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 Product operating in the News space. If you think a Product 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.
Matthew Postgate
Chief Technology and Product Officer of BBC
As Chief Technology Officer, Matthew Postgate is responsible for the corporation’s Technology & Systems. In addition, Matthew is a director of Youview Ltd; a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, C4, Channel Five, BT, Talk Talk and Arqiva that is developing a next-generation hybrid television platform. Prior to his current role within the organisation Matthew was Controller, Research & Development. He was part of the management team that launched BBC iPlayer and was in charge of BBC mobile where he was responsible for building the corporation’s world leading mobile services. Before joining the BBC, Matthew worked as a telecommunication consultant, was the director of an internet infrastructure start-up and worked at a digital strategy agency for clients including the Royal Mail, BT, Lloyds TSB, Visa and Qinetiq.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Niko Vijayaratnam
Director of Product of Financial Times
Niko Vijayaratnam is Head of Product for FT Core who develop platforms that support the wider FT Product and Technology division. Prior to working for the FT, Niko has developed products for global media companies such as the BBC and Dow Jones & WSJ.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Amy Nicholson
Product Manager of Financial Times
In 2016 Amy graduated from Makers Academy, a coding bootcamp in London, and joined the Financial Times as a junior developer. After 18 blissful months of coding she decided to dive into the curious world of Product and has since been a product manager working on FT.com.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Jeff Moriarty
EVP/Chief Product Officer – Digital of Nexstar Broadcasting Group
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About Nexstar Broadcasting Group: Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., is one of the nation’s leading diversified media companies.
Olivia Slot
Head of Production of Sunset+Vine
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About Sunset+Vine: Sunset+Vine is a leading sports production and media company.
Nick Bennett
Chief Product Officer of Live For Football
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About Live For Football: Live For Football is a vertical social network co-owned by the people that make the content that matters most to fans
Michael Kowalski
Head of Product of Tortoise Media
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About Storienteer, Tortoise Media: Tortoise Media builds a different type of newsroom, news without all the noise.
Zakhar Davydov
Product designer of why
qoo.fit co-founder, AI/ML engineer, product designer
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About why: Revolutionary media delivery platform empowered by an AI journalist