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 Marketplace 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.
Angelie Panteli
CFO & Board Director of LendInvest
Angelie is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser and has extensive experience in roles across both large global listed businesses and more recently, fast growth technology businesses. Prior to joining LendInvest, Angelie was at Blippar, the world leading augmented reality technology company. Angelie heads up our finance team and is a member of LendInvest’s Board of Directors.
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About LendInvest: LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.
Daniel Drummer
CFO of Auxmoney
Daniel is working as Vice President for Fintech Strategy & Partnership at the Corporate & Investment Bank of JP Morgan. Previously, Daniel worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company where he was focusing on digital technologies, being part of McKinsey’s Big Data and advanced analytics group. Before joining McKinsey, Daniel worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the Investment Banking Division and later on in a strategic role for the CEO of Western Europe. Prior to this, he completed a trainee program at Daimler AG, working in Germany and New York.Daniel has been appointed to lead the ‘Future of FinTech’ team on behalf of the World Economic Forum and its Global Agenda Council on the Future of Financing & Capital. He has been an investment manager at the SBS Seed Fund since 2014, sitting on the Advisory board of two portfolio companies. He was a co-founder of TonalityTech, a start-up that provides big data based sentiment analysis solutions for capital markets and corporates.Daniel is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, completed an M.B.A. degree with Distinction at the University of Oxford and holds a Master degree (LL.M.) in Corporate Law.
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About Auxmoney: Auxmoney is an online peer-to-peer loan marketplace created to offer a means of exchange between people.
Tamara Slanova
Co-Founder, CFO of DMarket
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About DMarket: DMarket is a marketplace for NFTs trading and technology for building metaverses.
Marcos Elvira
CFO and COO of Vesta Property
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About Vesta Property: Vesta (www.vestaproperty.com) is a data-driven marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property.
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.
Giancarlo Bruni
Co-founder & CFO of Heroes
Giancarlo Bruni is a Chief Financial Officer of Heroes.
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About Heroes: Heroes is a technology-driven e-commerce company that acquires, operates, and scales small and medium-sized brands.
Nick Taylor
CFO and Co-Founder of Envestors
Educated at Uppingham School, Nick then took Articles and qualified with Price Waterhouse Cooper in London. He has held senior positions with private and public companies, including manufacturer Astell Scientific (Holdings) and listed City based property agent Baker Harris Saunders Plc. He co-founded the Sportscard Credit Card Company which was listed on AIM and later sold to the online bookmaker UK Betting plc, also an established private restaurant group and The London Distillery Company. Nick was a co-founder of Envestors in 2004. In his spare time, he enjoys food and drink, golf, and watching cricket/rugby.
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About Envestors: Envestors digital platform connects entrepreneurs and investors
Tim Lampert
CFO of Constellation Automotive Group
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About BCA Marketplace, Constellation Automotive Group: Constellation Automotive Group is a vertically integrated digital used car marketplace.
Mark Robins
CFO of 1st Stop Group
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About 1st Stop Group: The 1st Stop Group Limited offers a range of financial services to the retail marketplace under its various subsidiary companies.
Mark Robins
CFO of 1st Stop Group
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About 1st Stop Group: The 1st Stop Group Limited offers a range of financial services to the retail marketplace under its various subsidiary companies.
