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 Director operating in the E-Commerce Platforms space. If you think a Director 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.
Michael Muskat
Director of REEF
Michael Muskat is the Director of Reef Technology.
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About REEF: REEF Technology is a company that transforms urban real estate such as parking facilities into thriving mobility and logistical hubs.
Orhan Hasanov
Director of SwiftGift
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About GiftMagic, SwiftGift: SwiftGift is the world’s first Instant Gift Messenger App which allows you to send real gifts to anyone in your phone’s contact book.
Paul Archer
Founder and Managing Director of Duel
World Record-breaking Adventurer, Best-selling Author and founder of Duel. Aside from his expeditions and writing, he has spent his career building technology, including the Daredevil Project app development studio, and consulting for advertising agencies and tech companies. He founded Duel to democratise and decentralise marketing for brands. Duel is solving the lack of emotional connection and social proof in often clinical looking online stores by rewarding customers for creating visual testimonials and advocating among their friends, rather than wasting millions on advertising to drive sales. Before this Paul conceived and implemented the It’s on the Meter Expedition to drive to London taxi around the World. The expedition broke two Guinness World Records, raised over £20,000 and passed through 50 countries after driving 80,000 miles from London to London in Hannah, a 1992 London Taxi bought of eBay. Paul is also an experienced speaker, moderator and a conference host. Including TEDx, SXSW, Festival of Media, Cannes Lions, Social Media Week, GenerationE, the Content Marketing Institute and Retail.Tech, as well as guest lecturing at the British School of Fashion.
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About Duel: Brand Advocacy Platform that enables purpose-led brands to drive organic growth & retention through word-of-mouth & advocacy
Attila Jakab
Director of Demand of Zalando Lounge
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About Zalando Lounge: Zalando Lounge is an e-commerce site that lets you shop for apparels and accesories for men and women.
Tom Samodol
Director of PayProp
Executive roles: PayProp Holdings, Member of the Board; Director Strategy & Corporate Development Mentor and advisor: Level 39, Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab, Barclays Techstars, Microsoft Venture and others Track record: from early stage startups all the way to global technology blue chips (e.g. Google, SAP, eBay, HP, Kaspersky Lab, etc.) Domain expertise in software, mobile, internet, software, fintech/payment technologies, media and IT services Previously, Head of Technology Investment Banking at Dresdner Kleinwort / Commerzbank with extensive experience in incubating and scaling startups, investments, fundraisings, IPOs and M&A of European technology companies
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About PayProp: PayProp is an automated cloud-based payment and settlement platform for the property management industry.
Andre Borgstrom
Technical Director of Ekos Global
Technical Director at Ekos Global Ltd.
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About Ekos Global: Ekos Global is the fastest way for retail to go global: any language, any currency, on all devices and in one day.
Evgeny Zlotin
Director of Business Development of JuJu Media
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About JuJu Media: Providing bespoke software solutions and innovative marketing tools.
Gabe Sosa
Production Director of PowaWeb
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About PowaWeb: PowaWeb is an enterprise class, feature rich, Software as a Service ecommerce platform built with international scale in mind.