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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 Construction 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.
Amir Malik
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture, Accenture Interactive: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Nigel Gilbert
Managing Director of Accenture
Nigel Gilbert is the Vice President of Strategic Development of EMEA at AppNexus. Digital media pioneer, Nigel leads AppNexus’ strategic development across Europe. Prior to joining AppNexus, he served as Head of Orange Ad Market (UK & FR) for France Telecom. Nigel was responsible for all commercial operations at Orange Ad Market, the real-time bidding (RTB) exchange. In 2001 Nigel co-founded Unanimis, the first and largest digital publisher network in the UK. As Commercial Director for Unanimis, Nigel established and managed operations for eBay, BBC, Channel 5, and the London Stock Exchange, among others.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Global Head of Payments of Accenture
Sulabh is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK/Ireland Finance Services practice. He leads the payments and cards practice for the UK and Ireland banking market. His area of expertise is management consulting and programme delivery in areas of payments and regulatory compliance. In addition he has been advising banking clients on strategy and target operating models. His experience encompasses several payments and regulatory programmes including payments transformation, transaction banking revenue enhancement and ring fencing, FATCA, PSR, BCOB, SEPA, RDR, Sanctions, AML. In addition, he has experience in post-merger integration, payments change delivery, wholesale bank target operating model, retail and corporate bank product strategy, credit card marketing strategy, innovation strategy, governance model options, sourcing strategy and payments operations and technology.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Peter Lacy
Senior Managing Director -Global Sustainability Practice Lead; Europe Strategy Practice Lead of Accenture
Peter Lacy is managing director for Growth, Strategy and Sustainability within Accenture Strategy and is part of its Leadership Team. He is also a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council, and leads Accenture’s relationship with the World Economic Forum and the Digital Transformation of Industries program. His role focuses on strategy development, offering development, innovation centers and mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Mr. Lacy is a world authority on sustainability in areas such as circular economy, stakeholder management and trust issues in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, mining, energy and consumer goods. He works with the CEOs and senior management of a range of Fortune 500 companies, including the United Nations, the European Union and public sector organizations. He specializes in growth and strategy, with a strong focus on environmental, social, governance and ethics issues. Prior to consulting he spent several years working in the dotcom industry.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Olivier Vuichard
Managing Director, Wealth Management of Accenture
Olivier heads their UK business with responsibility for local business development and growth in their delivery capabilities. He has worked closely with top tier clients in the UK on their change programmes. A Swiss national, Olivier has delivered several strategic transformation projects across the UK, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He is an experienced project manager and has supported clients on challenging platform delivery transformations including the integration of remote delivery elements.
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About Accenture, Orbium: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Davinder Gautam
Managing Director of Accenture
Davinder Gautam Managing Director – Products Technology Consulting.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Anthoula Madden
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Marion Duncan
Creative Director (Liquid Studio London) of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Tom Graham
Managing Director, Banking of Accenture
Tom Graham is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK Banking consulting practice, helping clients deliver change and innovate. He also sponsors the successful FinTech Innovation Labs in London, which, partnered with 30+ banks and insurers, takes 20 startups a year through a rapid accelerator for growth and innovation.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Simon Evans
Director, Digital Engineering of SNC Lavalin
Simon Evans is the Director, Digital Engineering at SNC-Lavalin.
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About SNC Lavalin: SNC-Lavalin is an engineering and construction group.
Andreas Galatoulas
Data Science Director of AECOM
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About AECOM: AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets.
Gregory Dewerpe
Managing Director of A/O PropTech
Gregory is a seasoned real estate and technology investor with over 15 years of experience across I-Banking, real estate and venture, a multi-billion deal-making history, and a deep understanding of the financial markets, real estate and venture capital eco-systems. A/O Proptech has emerged from AMD Capital, a dedicated real estate investment company ( direct real assets, public real estate markets, and venture) also founded by Gregory after he left I-Banking where he started his career a decade earlier, at Credit Suisse and Citigroup, looking after investments, structuring and financing for Sovereign wealth funds and other large institutions. Gregory sits on the board/advisory board of a variety of companies in the tech and Real estate space including amongst others Placemake.io, Plentific, Wildstone, Fornova, Residently, Livelike and Tiger Media. Gregory is a Swiss national, fluent in English, French and Italian; he attended HEC Lausanne University, London School of Economics (Masters) and Harvard Business School. Gregory is passionate about sports, travelling, nutrition/food-tech, cancer research and fighting the destructive long-lasting impact of bullying amongst children and younger generations. Gregory currently lives between London and Berlin.
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About A/O PropTech: Europe’s largest Proptech VC firm investing in technology companies transforming the real estate industry.
Paul Dollin
Executive Director of WSP Global
Paul Dollin is a Chief Operating Officer at WSP Global Inc. Paul, a Chartered Engineer joined WSP in 2010 as Managing Director of the UK business and Executive Director of WSP Group plc. Paul has since been appointed MD, UK/Middle East/Africa/India/Asia Pacific and made a member of WSP’s current Executive Team. Prior to joining WSP and following a period with British Energy, Paul Dollin joined Atkins, a leading engineering and design consultancy, in 1999. With Atkins he held a number of roles, including Managing Director of their Design and Engineering business and member of its Executive Committee. Paul holds a Ph.D. in material science from University of Leeds, UK.
