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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based COO’ operating in the Transportation 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.
Michael Altom
COO of Virtuo
Michael Altom is the COO at Virtuo.
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About Virtuo: Virtuo provides car-on-demand services.
Krasina Mileva
COO, Legal Counsel & Founder of DOVU
Register European lawyer with over 11 years of experience in Contract and Commercial Law. Krasina has headed an international legal department in a law firm, having to deal with various civil and international matters. Then she became a sole-practitioner, focused mainly in Contract, Commercial and Company Law, whilst co-founding a construction business in Belgium. As Head of Legal at a million dollar ad-tech company she discovered her passion around Data protection, Privacy and Smart legal agreements. Being part of the Company Secretariat team in Associated British Ports gave her an additional layer of Corporate Governance expertise.
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About DOVU: DOVU is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by cryptocurrency.
Will Phillipson
Co-Founder and COO of SilverRail Technologies
Will is the co-founder of SilverRail Technologies and driver behind SilverRail’s product. Will brings 15 years of travel technology and product experience in a number of successful companies. Prior to co-founding SilverRail, Will was the VP Product Strategy and technical lead for distribution platforms at ITA Software, which involved building a next-generation GDS platform for airline distribution, and advising on aspects of ITA’s forthcoming Airline Reservation, Inventory and re-accommodation Systems. Prior to the travel industry, Will started several companies focusing on document management, documents on demand and eventually digital rights management. Will has a computer engineering degree from McGill University and has served on various boards, including the Board of Governors of McGill University. Claim to fame: First solo airline trip to South Africa — at age 5. Since then he has circumnavigated this planet several times.
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About SilverRail Technologies: SilverRail offers best-in-class technical solutions that help railways and travel distributors easily connect with each other.
Lukas Neckermann
COO of Splyt
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About Neckermann Strategic Advisors, Splyt: Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Elliot Gow
Chief Operating Officer of V.Group
Elliot joined the Board in 2016 as Chief Operating Officer of V.Group having previously held a number of senior positions since joining in 2002 from Arthur Andersen. Previous roles within the Group include Chief Financial Officer of V.Ships, COO of V.Ships and latterly Group Director of our Ship Supply Chain business unit.
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About V.Group: V.Group is a provider of maritime services to the commercial shipping, cruise, energy and defence industries.
Clara Vaisse
Founder & COO of Pony
Clara Vaisse is the Founder and COO at Pony.
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About Pony, Sibberi: Pony is the first shared micro-mobility scheme to decentralise ownership of its vehicles.
Lee Everett
Chief Operating Officer of Radius Payment Solutions
Lee joined the Group in 2010, leading the development of the Group’s European fuel card business. In 2014 Lee was appointed as Managing Director of our UK and Ireland businesses. As Chief Operating Officer, Lee now holds overall responsibility for the Group’s global fuel card business which provides market leading Oil company and Own Brand fuel card solutions to over 1.2m cardholders, spanning Europe, South-East Asia and the U.S. Lee has a BA (Hons) degree in Business and Finance and more than 20 years’ experience in the fuel card and payment industry.
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About Radius Payment Solutions: Radius Payment Solutions operates as a service provider to the fleet and logistics market.
Pete Shannon
Chief Operating Officer of HelloDone
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About HelloDone: Automating social messaging for online retail brands
Sylviane Boucharens
Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of BioAscent
Sylviane has more than 20 years’ experience in scientific research and drug discovery environment. Sylviane has a track record in building and leading outstanding and productive teams into seamless successful enterprises in start-up and medium and large pharma environment. Prior to BioAscent Sylviane was Head of Global Compound repository and in-vitro Screening (Merck Sharp & Dohme, Newhouse Scotland). She was also responsible for managing a portfolio of early Drug Discovery projects in Cardiovascular from Target Identification and validation to Lead Optimisation. Sylviane attained her PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, followed by post-doctoral positions at the INSERM U366 Laboratory, France and University of Manchester, UK under the Wellcome Trust International Fellowship.
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About BioAscent, Discovery Performance & Strategy: BioAscent operates a full compound management, logistics and shipping service from our modern, Automated Compound Store.
Scott Stanley
COO of Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd
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About Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd: Jewel Cars Gatwick is a name synonymous with Reliability, safety & comfort! As a reliable and professional cab service provider
