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 United Kingdom based CFO’ operating in the Blockchain space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Niall McConnell
Founder & Chief Financial Officer of Ziglu
Niall McConnell is the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer at Ziglu.
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About Ziglu: Ziglu provides a digital platform that enables customers to exchange fiat currency for cryptocurrency.
Paul Harris
Chief Financial Officer of R3
Paul is the Chief Financial Officer at R3 and has over 25 years of experience leading finance within the technology and service sector, driving growth and providing commercial support to organizations ranging S&P 500 and FTSE 100 companies to smaller private equity and consortia backed businesses. He recently served for 10 years as Group Finance Director at IHS Markit and in the same role at Markit, merging the two listed companies and taking Markit public on NASDAQ. Paul is a Chartered Accountant and holds a MBA from CASS Business School, University of London.
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About R3: R3 is a financial innovation firm dedicated to the design and deployment of DLT to build the new operating system for financial services.
Misak Davtyan
Chief Financial Officer of BABB
Over the course of twenty years in commercial and retail banking, Misak has held various C-suite and senior executive positions and managed large teams, complex finance functions and business lines. He’s closely involved with BABB’s financial and strategic operations informed by an MSc in Strategy and Leadership from LBS and a postgraduate diploma in International Tax Law. He’s also a passionate photographer and can often be found snapping on the streets of London.
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About BABB: BABB is a world bank for the micro-economy: a global marketplace for human innovation, financial autonomy and wealth creation.
Duncan Payne-Shelley
Chief Financial Officer of Qredo
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About Qredo, Qredo: Qredo is a platform that provides secure and fast movement of digital assets.
Anand Phanse
CFO of Billon Group
Anand has been a board member and advisor to several fast growing companies. Recently he was a Partner and the Investment Director at Fjord Capital, a venture investment firm and where, among the many other investments, he successfully led the last pre-IPO round of Tesla Motors. Anand was previously selected a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. He is a business innovation coach for the European Commissions Horizon 2020 SME program.
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About Billon Group: Billon Group is a fintech company that provides an enterprise DLT system for accounts and transactions and targets at bank accounts.
Kevin Hollands
Founder and CFO of Escrowblock
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About Escrowblock, XRED Foundation: Escrowblock is a platform that provides a gateway on the ethereum blockchain.
Lucas Andrew
Chief Financial Officer of DIW Token
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About DIW Token: DIW is a secure blockchain-based digital platform which safeguards & secures your digital life granting access to decentralised world.
Lucas Andrew
Chief Financial Officer of DIW Token
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About DIW Token: DIW is a secure blockchain-based digital platform which safeguards & secures your digital life granting access to decentralised world.
Asaf Cüneyt Eti
CFO & Co-Founder of Capexmove
Subject matter expert in Risk Management and Anti-Fraud analytics. He leads the company’s finance strategy.
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About Capexmove: Capexmove is a platform to draft and digitise debt financing documents.
David Antcliff
CFO of YourBlock
David is a practising accountant and a Chartered Manager. He has been the Managing Partner of a private practice since 1981, having specialised in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate re- structuring and Insolvency. His current primary post is Executive Chairman of a leading motor warranty and general insurance business, where he was, since 2005, Group Finance Director. His services were retained by this business in 2000, to undertake the financial due diligence for the acquisition of the RAC Warranty Group of Companies. He has direct responsibility for Finance and Compliance and holds the post of CF1 for FCA purposes.
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About YourBlock: YourBlock is a new Blockchain platform, reshaping the world of transactions and data.
