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 COO’ operating in the Credit space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Georgios Psonis
COO of Loal
George heads the operational and back office functions at Oakam. He ensures the execution of the Oakam customer journey throughout the credit lifecycle and manages continuous process improvements to better the customer experience and reduce wastage. He has been with Oakam since its inception in 2006 and has previously held roles in Product, Risk, and IT.
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About Akrod Limited, Loal: Loal equips those poorly served by mainstream providers to build their credit profiles and live life on another level
Varun Sahni
Co-Founder & COO of CreditEnable
Varun Sahni has built and operated multiple successful companies over the past 20 years across emerging and developed markets ranging across financial services, healthcare and high technology firms. He is co-founder of Impact Investment Partners a UK based FCA regulated asset manager which operates across multiple markets and sectors. Prior to which he was head of Acumen India and has worked with Unilever, CARE and Oxfam to build up their SME portfolios. Varun is on a range of global advisory boards and fund investment committees focused on emerging markets and sustainable investing. He has been widely quoted in international media over the years and is a Chevening Scholar from the London School of Economics, a TED Fellow and an Asia Society Global Young Leader. Varun has an MA from Columbia University, and is also a Chevening Scholar.
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About CreditEnable: CreditEnable provides data analytics, deep learning, AI and technology to build solutions to financial challenges.
Tom Platt
COO of TotallyMoney
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About TotallyMoney: TotallyMoney puts customers right at the center of their credit data, helping them make smarter financial decisions.
Jon Bundy
COO & Co-Founder of Aire
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About Aire: Aire provides credit assessment services that gives people a new credit score to help them qualify for essential financial products.
Rama Eltohamy
CDO/COO of MoneyFellows
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About MoneyFellows: MoneyFellows is a collaborative money management and lending platform digitizing ROSCAs offering users competitive financial solutions.
Tom Macura
Chief Operating Officer of WiseAlpha
Tom is managing WiseAlpha’s day to day operations, joining us after a 10 year career at Goldman Sachs where he became head of Europe Credit Trading Strategies. The European Credit Trading Desk helps Goldman’s institutional clients meet their investment objectives by facilitating transactions in corporate bonds, loans, and credit derivatives. Tom’s team was responsible for the mathematical models used by the desk for managing market, counterparty, and liquidity risks as well as the algorithmic quoting of bonds on electronic liquidity venues. Tom has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge and dual BS degrees in Math and Computer Science from University of Maryland (UMBC).
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About WiseAlpha: WiseAlpha is the UK’s leading digital bond market giving investors access to the world of corporate bonds.
Kate Ropotilova
COO of Taplend
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About Taplend, Taplend: Taplend is a financial help platform, giving an access to fast, safe and 100% online loans,provided by people or financial institutions.
Kate Ropotilova
COO of Taplend
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About Taplend, Taplend: Taplend is a financial help platform, giving an access to fast, safe and 100% online loans,provided by people or financial institutions.