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About WSP Global: WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firm.
Tom Smith
Global Director – Property & Buildings of WSP Global
Tom Smith, BSc (Hons), MBA, CEng MIMechE, is the Global Director, Property and Buildings at WSP Global. Tom has been with WSP since 1994 and has held a number of senior business leadership positions with their UK, Middle East and India regions as well as being closely associated with many of WSP’s flagship projects and strategic clients. Since 2010 Tom has focused his efforts on their global agenda and has been instrumental in developing their global culture, connectivity and services. Tom has worked throughout the Group with regional management to develop global initiatives focused on market sectors, global clients and major project bids. In 2013 Tom Smith joined the Company’s Executive Team, and in January 2014 he was appointed Global Director, Property and Buildings, to focus on achieving WSP’s strategic goal of being recognised as the leading Property and Buildings consultancy by 2015.
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About WSP Global: WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firm.
Alastair Bloore
Group Risk and Compliance Director of Currie & Brown (Australia)
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About Currie & Brown (Australia): Currie & Brown is a project services consultancy firm.
Julie Kennedy
User Experience Director of Saint-Gobain
Julie Kennedy is a user experience director at Saint-Gobain.
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About Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials and solutions.
Julie Kennedy
User Experience Director of Saint-Gobain
Julie Kennedy is a user experience director at Saint-Gobain.
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About Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials and solutions.
Philip Cheevers
Managing Director of Cheevers Howard
Phil has been involved in the London residential construction industry, specifically on high end, super prime residential projects since 2002. His core focus is on delivering the finest quality finishes for discerning clients. His talents lie in working to set budgets and constrictive programmes, within a logistically demanding environment. Phil’s contracts have included the renovation of some of London’s finest listed Grade I and II* properties, as well as new build fit-out projects for some of the capital’s most sought after apartments. Phil has developed a reputation for delivering projects to exacting standards which you’ll see reflected in our testimonials. Accustomed to working with demanding clients, Phil has a clear understanding of what a project’s priorities are and aims to over-deliver on each and every Cheevers Howard venture.
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About Cheevers Howard: Cheevers Howard offer first class building services to the prime central London property market.
Derek Poole
Construction Director of Cheevers Howard
Derek has enjoyed 15 years working in the UK construction industry and has focused his attentions on high end, super prime residential projects in London since 2004. He’s delivered a number of residential projects for private clients, as well as multiple-unit speculative developments. Derek’s skills lie in the appreciation of what the super prime market demands in terms of quality, but more importantly on how to manage the process to ensure that this quality is achieved on every scheme he commits to.
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About Cheevers Howard: Cheevers Howard offer first class building services to the prime central London property market.
Paul Harbard
Founder and Finance Director of Pocket
Paul is a Chartered Accountant and was Finance Director of Peabody Trust for twelve years. Paul has a wealth of experience in public sector housing and brings a strong operational and practical construction perspective to Pocket Living.
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About Pocket: Pocket is a pioneering private property developer delivering affordable homes in London.
Christopher Barber
Co-Founder and Director of C-Link
Christopher Barber is the Director and Co-Founder of C-Link.
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About C-Link: C-Link is a platform for developers and main contractors, designed to streamline the process of subcontract procurement.
Romill Bettany
Co-Founder and Engineering Director of Modulous
Romill Bettany is the co-founder and engineering director at Modulous.
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About Modulous: Redefining the design & delivery of affordable, sustainable & smart homes by leveraging disruptive digital technologies
Paul Teverson
Director of Communications of McCarthy & Stone
Paul joined McCarthy & Stone in 2011 having previously worked as an adviser to a senior MP and Government Minister in Parliament and provided communications support for a number of UK housebuilders and national infrastructure companies. Paul was appointed to McCarthy & Stone’s Executive Committee in 2014 and is responsible for national, corporate and internal communications, and also supports the company’s national public affairs programme.
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About McCarthy & Stone: McCarthy & Stone offers retirement housebuilder, specialising in designing property for later life.
David Campbell
Group Sales and Marketing Director of Telford Homes
David Campbell is the group sales and marketing director at Telford Homes.
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About Telford Homes: Telford Homes is a residential property developer in East London noted for regeneration projects within public sector partnerships.
Henry Chan
Associate Director of Buro Happold
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About Buro Happold, Future Cities Catapult: Buro Happold is an international, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy.
Abel Maciel
Director of Construction Blockchain Consortium
Abel Maciel is an architect and researcher based in London, United Kingdom. He has extensive experience on a wide range of design typologies and scales, from product and interaction design, to large-scale urban complexes and masterplans. He tutors at the Bartlett School of Architecture and is the founding director of Design Computation Ltd. He is also a director of the Construction Blockchain Consortium and the initiator of the Design Computation Wiki, an open knowledge platform for computational design.
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About Construction Blockchain Consortium: CBC aims are to become the leading construction industries knowledge transfer consortium in collaboration with a premier university.
