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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 Surrey based Director operating in the Marketing 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.
James Allum
Managing Director, EMEA of Kitewheel
James is a marketing software veteran, having started his career at DoubleClick Software. His first foray into the world of campaign management took him to various clients in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia – a trend that was to continue while helping to build the Asia Pacific partner network for Alterian/SDL. After moving to Pitney Bowes, James met Neil Skilling and Mark Smith – joining them for the last 4 years at Kitewheel. James mixes detailed technical knowledge with sound business acumen to support existing Kitewheel partners as well as providing support for new partners to flourish. He has over 20 years of experience in a distinguished career covering marketing automation, campaign management, predictive segmentation, database marketing and real-time engagement platforms. An all-rounder, James is comfortable in a range of roles from client relationship management, architecting systems, building business cases, briefing analysts or providing thought leadership through publishing his own thoughts on the Kitewheel blog. In his spare time, James is a keen ultra-runner, cook, gardener and father. He is married and lives on the banks of the Thames in Berkshire.
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About Kitewheel: Kitewheel is the world’s only cloud-based Customer Journey Hub built to support Journey Orchestration, Mapping, & Analytics.
Ella Roche
Group Account Director of Distillery
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About Distillery: Distillery is a content studio that offers content strategy and social strategy and delivery that helps the company to amplify its brands.
Keith Brown
Director – Strategic Partnerships EMEA & LATAM of HCL Software
Keith Brown is a Board of Directors at TAO Foundation.
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About HCL Software: HCL Software is an information technology company that specializes in the software business.
Nik Chotai
Director of Finance & Operations of HomeFlow
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About HomeFlow: HomeFlow a privately funded, entrepreneurial and fast-growing business.
Sue MacLure
Director of Data of CACI Limited
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About CACI Limited: CACI offer marketing solutions and information systems to a wide range of industries across both private and public sectors.
Zuleika Burnett
Executive Director, Creative and Innovation of Havas Life Medicom
Zuleika is Executive Creative Director at Havas Life Medicom; a unified communications agency who lead the way in creating transformative campaigns in the world of healthcare. She believes that thinking courageously will unleash the talent to create exceptional campaigns & build brands with the power to improve people’s lives. A champion of innovation, in 2006 Zuleika established Medibrand, now fully integrated into Havas Life. She continues to harness ideas, powerful connections and retain her entrepreneurial spirit. In her previous client side role as Design Manager for Eurostar she was involved in a product re-launch working with Philippe Starck. Building creative teams from the bottom up in very different environments, has given her unique experiences. In her spare time, she is also visiting lecturer to University for the Creative Arts; Business School. Zuleika was a juror at Cannes Lions, Health & Wellness in 2016, speaker 2017 & winner at the RBInnovation Hack.
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About Havas Life Medicom: Havas Life Medicom Integrating medical communications across the healthcare arena to provide comprehensive, innovative solutions.
