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 Surrey 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.
Andrew Elphick
Director – Open Innovation Internal Programmes of Barclays
Andrew Elphick is the Head of Delivery Group Innovation Office for Barclays. He is responsible for brining Open Innovation into Barclays through Rise, which operates in London, New York City, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Mumbai, Vilnius and Manchester. He has worked with Barclays for 10 years starting in HR in Barclays Wealth before moving into Technology and then to the Design and Digital Office where he operated as the Chief of Staff before joining Rise.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Robert Boot
Director of JLG Group
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About JLG Group: JLG Group entered the alternative finance sector with the aim of providing a real alternative to business banking.
Robert Boot
Director of JLG Group
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About JLG Group: JLG Group entered the alternative finance sector with the aim of providing a real alternative to business banking.
Shawn Kalin
Founder & Director of Development of RURALTY International
Kalin has more that 20 years experience with scaling businesses into new markets. The big move in recent years is the convergence of real estate tech and fintech. Our major play is the undervalued real estate outside of the major cities. Our brand and platform is RURALTY.com
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About ActionTax.ca, RURALTY International, Virtly, WebShowing: Real Estate Tech, PropTech, Fintech.
Matt Allen
Director of Financial Crime of British Bankers Association
Matt oversees the BBA’s work on Financial Crime, with particular focus on anti-money laundering, counter fraud and cyber risk management. Matt previously spent 10 years with the Civil Service dealing with crime policy across a range of Departments and representing the UK in a number of EU and international forum. Matt was also involved. a number of high-profile policy initiatives. These included leading the drafting of the Government in Fraud Strategy, advising on operational arrangements for economic crime, supporting the drafting of the Organised Crime Strategy and a member of the team for the Prime Minister’s Review of Asset Recovery.
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About British Bankers Association: The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking sector with more than 230 member banks headquartered in over 50 countries
Andrew Muir
Investment Director of Midven
Andrew joined Midven in 2004. He is a Director of the Company and Fund Principal of the Rainbow Seed Fund and the Early Advantage fund. After an initial scientific career at Zeneca he went on to roles in research and business development at the medical device company Biocompatibles and then Vice President of Technology for a US start-up in disinfection of medical equipment. He started his career in VC with the £4m per annum Invention and Innovation seed capital fund at NESTA (the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts). He has a degree and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oxford. Andrew combines a strong scientific and technical grounding with a real commercial pragmatism developed from his operational roles.
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About Midven, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund: Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), run by an
Neil Berkett
Non Executive Director of Bank of Queensland
Neil joined the Board in July 2013. He is Chairman of the Guardian Media Group and is on the Board of Trustees for the NSPCC. Neil has over 25 years’ experience in a wide range of highly competitive customer-facing industries. Most recently, Neil was Chief Executive of Virgin Media Group from March 2008 to June 2013, having joined ntl, Virgin Media’s predecessor, as chief operating officer in September 2005. Before joining Virgin Media he was Managing Director, Distribution, at Lloyds TSB plc (UK). His previous roles include: Chief Operating Officer at Prudential Assurance Company Ltd UK; Head of Retail at St George Bank; Senior General Manager at the Australian division of Citibank Limited; Chief Executive at Eastwest Airlines Australia and Financial Controller at ICL Australia.
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About Bank of Queensland, Guardian Media Group: Welcome to our Pinterest! BOQ is one of Australia’s most dynamic and innovative financial institutions.
Chris Towner
Director of Chatham Financial Corp
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About Chatham Financial Corp: Independent financial firm, bringing expert advisory and technology solutions to global debt and derivatives markets.
Dale Evans
Marketing Director of My Canada Payday
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About My Canada Payday: Online and storefront payday loans and cheque cashing.
