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 Director operating in the Developer Platform 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.
Dima Roznouski
Sr. Director, Managed Accounts – Operate of Unity Technologies
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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.
Luis Garcia Hamilton
Director Inversiones of Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional
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About Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional: Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio Internacional providing consulting, information and facilitation services.
James Crombie
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Odyssey Resources
Mr. Crombie graduated from the Royal School of Mines, London, in 1980 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in mining Engineering, where he was the recipient of an Anglo American scholarship. Mr. Crombie held various positions with DeBeers Consolidated Mines and the Anglo American Corporation in South Africa and Angola between 1980 and 1986. He spent the next thirteen years as a mining analyst and investment banker with Shepards, Merrill Lynch, James Capel & Co. and Yorkton Securities. Mr. Crombie was vice president, corporate development of Hope Bay Gold Corporation from February 1999 through May 2002 and president and CEO of Ariane Gold Corp. from August 2002 to November 2003. Mr. Crombie was president, CEO and a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation in December 2007. He was a director of Sherwood Copper Corporation until its business combination with Capstone Mining Corp. in November 2008. Mr. Crombie is also currently an officer or director or both of a number of publicly-traded resource companies.
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About Odyssey Resources: Odyssey Resources Limited Odyssey Resources Limited is a Canadian-based junior exploration company.
Alexander Mark Lemon
President,Co-Founder & Executive Director of Mkango Resources
Mr Lemon is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London (MSc Mineral Exploration) and Oxford Brookes University (BSc Geological Sciences) He has 21 years experience in mineral exploration and business development and from 1994 to 2001 was the Managing Director of a Gold Mining company, which owned and operated a producing gold mine in Central Asia, where he gained extensive operating experience in emerging markets including government negotiations and project management. From 2001 to 2005, he worked for a family office Allied Commercial as an investment advisor. Mr Lemon is a founding Director and President of Mkango Resources Limited which listed on the TSX.V in January 2011 and is a founding director of its major shareholder Leo Mining and Exploration Limited. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Member of the Southern African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
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About Mkango Resources: Mkango Resources Ltd. is a mineral exploration and development company.
William Dawes
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder & Executive Director of Mkango Resources
William Dawes is a graduate of Bristol University (BSc Geology) and Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London (MSc Mineral Exploration with distinction). Having trained as a geologist in South Africa, he worked as a mining analyst based in London and then for Rio Tinto’s exploration division. Subsequently, he gained significant global mining transaction experience in the metals and mining team of Robert Fleming & Co, Chase Manhattan Bank and JPMorgan. Mr Dawes was a founding director of Mkango’s major shareholder, Leo Mining and Exploration (Leominex) and since 2004 has been involved in the exploration and evaluation of a variety of projects throughout Central Asia, Middle East and Africa. He has 12 years’ experience in exploration and business development and 9 years in mining finance, mergers and acquisitions. He is a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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About Mkango Resources: Mkango Resources Ltd. is a mineral exploration and development company.
Sefton Hill
Game Director, Co-Owner & Co-Founder of Rocksteady Studios
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About Rocksteady Studios: Rocksteady Studios is a multi-award winning videogame developer based in London, England. Located in a spacious, purpose built converted.
Tim Hanagan
Game Code Director of Rocksteady Studios
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About Rocksteady Studios: Rocksteady Studios is a multi-award winning videogame developer based in London, England. Located in a spacious, purpose built converted.
