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 Oxford based Founder operating in the Consulting space. If you think a Founder 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.
Mini De Silva
Founder & MD of Interim Assistance Ltd
Mini De Silva, founder of Interim Assistance Ltd. Mini brings more than 20 years experience of working for leading technology companies, including the senior positions of Regional Financial Controller for Computer Associates & International Financial Controller for StorageNetworks. An MBA and a qualified Chartered Management Accountant, she left corporate life and set up Interim Assistance 9 years ago to support entrepreneurial start up businesses as she felt that these types of companies need guidance and proactive help at a much higher level than provided by typical accountancy firms. Her experience and qualifications cover all aspects of managing Finance, HR and administration in organisations from small scale operations to International companies that need help with understanding cross border rules and implications of expansion into the UK and Europe. She has had significant exposure to the benefits and associated problems with implementing and managing employee share schemes and can offer help with compliance or assistance in setting up tax efficient schemes. Having personally worked in the Enterprise environment in addition to setting up her own business from scratch she understands the issues and challenges faced by both types of organisations in adhering to statutory compliance whilst trying to run a business. Mini brings all of this experience to Interim Assistance and continues to grow and develop the service offerings that the Company provides . She is also Chairman of Clark Howes Group.
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About Interim Assistance Ltd: Interim Assistance provides accounting and back office services to UK start ups, small businesses and Enterprise clients.
William Pearce
Co-Founder of Orbital Witness
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About Orbital Witness: A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
Simon Himmens-Warrick
Co-Founder & Product Manager of Historic Futures
Simon co-founded Historic Futures and has been working on the development of technology to enable improved data flow in value-chains for well over a decade. During that time he has travelled to those parts of the world where things actually get made today, to understand the real-life challenges of delivering technology solutions that fit with how people work.
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About Historic Futures: Historic Futures Limited are recognised experts in supply-chain traceability with world leading technologies and consulting expertise.
Roger Noble
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Zegami
Roger Noble is a Software Developer and Data Visualisation expert with a passion for building new and innovative technologies that help people see the world in a new way.
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About Zegami: Delivering explainable AI faster and more accurately. Zegami are end-to-end imaging AI specialists combining unique tools and ML services
Stephen Taylor
Founder & CSO of Zegami
Stephen is the Head of the Computational Biology Research Group for the Weatherall Institute at Oxford University and Chief Scientific Officer for Zegami. Stephen did his B.Sc. in Microbiology and holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science. He started using PivotViewer in 2010 to visualise large genomics datasets and microscopy data. To overcome its limitations he worked with Roger Noble to develop and publish HTML5 PivotViewer. As the CSO, Stephen is focused on Zegami’s contribution to research and ensuring that the platform contributes to making new discoveries that will change and improve the world we live in.
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About Zegami: Delivering explainable AI faster and more accurately. Zegami are end-to-end imaging AI specialists combining unique tools and ML services
Lloyd Czaplewski
Founder & Director of Chemical Biology Ventures
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About Chemical Biology Ventures: Chemical Biology Ventures provides expert project management, consultation, review, coaching, and project mentoring.
Chris Allen
Co-Founder and Chief of Sales and Marketing of Licenseware
Chris Allen is the Co-Founder and Chief of Sales and Marketing at Licenseware.
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About Licenseware: The PAYG SAM App Ecosystem – What you need, when you need it.
Andy Wilkins
Co-Founder & Partner of Perspectiv
Andy Wilkins has more than 20 years’ experience helping people, teams and organizations significantly improve their performance. He has delivered more than 450 programs, workshops and coaching sessions for international companies in 11 countries. In 1997, Andy co founded Perspectiv, a research, consulting and training company specializing in the use of creative problem solving, strategy, leadership, and team development methodologies to help change and growth. Before that, he worked for 16 years at international IT companies as director of innovation and change, business unit managing director and director of strategy and marketing. Andy is also an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School in London on various MBA and MSc courses on innovation and management. He is currently working with the Business School on the delivery of the new master’s program in Creativity, Innovation and Leadership. Andy is researching the leadership approach necessary for dealing with “wicked problems” to help organizations better understand how to get the most from their methods.
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About Cass Business School, Perspectiv: Perspectiv is a consulting and training company, combining proven methodologies with practical application to enable organisations.
Andy Wilkins
Co-Founder & Partner of Perspectiv
Andy Wilkins has more than 20 years’ experience helping people, teams and organizations significantly improve their performance. He has delivered more than 450 programs, workshops and coaching sessions for international companies in 11 countries. In 1997, Andy co founded Perspectiv, a research, consulting and training company specializing in the use of creative problem solving, strategy, leadership, and team development methodologies to help change and growth. Before that, he worked for 16 years at international IT companies as director of innovation and change, business unit managing director and director of strategy and marketing. Andy is also an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School in London on various MBA and MSc courses on innovation and management. He is currently working with the Business School on the delivery of the new master’s program in Creativity, Innovation and Leadership. Andy is researching the leadership approach necessary for dealing with “wicked problems” to help organizations better understand how to get the most from their methods.
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About Cass Business School, Perspectiv: Perspectiv is a consulting and training company, combining proven methodologies with practical application to enable organisations.
