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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 President operating in the Digital Marketing space. If you think a President 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.
Julian Pullan
Vice Chairman & President International of Jack Morton Worldwide
Julian joined Jack Morton in 2002 as director of operations in London and became managing director in 2005. He joined the Global Executive Team in 2009, became President, EMEA in 2011 and was appointed President, International in 2015. Under his leadership, the International operation has grown significantly in size and reputation, including the foundation of Jack offices in Dubai, Germany, and South Korea. Today, Julian is Vice Chairman of Jack Morton Worldwide, stewarding the creative quality and output of the agency in addition to his continued leadership of the agency outside of the US. In his 30 years in the industry, Julian has led major communications campaigns and projects for most of the world’s leading brands. Julian remains a passionate creative at heart, winning many creative awards during his accomplished career. Teams under his leadership have earned over 500 awards, including well over 100 in just the last 2 years. He has served as a member of the board of the International Visual Communications Association, is a regular commentator within the industry trade press and event circuit and is a member of the Superbrands Council.
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About Jack Morton Worldwide: Jack Morton Worldwide is an American multinational brand experience agency.
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Niall McKinney
President of AVADO
After graduating from Oxford University, Niall started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble. In 2000, he left to help create one of the first community websites for teenagers to chat, share photos and message each other called Wowgo. It turned out the year 2000 was too early for social media! Instead he joined IPC Media, a division of Time Inc., where he became Marketing Director at the age of 24, and launched Europe’s top selling men’s magazine. After Time Inc., he was appointed CMO of Travelocity Europe, with a seat on the European board. While overseeing a marketing team of 140, he recognized the learning curve involved in integrating digital within traditional marketing channels. He formed TKE to help organisations to bridge the digital capability gap. With offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sao Paulo, and a faculty of over 100 marketing experts globally, TKE helped leading marketing-driven organizations to integrate digital into their business. TKE was the official digital training partner for WPP globally and delivered training for the world’s top advertising agencies around the world. TKE also provided training for clients like Time Inc., News Corp, MTV, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Mars and Disney. The company trained over 10,000 people every year in digital skills across marketing, advertising sales, strategy, and content creation. In 2012, TKE launched 12ahead.com, a platform for cutting edge digital trends and case studies. In 2016, Niall sold The Knowledge Engineers to AVADO Learning, and became the company’s Managing Director of the international division, based across the London, Singapore, and New York offices. At present, Niall sits as the President of AVADO, North America.
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About AVADO: AVADO delivers transformative learning that helps businesses gain critical digital skills.
Sam Yardley
Executive Vice President, North America of Two Circles
Since joining Two Circles, Sam has led a number of projects for professional clubs and governing bodies, both in the UK and increasingly internationally, helping them grow commercial revenue across ticketing, membership, retail and hospitality. Sam has fused his passion for sport with his background as a strategy consultant at Accenture, where he worked with a range of multinational companies, government ministries, and start-ups, and learnt how to make a mean spreadsheet. Sam definitely makes a better fist of watching sport than participating in it. Recent career highlights include the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, the Soweto Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, and finally seeing England beat a southern hemisphere side at Twickenham. Just don’t mention the last Ashes tour.
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About Two Circles, Two Circles: Two Circles is a sports marketing agency based in London.
Michal Magdziarz
President & Chief Architect of DeepCrawl
Michal Magdziarz, Chief Executive Officer at DeepCrawl
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About DeepCrawl: The #1 technical SEO SaaS platform for enterprise businesses
David Jowett
President of DAC Group
David oversees operations and portfolio strategy for DAC Group in Europe, focusing on DAC’s recent acquisition of Make It Rain and exploring new market opportunities for DAC Group. His significant expertise drives our geo-local digital offering, local brand management capabilities and strategic growth mandate within the UK and into European markets. David has more than 20 years of agency leadership experience in both mature and developing markets, and a high level of understanding and expertise in new market introduction and expansion strategies. In other words, he’s our trailblazer; our standard-bearer; our rhinestone cowboy, riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo…
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About DAC Group: DAC drives transformational growth with integrated, data-driven solutions by combining digital media expertise to engage customers.
Benjamin Hansz
Vice President of Simplaex
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About Simplaex: Simplaex is the company behind the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence-powered user targeting technology.
