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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 COO’ operating in the Commercial space. If you think a COO’ 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.
James Turford
Co-Founder & COO of Nested
James originally trained as an architect at Aedas before moving to McKinsey & Co and then private equity firm PEP.
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About Nested: Nested operates as a data-driven estate agency enabling customers to be chain-free buyers.
Tim Muir
Chief Operating Officer and Director Field Engagement of YOPA
Tim Muir is Chief Operating Officer and Product Director at YOPA. Prior to this, he was a freelance product management consultant. Tim bears a degree in Marketing.
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About YOPA: YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
David Anderson
Chief Operating Officer of Hubble
David Anderson is Chief Operating Officer at HubbleHQ. He is also with Pi Labs Property Innovation as mentor. Prior to this, he was head of finance at Thread.com and COO at Silicon Milkroundabout.
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About Hubble: A platform to search, set up, and manage your hybrid workplace
Daniel Jefferys
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Resooma
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About Resooma: We’re building an end-to-end rental marketplace with simplified payment solutions that serves both tenants and property owners.
Andy Wicken
Chief Operating Officer of Together Money
Andy Wicken is the Chief Operating Officer of Together. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies at Coventry University.
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About Together Money: Together is a specialist lender, offering short-term finance, auction finance, personal, commercial.
Andrew Lynch
Co-Founder & COO of Huckletree
Co-Founder & COO at Huckletree, a coworking community of creators, innovators, entrepreneurs and VC-backed startups.
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About Huckletree: The brave home of innovation.
Phil Hunter
COO of Nimbla
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About Nimbla, Synaptiv: Nimbla is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized UK businesses with dynamic invoice insurance.
David Wadsworth
Chief Operating Officer of Dynamic Planner
David Wadsworth is Chief Operating Officer at Dynamic Planner. He is responsible for Dynamic Planner’s product development and implementation teams, and client account management and support alongside the operations team. He began his career at NatWest bank, which he joined as a graduate, specialising in project management. In 2000, he joined Fiserv (Europe) as Programme Manager. By 2004, he had been appointed to the Fiserv Board as Delivery Director, responsible for providing complex banking systems and solutions, including bespoke modifications, substantial integrations and customer migration projects. He graduated from Queen Mary University London in civil engineering.
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About Dynamic Planner: Dynamic Planner is used to risk profiling and asset allocation process.
Aron Maus
COO of Virtual Commercial
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About Virtual Commercial: Virtual Commercial is the UK’s Online Commercial Estate Agent.
Simon Checkley
COO of Kykloud
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About Kykloud: SaaS property and real estate asset management – capture the condition of your estate and plan future maintenance spend.
