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This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Wireless 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.
Christopher Schmidt
Director Technology of Verizon Wireless
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About Verizon Wireless: Verizon Wireless offers wireless telecommunications services, devices, and solutions.
Marc Waters
Managing Director UK&I of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Marc is the UK & Ireland Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He joined HP Company in November 1999 and was appointed Managing Director in July 2016. As UK&I Managing Director, Marc is responsible for all people and business operations. He oversees a technology portfolio that includes Hybrid Cloud, Edge solutions and comprehensive set of services capabilities. Previously Marc has held key positions including Vice President Enterprise Group, Services Sales Director, Chief of Staff and a number of Sales Management roles. Marc is a passionate supporter of UK business and actively engaged with both Government and the CBI. A practitioner of values based leadership he believes business is a force for good and places personal energy into supporting opportunities for young people. Marc holds a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Business School. He has five children and is interested in football, politics and economics.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Dirk Anderson
Director of Hybrid Cloud of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Dirk Anderson runs the UK&I Cloud business at HPE. Prior to joining HPE, Dirk was the Managing Director at RedPixie, a leading Azure consultancy that was acquired by HPE in 2017. As leader of the UKI Cloud business, Dirk heads-up a team of high end consultants and engineers who design, build and manage Cloud platforms and solutions for a variety of enterprise customers across various sectors.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Frances Keeth
Member of the Board of Directors of Arrow Electronics
Frances Keeth is a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics. Frances was Executive Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell plc, a global energy company, from 2005 to 2006 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Chemicals LP from 2001 to 2006. During her long tenure at Royal Dutch Shell, Frances served in a number of other positions of responsibility, including Executive Vice President, Finance and Business Systems and Executive Vice President, Customer Fulfillment and Product Business Units. Prior to these positions, Frances was Controller and Principal accounting officer of Mobil Corporation. Frances has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics, Inc. since 2004 and, in the past five years, she has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Peabody Energy Corporation. Frances’ career with Shell has provided her with substantial experience in managing worldwide operations and strategic partnerships in a capital-intensive business. Frances’ expertise provides the Board with critical skills in the areas of financial oversight, aligning financial and strategic initiatives, and risk management. Frances has served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Verizon since 2006. Frances is Lead Director, Chair of the Corporate Governance and Policy Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
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About : Arrow Electronics designs, manufactures and distributes electronic components for industrial and commercial sectors.
Jonathan Woolf
Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration of O2
Jonathan Woolf serves as the Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration at O2.
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About O2: O2 provides services such as non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music, and video, as well as data connections.
Simon Harris
Commercial Director of WiForia
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About WiForia: WiForia’s SaaS platform turns Public Wi-Fi into a marketing communications channel.
Simon Harris
Commercial Director of WiForia
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About WiForia: WiForia’s SaaS platform turns Public Wi-Fi into a marketing communications channel.
Steve Barlow
Finance Director of WiForia
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About WiForia: WiForia’s SaaS platform turns Public Wi-Fi into a marketing communications channel.
Jonathan Davies
Director of Digital of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Stephen Lerner
General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Director of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Stephen Lerner
General Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Director of Three
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About Three: Three is a British telecommunications and internet service provider.
Chei Amlani
Director, Digital Product and Audience Development of Sky Italia
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About Sky Italia: Sky Italia is an Italian digital satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched on 31 July 2003.
Alan Sillito
Global Key Accounts, Senior Director of Wirepas
Alan Sillito is Global Key Accounts, Senior Director at Wirepas.
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About Wirepas: No bullshit. Just enterprise IoT as it should be. Connecting millions of devices. Failure-free. No infrastructure. No middlemen.
Torquato Bertani
Member Board of Directors of Tanaza
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About : The cloud platform for IT professionals to operate Wi-Fi networks
Alan Carlton
Senior Director, Innovation Labs of InterDigital Communications
Alan Carlton is Vice President InterDigital Europe, Ltd where he leads 5G and IoT R&D activities. Alan has over 20 years wireless industry experience spanning 2G through the now emerging 5G. He has been with InterDigital for over ten years and has held a variety of senior positions in their development, systems, standards and technology strategy organizations. Prior to InterDigital, he held positions at Nortel, Siemens and a variety of wireless startups both in Europe and United States. Alan is an EEE graduate of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and also holds a MSc. in Communications & Signal Processing from Imperial College, London.
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About InterDigital Communications: InterDigital Communications is a mobile technology firm that designs and develops digital wireless technology solutions.
Tom Ekers
Finance Director of Reporo
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About Reporo: Reporo is a global mobile Ad Network with over 15 Billion impressions per month on its Banner, Pop-Under and Pop-Under eXchange networks.
Henning Brazer
Commercial Director of Reporo
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About Reporo: Reporo is a global mobile Ad Network with over 15 Billion impressions per month on its Banner, Pop-Under and Pop-Under eXchange networks.
Henning Brazer
Commercial Director of Reporo
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About Reporo: Reporo is a global mobile Ad Network with over 15 Billion impressions per month on its Banner, Pop-Under and Pop-Under eXchange networks.
Paul Spencer
Founding Director of Axial Systems
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About Axial Systems: Axial Systems is one of the UK’s leading solution providers and systems integrators in network, security and services.
Carolyn Van Dongen
Marketing Director of Musaic
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About Musaic: Musaic is a manufacturer/developer of wireless HiFi systems based in the heart of London.
David Wadsworth
Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director, UK of WMC Global
David Wadsworth oversees the WMC Global Group’s strategic financial direction as he plans, manages, and reports on group finances. His more than 40 years in financial management ensure the success of the group’s entrepreneurial endeavors. David brings extensive management and business development experience as a chartered accountant, having specialized in mobile technology, marketing and media, and property companies. His expertise in managing and resourcing business development for venture capital and investment finance groups enables him to evaluate markets and identify financial and business opportunities for the WMC Global Group—supporting its continued growth. In his role as managing director, David leads his team in opening new opportunities in the United Kingdom, as well as pursuing new opportunities and markets in Europe, and manages the effective delivery of products and solutions to clients. David earned his MA in History at the University of Oxford.
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About WMC Global: Worldwide Brand and Customer Protection At Scale
Mark Gracey
Board of Directors of Zinwave UK
Mark is a Principal at SEP and considers information technology investments with a particular focus on software and e-commerce. Before joining SEP, Mark founded and ran the European operations of network security OEM, Sensory Networks. Mark has an engineering background and previous roles include researching high speed semiconductors with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the University of California as well as acting as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing’s space programme. Mark led SEP’s investments in social network analytics business SocialBro and cloud-based hotel management and reservation software business hetras and holds board positions with both companies.
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About : Zinwave UK is a global provider of wideband active distributed antenna systems for in-building wireless coverage.
Matt Boyles
Director of Sales and Marketing & CMO of Wireless Fitness
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About Wireless Fitness: The Wireless Fitness is an app that portable exercise studio in your phone
Matt Boyles
Director of Sales and Marketing & CMO of Wireless Fitness
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About Wireless Fitness: The Wireless Fitness is an app that portable exercise studio in your phone
Dominic Thorpe
Founder and Managing Director- Acting CEO and in charge of fundraising, strategy, and development of Wireless Fitness
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About Wireless Fitness: The Wireless Fitness is an app that portable exercise studio in your phone
