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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 VP’ operating in the Asset Management space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Elizabeth Van Den Berg
Senior Vice President of Insight Partners
Elizabeth van den Berg currently works as the Senior Vice President for Insight Partners. She previously worked at TMARA Group as the Non-Executive Director.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Deepak Vadithala
VP, Data Analytics Lead of JP Morgan Chase
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About JP Morgan Chase: JP Morgan Chase is a global financial services provider that offers investment banking, asset management, treasury, and other services.
David Nish
Vice President, Technology of GP Bullhound
Dave is Vice President of Technology at GP Bullhound. Prior to joining the firm, he was at worldwide transport and logistics firm APL. Dave also worked for managed services provider Green Fields Technology in London and IX Group in South Africa. Dave grew up in Durban, South Africa.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Javed Huq
Vice President of GP Bullhound
Javed is a Vice President at GP Bullhound, based in the Manchester office. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 5 years at Rothschild where he advised on a wide range of UK and international engagements including private equity and corporate transactions, IPOs and fundraisings. Before that, Javed worked at Deloitte LLP in the Corporate Finance M&A Advisory team, focusing on a range of mid-market transactions. Javed graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA (Hons) in International Business, Finance and Economics.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Andrew Dyson
Executive Vice President & Head of Global Distribution of Affiliated Managers Group
Andrew Dyson joined AMG in 2011 as Executive Vice President responsible for managing the Company’s global distribution business. Prior to joining AMG, Dyson served as Head of BlackRock’s Global Institutional Client Business, following the merger of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. In prior roles at BlackRock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), Dyson held senior distribution positions, including Head of the International Institutional Business, and, before that, Head of the Institutional Business for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining MLIM, Dyson was Head of U.S. Multinational Investment Consulting for William M. Mercer, and also served as Head of U.K. Pension Fund Investment Consulting for the firm. Dyson is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He earned an M.A. degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University.
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About Affiliated Managers Group: Affiliated Managers Group is a asset management company with boutique investment management.
David Griffiths
SVP Sales & Marketing of 4me
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About 4me, 4me: 4me is an IT and Enterprise Service Management & Workflow application, providing complete visibility and control of service cost & quality.
Jason Welham
Vice President of Lazard
Jason Welham joined Lazard in 2017 and is a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group with a primary focus on Fin Tech. Jason has over 7 years of mergers and acquisitions experience and provides strategic advice to a number of Lazard’s Fin Tech clients. Most recently, Jason was Corporate Development Manager at VocaLink having led large aspects of the corporate development efforts including bidder selection, deal execution and regulatory approval efforts that resulted in the sale to MasterCard. Previously, Jason worked at PwC, where he specialized in M&A Advisory Services advising a range of clients across various sectors including Financial Services, Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Jason is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, ACA and attended Loughborough University where he obtained a BSC in Business Economics & Finance.
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Mark Brewer
VP – Service Industries of IFS
Mark has been helping organizations drive business transformation for over 20 years. From bringing Service Lifecycle Management solutions to market with Servigistics to introducing Connected FSM to the marketplace with IFS, Mark has worked with some of the world’s largest service organizations including Coca-Cola, Dell, GE Healthcare and ThyssenKrupp. In March 2017, Mark was named one of the most influential people in field service by Field Service News.
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About IFS: IFS develops and delivers enterprise software solutions such as ERP, EAM and Service Management.
Kenneth Pouliot
Global SVP of Sales of Percolate
Ken Pouliot serves as global SVP of sales at Percolate, leading the company’s sales, account management, business development, system engineers, channel, enablement, and sales operations teams.
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About Percolate, SheerID: Percolate is a content marketing platform offering solutions to introduce visibility into the marketing process.
Alexandre Mercier
Co-Founder and VP, Product Development of Corymbus Asset Management
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About Corymbus Asset Management: Corymbus is a business risk analytics and fund development platform that uses unstructured data.
