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 COO’ operating in the Human Resources 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.
David Anderson
Chief Operating Officer of Hubble
David Anderson is Chief Operating Officer at HubbleHQ. He is also with Pi Labs Property Innovation as mentor. Prior to this, he was head of finance at Thread.com and COO at Silicon Milkroundabout.
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About Hubble: A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Charlene Chen
COO of Lantum
Charlene Chen is a serial startup/scaleup COO, first at global fintech AZA and now healthtech Lantum. She loves solving problems, organizational design and how to grow and scale operationally optimized teams.
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About AZA Finance, Lantum: Lantum is the online platform that enables healthcare providers to manage their clinical workforce.
Ben Gateley
COO & Co-Founder of Charlie
Ben Gateley works as Co-founder for The Eleven.
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About Charlie, The Eleven: Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas.
David Duckworth
Co-founder & COO of Ben
David Duckworth is the co-founder and COO of Ben.
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About Ben: Supercharge your benefits, save time and money
Guy Ballantine
Chief Operating Officer of Thomas International
As Chief Operating Officer, Guy is responsible for helping both shape the strategy at Thomas and ensure it’s executed successfully. Guy brings with him extensive experience of helping international businesses grow both organically and through acquisition. He has worked with businesses in multiple sectors, including technology, media, telecoms, business services and education. He enjoys working with businesses going through periods of extensive change, particularly where a technology transformation is required. Guy was previously a Director in corporate finance at DC Advisory, a Partner at advisory business RSM and most recently Managing Director of the Arts Division and Group Head of Corporate Development at the private equity backed Cambridge Education Group. Guy lives in London, enjoying eating out regularly with his restaurant critic wife and trying to keep up with his two young children.
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About Thomas International: Thomas International is a provider of psychometric assessment solutions with a focus on small to medium-sized businesses.
Parham Rakhshanfar
COO, Co-founder of Huzzle
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About Huzzle: Meet the Career Companion for Gen-Z. #huzzle, don’t hustle
Ollie Povey
Co-Founder & COO of Tempo
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About Tempo: Tempo is a recruitment platform that connects business support professionals with the best employers.
Warren Paull
COO of TrafficLight Solutions
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/warrenpaull
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About TrafficLight Solutions: Find a trusted freelancer instantly. Grow your talent pool effortlessly.
