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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 CMO’ operating in the Enterprise space. If you think a CMO’ 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.
Paul Bolt
CMO UK of Microsoft
Paul has over 20-years experience in the technology sector across a variety of VP and GM roles. Most recently Paul was appointed as CMO at Microsoft UK after running their UK SMB business and sits as a NED on the board of a SaaS start up. His passions lie in building engaging workplace cultures, understanding how technology drives transformation, collaboration and creates compelling customer experiences. You can find Paul on all the usual platforms if you want to get social.
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Nicholas Gregory
Chief Marketing Officer of IRIS Software Group
Nick is CMO of IRIS bringing over 25 years of experience in B2B software marketing, sales and product development. He joined the company in August 2015 as Chief Marketing Officer, having previously led B2B marketing agency MXL, advising and leading brands such as MessageLabs, MySQL and Veritas. Prior to this he ran his own B2B manufacturing analytics software business, Portico. Nick has also held senior roles at content management pioneer, MediaSurface and database giant, Oracle. In 2016, Nick was recognised as one of the 100 most influential B2B tech marketers in Europe.
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About BigChange, IRIS Software Group: IRIS Software Group is a UK-based enterprise software provider.
David Miller
CMO of Mercaux
David Miller is the Chief Marketing Officer at Mercaux
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About Mercaux: Mercaux brings the benefits of digital into retail stores to drive sales uplift.
Sally Scott
CMO of Advanced
Sally Scott is Chief Marketing Officer at Advanced, having been promoted to the role in December 2015. She had previously been marketing director of its Business Solutions division, delivering a breadth of back office and specialist CRM solutions to the mid and enterprise market. Sally is now responsible for aligning the company’s marketing initiatives and brand awareness to its ambitious growth plans. Sally is passionate about ensuring that marketing makes a real and measurable contribution to sales revenue and is responsible for delivering the company’s integrated new brand, launched in April 2016 as part of the company’s transformation process. Sally brings over 15 years of senior marketing experience to Advanced. Prior to Advanced, she was head of marketing at UNIT 4.
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About Advanced, Advanced: Advanced provide software & services for commercial, public and third sector organisations that make the complex simple.
Sally Scott
CMO of Advanced
Sally Scott is Chief Marketing Officer at Advanced, having been promoted to the role in December 2015. She had previously been marketing director of its Business Solutions division, delivering a breadth of back office and specialist CRM solutions to the mid and enterprise market. Sally is now responsible for aligning the company’s marketing initiatives and brand awareness to its ambitious growth plans. Sally is passionate about ensuring that marketing makes a real and measurable contribution to sales revenue and is responsible for delivering the company’s integrated new brand, launched in April 2016 as part of the company’s transformation process. Sally brings over 15 years of senior marketing experience to Advanced. Prior to Advanced, she was head of marketing at UNIT 4.
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About Advanced, Advanced: Advanced provide software & services for commercial, public and third sector organisations that make the complex simple.
Simon Shah
Chief Marketing Officer of Redwood Software
Simon spearheads marketing to support continued market growth and innovation. Earlier he pioneered sales and marketing for Mattel and Cadbury Schweppes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Post MBA, he led EMEA marketing for Oracle and Global CRM for Sage Group Plc.
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About Redwood Software: Redwood Software is an international company providing job scheduling, report distribution and SAP solutions.
Jason Hemingway
CMO of Thunderhead
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About Thunderhead: Thunderhead’s ONE Engagement Hub is a market leading conversation-driven customer engagement platform
John Dillon
Chief Marketing Officer of Exact
John Dillon is the chief marketing officer of Exact.
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About Exact: Exact is a company that provides cloud based business software for entrepreneurs and their accountants.
Alison Levy Bringé
Chief Marketing Officer of Launchmetrics
Alison is the Chief Marketing Officer at Launchmetrics. She joined Fashion GPS in 2013 as the Global Director of Brand Development. Previously she held roles at companies such as IMG Fashion and Net-A-PORTER managing Marketing & PR. She has also spent time guest lecturing at Parsons, The New School, Condé Nast College and Il Sole 24Ore’s Business School. Alison holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising & Communications from the Univ. of Central Florida and a Masters from SDA Bocconi’s School of Management.
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About Launchmetrics: Launchmetrics is a provider of social influencer data and insights technology intended to connect the industry through technology.
Decio Emanuel
Chief Marketing Officer of SageCity
Decio Emanuel is the chief marketing officer at SageCity.
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About SageCity: SageCity develops tools that are needed to run business operations easily, efficiently, and at as low a cost as possible.
