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 United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Business Information Systems 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.
Lewis Z. Liu
Co-Founder & CEO of Eigen Technologies
Lewis Z. Liu is the Co-Founder & CEO at Eigen Technologies.
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About Eigen Technologies: Eigen is a research-driven AI company specializing in NLP for businesses in finance, law, and professional services.
Nigel Vaz
Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Sapient
Nigel is CEO of Publicis Sapient (SapientRazorfish, Sapient Consulting), he is also a member of the Publicis Groupe Executive Committee and leads Global Business Transformation for the Groupe. He is responsible for developing and executing business strategy and identifying market opportunities to drive the growth of the business. A driving force behind the company’s vision to partner with clients to help them realize a better future for their businesses and improve their customers’ lives, Nigel works closely with clients and teams to deliver transformative experiences and business models that make a significant impact on the success of leading global brands including Carrefour, Lloyds, Nationwide,McDonalds RBS/NatWest, Unilever, BNP Paribas and Fiat Chrysler. Nigel has held a variety of leadership positions with Sapient prior to its acquisition by Publicis Groupe, where he is now part of the Groupe Executive Committee Nigel drove the evolution of Sapient’s EMEA business, helping build Sapient Consulting into one of the premier digital consulting firms, and growing SapientNitro to be one of the largest agencies in the UK from a startup a decade ago. He led Sapient’s expansion beyond the UK to be a significant presence across Europe and in Asia. With roots in business strategy, Nigel has consistently helped clients to build businesses and create sustainable value propositions for their brands by operating at the intersection of strategic thinking, creativity and technology. Prior to Sapient, he was a successful entrepreneur – co-founding a public company with interests in consulting and connectivity solutions. Nigel is an inductee of BIMA’s Digital Hall of Fame (British Interactive Marketing Association), was named Individual of the Year at the DADIs, is a Fellow of The Marketing Society and is President Elect of the IPA, and provides mentoring to startups through the Publicis90 program.
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About Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation platform.
Caroline Plumb
Founder and CEO of Fluidly
Caroline Plumb is Founder and CEO of cashflow management software business Fluidly. Caroline previously co-founded and led FreshMinds, an innovation consultancy, and FreshMinds Talent, a recruiting business. The businesses have won a number of Best Agency awards and have regularly been listed in the Sunday Times’ 100 Best Small Companies to Work For. Caroline is one of the Prime Minister’s Business Ambassadors, representing the Professional & Business Services sector. She has a First Class degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University, is on the industrial advisory board of the Engineering department and was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List in 2016.
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About Fluidly, FreshMinds: Fluidly is fundamentally rethinking the way businesses plan and manage cashflow, using data science, accounting domain expertise.
Matt Poll
CEO & Co Founder of Neos
Matt is an experienced business leader with a passion for innovation. He has recently founded Neos (neos.co.uk), which is an InsureTech business that is focused on delivering smart home protection products and services Prior to this, he spent fifteen years in the Insurance industry working in the UK and US with AXA and RSA. His most recent corporate role was the Commercial Director for More Than (part of the RSA Group) which is one of the largest retail insurance brands in the UK. Whilst at More Than he also created and funded an Innovation Lab focused on combining emerging technology trends (including IoT) with more traditional insurance products to create and deliver customer centric solutions. Matt also has a strong affinity with social enterprise. He is a mentor for the School of Social Entrepreneurs and is an Advisory Board Member for the charity Seechangefilms (seechangefilms.org). Living just outside London, Matt is married with three young children and is heavily involved in sport in his spare time.
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About Neos: Neos is an insurance company that provides smart home technology and home insurance.
Joshila Makan
CEO of Worldwide Chain Stores
Joshila Makan is the CEO of WCS. Joshila’s experience cover deep business process and design knowledge, programme management, implementations, and operations for organisations covering the UK, US and South Africa.
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About Worldwide Chain Stores: Worldwide Chain Stores provides comprehensive supply chain execution technology, services, and solutions.
Matt Little
Founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Insight
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About Blue Ocean Insight, Inquisitive Systems: Blue Ocean Insight helps companies scale up together with a full understanding of their product, team, and technology risks.
Delber Lage
CEO of SalaryFits
CEO of Salaryfits UK, Délber has significant expertise within the IT sector. As an attorney and advisor, he has been deeply involved within Brazilian IT community and has dealt with various M&A processes of high growth companies over there. He has been ahead of efforts of internationalization of companies both coming to Brazil as well as Brazilian companies
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About SalaryFits: SalaryFits is financial institutions to integrate their systems with payroll information.
Craig Redmond
Founder & CEO of Zipier Payroll
Before founding Zipier in 2013, Craig worked as a developer for Microsoft. Craig tries to make life more interesting by travelling to exotic countries, and likes to think he speaks fluent Mandarin.
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About Zipier Payroll: Free cloud payroll, HR, and attendance for your business. All 50 states. Paystubs. Paychecks. Tax forms. Legal templates. All for FREE!
Brian Oleen
Founder, CEO of Samso Group
Leadership expert that has seen the best leaders in the world in action firsthand and studied what it meant to be a “good leader”. Was this only a trait that executives held? Were people just born leaders? Did their status give them leadership advantages? Brian has twenty years of leadership experience in the US Army and developed speaking, mentoring and coaching skills in hundreds of Soldiers around the world. Brian understands that leadership is a trait that we all possess and it is not about titles or status, leadership is an important tool for all of us to be successful. Brian has served as a senior NCO in the military for the past 9 years. He is a certified project manager and business continuity practitioner.
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About Samso Group: Samso Group was established 2014.
Dean Robinson
CEO of Prospr
Founder and CEO of Prospr Ltd, a company that is revolutionising the way businesses purchase software and consulting services. As an ERP consultant, I have led global implementation projects and helped businesses use technology to improve their processes. It was my time in the industry that helped me to rethink the market, and notice the disparities between the accessibility of personal technology and business technology. Today, I am focused on growing the business and helping companies realise their potential. I have worked with some great companies of all sizes and stages, from all parts of the world, and look forward to building even more successful relationships.
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About Prospr: Prospr is an agile consultancy management platform for digital transformation consultancies.
