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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 Principal operating in the Banking space. If you think a Principal 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.
Camil Lazrak
Principal Investment Analyst of Macquarie Group
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Steven Poulter
Head of Principal Structuring & Investments of Barclays
Steven Poulter graduated from Queens College, Cambridge University, and worked for Arthur Andersen as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. Steven Poulter is the Head of Principal Structuring & Investments at Barclays, which includes Principal Investments, Principal Structuring, and Capital Markets Execution. He also serves on the Treasury Management Team and chairs the Treasury Environmental Action Group.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Helene Moran
Design Research Principal of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Matt Heath
Principal Engineer of Monzo
Matt Heath is an engineer at Monzo, a new kind of digital bank. Having previously worked as the Technical Lead of Hailo’s global platform, Matt has an unhealthy obsession for scaling fault tolerant, high volume, distributed systems, and spends his spare time working on open source projects such as Phosphor, a distributed tracing system.
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About Monzo: Monzo is a digital-only bank platform and marketplace that allows customers to access a range of products and services.
Viktor Kazakov
Principal – Treasury of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Viktor Kazakov is the Principal – Treasury at EBRD.
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About European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an investing firm.
Sarah Wulff-Cochrane
Principal of UK Finance
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About UK Finance: UK Finance is the collective voice for the banking and finance industry.
David Ferguson
Security Principal of Bank of England
David Ferguson is a Security Principle at the Bank of England. David has over a decade in the Cyber Security field with practical expertise in strategic leadership across multiple disciplines, including risk management, cyber resilience, security architecture, SDLC, penetration testing and vulnerability management across multi-disciplined global organisations.
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About Bank of England: The Bank of England serves as the central bank of the United Kingdom.
David Romano-Critchley
Principal Engineer of Sainsbury’s
David Romano-Critchley is a principal engineer at Sainsbury’s.
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About Sainsbury’s: Sainsbury’s operates supermarkets and convenience stores, an online grocery and general merchandise operation, as well as Sainsbury’s Bank.
Jason Chia
Principal of 1337 Ventures
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About 1337 Ventures: 1337 is a technology accelerator and early stage venture capital focused on doing pre-seed and seed stage investments in Malaysia.
Yvonne Bajela
Founding Member & Principal of Impact X Partners
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About Impact X Partners: Impact X Partners is an SDG advisory platform providing capital and counsel to investment seekers and investors.
