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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 Service Industry 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.
Karim Tabet Jalbout
Partner – Global Private Equity / VC Tech of Egon Zehnder
Karim Jalbout, based in London, leads the Digital and eCommerce segments of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice in Europe. Karim also leads the firm’s Chief Marketing Officers Practice in the UK. He is a trusted advisor to private equity, family-owned businesses, and start-ups at the C-suite and board levels. Karim has served clients across hospitality, travel, publishing, financial services, telecommunications, pure play, and retail. He has deep experience in emerging markets, particularly India. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Karim was Global Head of Propositions & Sales at Sony Ericsson Mobile, where he drove early investment in the Android platform. Previously, Karim gained more than a decade of FMCG experience with Diageo. He started his career working in Brand Management for Guinness in Canada, then moved to London as Brand Controller Guinness and Malta Guinness for the Africa region. Karim subsequently led Baileys in the UK market and was Marketing Director for Guinness in Europe, including Ukraine and Russia. Karim earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada and completed the Executive Education program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has been a key speaker at the Digital Innovation Summit as well as for Endeavour (a global entrepreneur network) and LIFE (an international non-profit organization for Lebanese Executives in Finance).
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About Egon Zehnder, Lilium: Egon Zehnder is a true professional services firm, passionately devoted to your success, ethical in our actions
Axelle Sznajer
Partner, Head of FinTech Europe of Egon Zehnder
Axelle is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services and Information Technology Officers Practices and leads the FinTech segment in Europe. She provides a full range of services from executive and board search to management appraisals and leadership consulting. Axelle has worked with a range of listed and privately owned companies focusing on the talent management needs relating to digital transformation and innovation and has also advised start-ups.
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About Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a true professional services firm, passionately devoted to your success, ethical in our actions
Ben Spiers
Partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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About Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Simpson Thacher is a world renown law firm that caters to the fortune 500 companies.
Amy Mahon
Partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Amy Mahon specialises in domestic and cross border M&A, domestic and international leverage buyouts, private equity, infrastructure and consortium transactions acting for financial sponsors including private eAmy Mahon specialises in domestic and cross border M&A, domestic and international leverage buyouts, private equity, infrastructure and consortium transactions acting for financial sponsors including private equity houses, infrastructure funds and investment banks. quity houses, infrastructure funds and investment banks.
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About Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Simpson Thacher is a world renown law firm that caters to the fortune 500 companies.
Mina Gouran
Senior Client Partner- CEO & Board Services of Korn Ferry
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About Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm
Arvinder Dhesi
Senior Client Partner of Korn Ferry
Mr. Arvinder Dhesi is a Senior Client Partner in the Human Resources Centre of Expertise for Korn Ferry based in the Firm’s London office. Mr. Dhesi brings over twenty years of corporate and consulting experience in Europe and across the Americas. Prior to joining the Firm, he led the talent management and organizational alignment practice for a global HR consultancy firm in the UK. His particular expertise is in helping organizations drive performance through the alignment of top leadership behaviour, talent process and organizational culture. He has a passion for helping businesses identify and mobilize the untapped potential of the vast majority of employees. Mr. Dhesi has led talent, learning, leadership development and OD functions for three multi-national organizations at the national, regional and global level. Most recently, he led a team of over 230 resourcing, learning and OD professionals with responsibility for employer brand, leadership assessment, recruitment, diversity, performance management, executive succession and the corporate university. While Group Talent Director at Aviva, Mr. Dhesi deployed the Korn Ferry approach to succession planning, potential assessment and development for over 46,000 employees across 28 countries worldwide. During his ten years at Mars, Inc. Mr. Dhesi designed and launched the “President’s Leadership Program” – to coach and develop high potential senior executives. Mr. Dhesi’s formative experience is in line leadership roles in retail banking and sales management. He is now a frequent keynote speaker and expert practitioner helping clients derive long-term superior business performance through a focus on talent, leadership and culture. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Leeds, in the UK.
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About Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm
Richard Lampert
Partner of Eversheds
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About Eversheds: Eversheds is a corporate law firms, with a proven track record of delivering consistently high quality legal services.
