markets. Over this period he ran teams in New York, London and Hong Kong. In 2010 he setup inAsia Media and in 2013 launched Regulation Asia, the leading regulatory information service. He still plays an advisory role in the business. His passion for technology and experience working within the financial markets partner well for Bambu in the role expanding into Europe. He holds a Diploma in Economics and is currently studying a Software Engineering MicroMasters at University of British Columbia.
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About : Online publisher headquartered in Singapore. Publishes market leading titles Regulation Asia & ESG Investor
Patrick Herridge
UK Managing Director of MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations
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About MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations: One of the top mid-sized public relations firms & one of the 5 largest independent agencies in the US, with European headquarters in London.
James Carter
Managing Director – Digitalbox Publishing Ltd. of Digitalbox
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About Digitalbox: Digitalbox have created a ‘push media’ publishing model able to deliver large, high quality audiences in a brand-safe environment.
Matthew Brown
Managing Director of Data & CRM of Karmarama
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About Karmarama: Karmarama is a full service communications agency, combining creative excellence with technology-inspired solutions
Kevin Gibbons
Managing Director of BlueGlass Interactive
A leading light in the search industry, SEOptimise founder Kevin Gibbons is a web expert with over 10 years’ experience. He has specialised in the field of search engine marketing since 2003, advising a wide range of industry sectors on increasing their online visibility by using the latest search engine marketing techniques. A highly respected expert blogger on the latest developments in search engine marketing, Kevin writes regularly for SEOptimise, Econsultancy and Search Engine Land, plus he is highly followed on Twitter. At SEOptimise Kevin oversees the search marketing team, the strategy of online marketing projects, client account management and promotes the business within the search industry.
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About BlueGlass Interactive, Re:signal, WeLoveDates: BlueGlass Interactive is a digital marketing agency providing integrated SEO, content marketing, and paid search services.
Farhad Divecha
Managing Director of AccuraCast
Farhad Divecha is the managing director of AccuraCast. He oversees all search engine marketing, advertising and technical development work. A recognised authority in the field of search engine marketing and mobile search marketing, Farhad is a regular speaker at industry conferences and is quoted in numerous popular publications including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and CNet.
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About AccuraCast: AccuraCast is a digital marketing agency based in London, UK.
Kos Gkortsilas
Managing Director of Footy Addicts
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About Footy Addicts: Footy Addicts is a social platform that enables football players and enthusiasts to discover, organize, and join football games in the UK.
Matt Roskill
Managing Director of Albion
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About Albion, Utility Warehouse: We are a creative business partner. We work with companies to invent and reinvent their businesses to unlock growth.
Somi Arian
Managing Director of Smart Cookie Media
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About Smart Cookie Media: Smart Cookie Media bridging the gap between digital natives and established brands.
Stephen Worn
CTO & Managing Director of DatacenterDynamics
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About DatacenterDynamics: DatacenterDynamics is a full service B2B information provider tailored to professionals that design, build, and operate data centers.
Maureen Corish
Managing Director of Pumpkin PR
Maureen Corish is a Managing Director of Pumpkin.
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About Pumpkin PR: Pumpkin PR is an independent PR agency specializing in public relations management for creative, tech, and media industries.
Chris Paton
Managing Director of Quirk
Chris Paton A former Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Marines, with a wealth of operational experience, Chris’ military career included advising on Afghan Strategy and plans to the Cabinet Office and National Security Council, and he was responsible for the design of the drawdown of the UK presence in Afghanistan. He saw active service in a wide range of places including Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Georgia and Afghanistan. In 2010, Chris co-authored a HBR article on planning in fluid situations. This then led to him leaving the military to create Quirk Solutions Ltd. Chris has worked with BUPA, Heineken, Standard Life Investments, Shell and a wide range of SME businesses. He uses his leadership, strategy and planning experience to give organisations increased coherency, direction and efficiency. Chris is also one of the UK’s premier exponents of Business Wargaming; stress testing plans to identify risks and opportunities. Bi-lingual in French and with a Masters Degree in International Liaison and Communication, he spent 6 months of 2013 in Benin, providing French-speaking performance consultancy to a client. An avid rugby man, Chris also enjoys outdoor sports, trying to surf, and expending vast amounts of nugatory effort failing to make his garden look presentable.
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About Quirk: Quirk is a independently owned digital marketing agency.
