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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 CFO’ operating in the Travel space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
David Bernstein
Chief Financial Officer Carnival Corporation & plc of Carnival Cruise Line
In July 2007, David Bernstein was promoted to chief financial officer for Carnival Corporation & plc. In this capacity, Bernstein oversees all finance, accounting, treasury, insurance, tax and investor relations functions. Bernstein joined the Corporate organization as vice president and treasurer in July 2003 after serving as chief financial officer of the company’s Cunard Line and Seabourn Cruise Line operating unit for five years. Prior to joining Carnival Corporation & plc, he spent seven years at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. where he held various financial posts, including assistant treasurer, assistant controller and director of corporate planning. Bernstein received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1983.
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About Carnival Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Line offers an online platform that enables travelers to plan and book cruise tours from a range of packages.
Stefan Hobl
CFO & Co-Founder of Butter.co.uk
Stefan Hobl joined Butter.co.uk as CFO & Co-Founder in 2017.
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About Butter.co.uk: Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!
Liliana Solomon
Group Chief Financial Officer of Awaze
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About Awaze: Awaze provides offers vacation rentals and holiday resort services.
Prakash Shah
CFO of Trafi
CFO – An entrepreneurial ACA/CFA trained management professional, with strong analytical and strategic planning capability. I am experienced in financial management, strategy and fundraising. I am currently the owner and CEO of Fully Financial Ltd (www.fullyfinancial.com), co-owner and CFO/COO of Fun-Keys4Kids (www.fun-keys4kids.com), and CFO of Trafi (www.trafi.com)
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About Pivigo, Trafi: Trafi is a mobility-as-a-service platform for shared transportation solutions, helping cities and corporates to reach their goals.
Tom Scrope
Chief Financial Officer of Reaction Engines
Tom is responsible for finance, investor relations, IT, cyber security and compliance related matters. Tom Scrope was appointed CFO of Reaction Engines early in 2014. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and since then has acquired over 20 years’ experience in finance. Most recently, he was Group Finance Director for Minit Group, a pan-European retail business with 1100 stores. having previously been at Carphone Warehouse, where he was divisional Finance Director for the UK retail business. After joining us Tom completed a £10m equity fund raise in June 2014. During 2015 he played an instrumental role in securing the £20.6 m BAE Systems equity investment and signing the £60M UK government’s grant commitment. BSc. (Dunelm), ACA, MBA (INSEAD).
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About Reaction Engines: Reaction Engines is next-generation aerospace propulsion developers, home of SABRE air-breathing rocket engine.
John Bavister
Co-Founder & CFO of Odyssey Airlines
John Bavister is the CFO at Odyssey Airlines.
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About Odyssey Airlines: Odyssey Airlines will begin offering premium non-stop business class services
Francis Israeli
Group CFO of PassportCard
Francis assumes responsibility for developing PassportCard’s group finance to its expansion of real-time travel insurance offering across markets in Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region. Francis has more than 20 years’ experience in International Finance, Compliance and Risk Management. In his previous roles, Francis was the Head of Operational Risk Management for the EMEA region for AIG Europe Limited; Chief Risk Officer, Compliance Officer and Financial Controller for AIG Israel.
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About PassportCard: PassportCard is a real-time travel insurance solution.
Tobi Simmel
COO/CFO of Jetsetter Jobs
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About Jetsetter Jobs: Jetsetter Jobs helps young travellers and professionals find their dream job abroad.
