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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Managing Director operating in the Supply Chain Management space. If you think a Managing Director 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.
Peter Needle
Co-Founder, Managing Director of Segura Systems
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About Segura Systems: Segura’s cloud-based software allows businesses to understand, map, monitor and control their supply chains.
Morton Griffiths
UK Managing Director of Carousel Logistics
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About Carousel Logistics: Carousel Logistics provide personalized logistics for organisations.
Tony Abouzolof
Co-Founder &Managing Director of Syncron
Tony Abouzolof is one of the founders of Syncron. Tony Abouzolof has more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing global supply chain planning solutions. Over the years, it has enabled many leading organizations, such as BAE Systems, Al Futtaim, and Electrolux, to formulate global logistics strategies and carry out the implementation of large-scale supply chain solutions. Tony Abouzolof is a lecturer for many European events; He is known for his leading positions and views on various aspects of international supply chain management. Tony Abouzolof holds a M.Sc. from Cranfield Institute of Technology.
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About Syncron: Syncron empowers the world’s leading manufacturers to maximize product uptime and deliver exceptional after-sales service experiences.
Asif Khetani
Managing Director, Ecommerce of BT Expedite
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About BT Expedite: BT Expedite provides innovative, proven technology and business solutions for retailers.
Ian Foley
Managing Director of Equipmake
Ian Foley is the Managing Director at Equipmake Ltd.
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About Equipmake: Equipmake’s mission is to provide State of the Art control System Solutions for niche and specialist markets.
Harry Mowat
Managing Director of Greentree
Harry’s outstanding track record in developing partner networks across Europe, the Middle East and Africa made him the perfect fit when Greentree went looking for someone to run its UK office. The British market is a tough environment, but Harry is quite at home in the Land of the Giants. “Every partner is different, but having managed relationships with the likes of IBM, down to the smallest of resellers, it all comes down to two things: having a great product to sell and nurturing a close relationship with your partners, based on trust, friendship and team work,” he says.
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About Greentree: Greentree delivers low-cost high performance business software helping medium sized organisations maximize productivity, adapt to
David Skinner
Managing Director of Farsound
David Skinner is the managing director at Farsound Aviation.
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About Farsound: Farsound provides consumable component parts for the aerospace engine sector.
Steve Johnson
Managing Director of Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling
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About Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling: Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling is a privately held company that supplies recycled incinerator bottom ash aggregate in East Midland.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
Patrick Thorpe
Managing Director of Spiro Control
Patrick has a career that spans more than 25 years working in industrial process control. He has specialist knowledge in the application of advanced process control to ethylene production and gas processing. He has also worked in a diverse range of industries including food, mining, energy, chemicals and polymers. Patrick trained as an application engineer with Exxon Chemical before moving to Predictive Control where he was involved in product development and application. Foxboro subsequently acquired Predictive Control’s technology and he led the integration with Foxboro’s distributed control system. He has also worked as an advisor with Aspen Technology. Prior to founding Spiro Control, Patrick co-founded Aptitude, a technology leader in advanced process control. In the role of operations director, he built a team of engineers located in the UK and India, leading the development of a commercial system identification software. Patrick holds a PhD in Chemical Engineer from Loughborough University.
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About Spiro Control: Spiro Control delivers process data analytics and real-time control applications embedded on edge devices that ingest real-time plant data.
