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 Product operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a Product 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.
Vincent Thome
Product of Klarna
Vincent Thome is the Product of Klarna.
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About Klarna: Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers.
Chloé Hajnal-Corob
Head of Product of Trouva
Chloé Hajnal-Corob serves as the Head of Product at Trouva.
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About Trouva: Trouva, the online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world
Kevin Lee
VP, Chief Product Officer of eBay
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Sara Wood
Global VP Product Management of Farfetch
At Farfetch, Sara oversees all Global Consumer Products. Her team works across product management, design, and analytics in all Farfetch markets. Sara sits on the Farfetch Executive Board and is a member of the Strategy Committee. Sara joined Farfetch in October 2017 and is responsible for strategy and development of all consumer-centric products including; marketplace, platform, ecommerce, mobile, marketing, personalization, payments, loyalty, and inspiration. Sara’s experience prior to Farfetch spans 20 years as a product leader at the intersection of content, community, and technology as well as being an Early-stage Startup Advisor.
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About Farfetch, Salon Media Group: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Iain McNeill
VP Digital Product of Gousto
Iain McNeill serves as vice president of digital product at Gousto.
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About Gousto: Gousto is an online meal-kit manufacturer and retailer, using AI and automation to provide extensive choice and personalisation.
Manon van Thorenburg
Product Manager of Let’s Do This
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About Let’s Do This: Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet.
Denise Jones
Senior Product Manager of Letgo
Denise Jones is a 20-year veteran of the Seattle tech industry, at such companies as Microsoft, Corbis Corp., and Expedia. She spent ten years as a database engineer and architect, and transitioned to program and product management at Microsoft. In 2015 she transferred to Expedia’s London office, where she is the product owner for a backend site service that integrates data science algorithms. She is one of the co-presidents of Women at Expedia.
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About Hotels, Letgo: Letgo is a second-hand shopping app that helps users buy and sell locally.
Simon Jaffery-Reed
Vice-President of Product of Qubit
Simon joined Qubit as its first external hire during the company’s research and development phase. He was initially responsible for product innovation and developing analysis techniques that lead the way in conversion optimisation. After working on each of its core products across the platform, he is now responsible for leading product strategy across its entire product suite as Group Product Manager.
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About Qubit: Qubit specializes in personalization at scale for e-commerce companies.
Fernando Fanton
Chief Product & Technology Officer of Just Eat
Fernando Fanton is a technologist and strategic leader with executive experience in the technology sector. His diverse background and extensive experience has allowed him to effortlessly span across strategy, marketing, product development, and engineering. JUST EAT is the world’s leading digital marketplace for takeaway food delivery.
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About Just Eat: Just Eat provides convenient and easy access to a huge variety of delivery restaurants and order food online.
Karl Knoflach
Chairman, Co-Founder, Head of Marketing and Product of C88 Financial Technologies
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About C88 Financial Technologies: C88 connects banks and insurers in Asia to consumers buying financial products online.
Ingmar Zach
SVP, Product of Criteo
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About Criteo: Criteo is a global technology company that serves personalized online display advertisements to consumers on behalf of e-commerce companies.
Emma Moorman
Senior Product Manager of Connexity
Emma Moorman is Senior Product Manager at Connexity.
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About Connexity: Connexity is a digital advertising company that works with merchants to determine which product offerings to put on publishers’ websites.
Alex Rohloff
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer of Laybuy
Alex Rohloff is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Laybuy.
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About Laybuy: Laybuy is a technology-driven payments business that makes desirable and affordable payments.
Vanessa Wachtmeister
Global Launch & Product Marketing Manager of Hotels
Vanessa Menchaca-Wachtmeister is a B2B Global Launch Manager at Hotels.com and an accomplished travel writer behind the blog: wanderonwards.co. Originally from Los Angeles, Vanessa has spent the last decade bouncing between Beijing, Boston, and London pursuing a career in tech whilst exploring over 40 countries. She has a BA from Boston College, a Masters in International Development from SOAS (University of London), and her real passion is teaching people how to travel farther, longer and for less. When she’s not on a plane, she enjoys learning languages, developing her skills, and cooking with her husband and cat.
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About Hotels: Hotels provides online hotel booking and reservation services intended to ease the travelling process.
David Bryans
Founder and Products Developer of Barenaturals
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About Barenaturals: Barenaturals is a world friendly and candle company. They make natural candles & organic skincare balms with nature’s greatest ingredients.
Fehed Said
Product Release Manager of Ekos Global
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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.
Drew Smith
VP Product Strategy of Volo
Drew joined Volo in June 2015 and leads product vision and direction at Volo. Drew started his time at Volo as part of the sales team, originally working as a Sales Consultant and then a Senior Consultant. He is passionate about the retail industry and the ever-evolving consumer world. Drew’s main driver at Volo is to ensure that we build value-first technology which enables our customers to be successful.
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About Volo: Volo is an ecommerce business.
Adam Selby
Product Manager of JustGiving
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About JustGiving: JustGiving is an online platform for charitable fundraising and non-charitable crowdfunding for good causes.
Michael Hazelden
SVP Product Strategy of OrderDynamics
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About OrderDynamics: Tecsys OrderDynamics is the leading distributed order management solution for mid-market retailers
Danny Harrison
Head of Product of Vision Direct
Danny Harrison is the head of product at Vision Direct, an online provider of contact lenses in Europe. Danny holds a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from The University of Manchester.
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About Vision Direct: Vision Direct provides contact lenses, contact lens solutions, and eye care products online.
Amal Gul
VP, Product and Implementations of PowaWeb
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About PowaWeb: PowaWeb is an enterprise class, feature rich, Software as a Service ecommerce platform built with international scale in mind.
Gabe Sosa
Production Director of PowaWeb
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About PowaWeb: PowaWeb is an enterprise class, feature rich, Software as a Service ecommerce platform built with international scale in mind.
Eleanor Harding
Product Development Specialist of Rigby/Rose
Product developer and nerd extraordinaire, Eleanor Harding has won several Hackathons including TechCrunch Disrupt and the SA Microsoft Imagine Cup. By day, she works at a London-based Ideas Lab to help founders bring ideas to life with a sprinkle of magic. By night, she’s building the future. She’s a multimedia geek with the brain of a developer, the eyes of an artist, the hands of a designer, the vision of a strategist, the voice of a diplomat and the heart of a human. She is the Swiss Army Knife of the tech industry.
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About HIBOO HiApp, Rigby/Rose: Helping wonderful people like you turn ideas into products.
