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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 Partner operating in the Emerging Markets space. If you think a Partner 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.
Mikael Karlsson
Partner of Actis
Mikael is unequivocal about his colleagues at Actis, and Globeleq – the Actis portfolio company which Mikael leads as CEO. In his eyes, this group of people simply represent, “the best energy team in the emerging markets.” Mikael should know; since 1990 he has worked in the world of emerging markets energy and infrastructure. He joined Globeleq in 2002 and rejoined as CEO in 2009. He began his career at ABB Energy Ventures, the developer and investor of 36 power projects worldwide with a total value of US$15bn, where he held senior management positions as head of global development and investments, head of Asia, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa and chairman of the investment committee. He has been involved in power projects in China, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. He believes that Actis has a unique and winning position in the marketplace because of its strong, long-term local presence, its global industry skills and its commitment to best practice via its dedicated Value Creation Group. This successful combination matters because energy projects contribute to the economic development of a country as well as generating high risk adjusted returns to shareholders. Mikael holds a master of science in industrial engineering and management from Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden and an MBA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the U.S.
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About Actis: Actis is a global growth markets investor in private equity, energy, infrastructure, and real estate.
James Connor
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Shawn Atkinson
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Daniel Wayte
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Peter Bartlett
Partner of GML Capital
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About GML Capital: GML Capital LLP is a private investment advisory and management firm, specializing in emerging markets.
