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 Sussex based CEO’ operating in the Information Technology space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Ian Cooke
Chief Executive Officer of Benchmark Capital Advisory UK
Ian founded the original business in 1993 and has overseen its growth over the past 25 years. Having been instrumental in the design of much of the group’s technology, he now focuses primarily on overall strategic direction. Ian is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Financial Planner.
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About Benchmark Capital Advisory UK: Benchmark Capital is a technology-led, high-quality adviser support business based in the UK.
Patrick Aylmer
CEO of The Learning People
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About The Learning People: They deliver high quality and effective IT and project management courses; we are here to help you succeed.
Sébastien Béhuret
CEO & CTO of Cyanapse
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO at Cyanapse, PhD in Computational Neuroscience
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About Cyanapse: Cyanapse delivers AI solutions to augment human perception.
Guy Garrett
CEO of Achieve Intelligence
Guy Garrett provides consulting services in the field of data integration, business analytics and business intelligence strategy. He has contributed several papers in these areas, most recently at SAS Global Forum 12 (where his paper attracted an encore solicited by Chair Andy Kuligowski) and at 2012 SAS Professionals Convention in the UK. Guy has amassed over 20 years of SAS experience Currently leading projects on -Data Warehouse & Quality Data Management Integration Programme, Revolutionary Motor Insurance using BigData Telematics, Profit Protection through High Performance Loss Ratio Analytics.
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About Achieve Intelligence: Achieve Intelligence
Richard Jelbert
Founder and CEO of Inzura
Richard is an industry expert on the use telematics and mobile Apps in motor insurance. Richard has been working closely with a range of broker, direct insurers and other technology providers to build next generation mobile centric Apps that support whole lifecycle customer journeys. Working closely with Autoline, Richard and Inzura have developed the ChilliDrive Young Driver insurance App and social platform. Previously Richard was the Founder and CTO of MyDrive Solutions, a telematics service provider, and CEO of Vzzual Ltd the app-based photo analysis business for insurers.
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About Inzura: Inzura’s customer engagement Apps and cloud-based services cover the major personal insurance lines.
Paul Broadhurst
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Technetix
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About Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), Technetix: Technetix is designing, manufacture, source and supply critical broadband technology and solutions to major cable operators worldwide.
Charlie Newman
Co-Founder and CEO of Risktalk
Charlie Newman is a Co-Founder and CEO of Risktalk company.
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About Curtain Call, Risktalk: RiskTalk is a 21st century communication tool that is designed to fight risk incubation by allowing people to report about issues.
Kevin Dixon
Founder & CEO of Boxxstep
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About Boxxstep: Buyer Relationship Management (BRM) – The sales platform that aligns selling with buying
