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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 Oxfordshire based Director operating in the Finance 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.
George Krempels
Investment Director, Infrastructure of Oxford Capital Partners
George is part of the infrastructure investment team, sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions to expand and enhance Oxford Capitals growing infrastructure portfolio. Prior to joining Oxford Capital George was a fund manager at specialist real asset investment manager FIM, where he oversaw a £130m fund investing in UK renewable energy, specifically onshore wind and solar PV, and commercial timberland. He previously worked for specialist investment manager Triple Point, focusing on infrastructure style investments in a tax efficient environment. George graduated from Oxford Brookes University in Real Estate Management
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About Oxford Capital Partners: Oxford Capital is a technology venture capital investor based in London and Oxford.
Christopher Willmott
Director, Investor Services of Oxford Capital Partners
Christopher leads the investor services team with the goal of delivering excellence. He brings extensive experience across the financial services industry having been the MD of a UK FinTech – Sprint Enterprise Technology – and Managing Director at J.P.Morgan where he led the Client Services’ strategies and was the CFO for the Fund Services’ businesses globally. Previously Christopher was Investment Director at Hill Samuel Asset Management responsible for researching and selecting UK equities for institutional funds. Christopher has a Geography degree from King’s College, London University and a LBS MBA and is member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
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About Oxford Capital Partners: Oxford Capital is a technology venture capital investor based in London and Oxford.
Edward McCabe
Co-Founder and Investment Director of Seven Spires Investment
Mr. Edward McCabe co-founded Seven Spires Investments Ltd. in 2003 and serves as its Investment Director. From 1992 to 2005, Mr. McCabe was the first Chief Executive, and later, the Chairman of Hartwell PLC. His early career was in banking at Barclays Bank. He serves as Non-Executive Investor Director of Metalysis Limited and served as its Non Executive Director. Mr. McCabe serves as a Non-Executive Director of Oxsensis Ltd, Radiation Watch Ltd, Advancesis Ltd, and Lein Applied Diagnostics. He holds an M.B.A. from Henley Management College and studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College Oxford.
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About Seven Spires Investment: Seven Spires Investments Ltd. (SSIL) is a private, off-shore investment company.
Kate Ronayne
Investment Director of Longwall Venture Partners
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About Longwall Venture Partners: Longwall Ventures they invest in innovative start up and early stage businesses in the healthcare, science and engineering sectors.
Rebecca Todd
Investment Director of Longwall Venture Partners
Rebecca Todd is the investment director of Longwall Venture Partners.
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About Longwall Venture Partners: Longwall Ventures they invest in innovative start up and early stage businesses in the healthcare, science and engineering sectors.
Guy Edsall
Joint Managing Director of Finscape
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About Finscape: Finscape is a partnership between two separate companies, Fundscape and Altus.
