Best Startup
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 Chairman operating in the Customer Service space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Clive Jackson
Founder & Chairman of Victor
Clive Jackson is the founder and Chairman of Victor.
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About Victor: Victor is a London, UK-based private jet charter marketplace.
James Reader
Chairman of Smarter Shows
With over 15 years experience in global exhibitions and a history of outstanding sales achievements in the events industry, James has a history of launching world class B2B shows. Having made a name for himself in the transportation events industry at UKiP Media & Events and Reed Exhibitions, with emphasis on aerospace, James has an eye for innovation and creativity, successfully developing ideas from concept through to actuality.
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About Smarter Shows, Smarter Shows: Specialists in next generation exhibitions and conferences.
Charles Cooper-Driver
Chairman, Investor & Director of Limitless
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About : The Limitless GigCX platform enables businesses to connect customers with qualified experts to solve customer service enquiries on-demand.
Nigel Knowles
Chairman of The Link App
Sir Nigel Knowles is a former Global Co-Chairman and Senior Partner of DLA Piper, having served as Global Co-CEO and Managing Partner for nearly twenty years before. He is credited with DLA Piper’s remarkable growth, leading the firm through a series of merges and taking the firm from its regional origins to the global firm it is today. He received a knighthood in 2009 in recognition of his services to the legal industry. In 2015, Legal Business awarded Sir Nigel a “Lifetime Achievement Award” and in April 2016 Sir Nigel was given the Financial News “Editor’s Choice” award for lifetime achievement. Sir Nigel is Chairman of Sheffield City Region LEP and a Trustee of The Prince’s Trust. He was High Sheriff of Greater London 2016/17.
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About BioSURE, DWF, The Link App: The Link App is an easy-to-use platform that reinvents a law firm’s client experience.
Mike Hedger
Chairman of Conversocial
Mike Hedger has a track record in building market-leading companies. Mike was previously CEO of email archiving company KVS from its inception in 1999 to its successful sale to Veritas for $225 million in 2004 (now Symantec Enterprise Vault). Before that, he served as EVP Worldwide Operations at Forte, building the European business before moving to head up Worldwide Operations which culminated in a successful acquisition by Sun for $700 million. Mike’s earlier career included positions as VP Marketing Operations EMEA for Oracle, Managing Director UK and Northern Europe for INGRES/ASK and successful sales careers at both WANG and IBM. Mike is also the chairman of Mimecast and eCommera.
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About : Conversocial is a Customer Experience Platform for Messaging Channels.
Matthew Bryars
Vice Chairman of Aeriandi
Matthew Bryars is a Vice Chairman at Speik (formerly known as Aeriandi Ltd).
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About Aeriandi: An Oxford, UK-based provider of voice security solutions .
Ron Pierce
Chairman of Intelling
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About Intelling: Intelling is a communications business that provides customer services support for companies such as Telefonica and Misguided.
David Bond
Chairman of Centiel
David is the author of The UPS Handbook and the IET published “Ilities” series of white papers. He has been in the power protection industry for 30 years and is the former U.K. MD of UPSL, Emerson Network Power (Vertiv) and Benning and former CEO of Newave Energy. David is currently the Chairman of Centiel Ltd. and a director of Centiel SA, the Swiss based UPS manufacturer.
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About Centiel, MPower UPS: Centiel is a Swiss-based technology innovation company with a highly experienced team of designers.
Richard Segal
Chairman of hostelworld.com
Richard is chairman at Hostelworld, a booking website that enables its users to make online reservations and payments.
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About hostelworld.com: Hostelworld is a booking website that enables its users to make online reservations and payments.
Graham Duff
Chairman of Opinsta
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About : Opinsta is a single platform to manage defect reporting (QA), health and safety checks, Inspections, 3rd party maintenance and more.
David Sykes
Chairman of SmartSurvey
Chairman at SOMNIUM® Technologies.
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About SmartSurvey: The UK’s leading online survey software.
