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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 COO’ operating in the Lending 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.
Arman Tahmassebi
Chief Operating Officer of LendInvest
Arman began his career at IG Group where he started as a graduate trainee before progressing over the following 15 years to hold several senior management roles overseeing the Technology, Business Development and Operations departments. During his time at IG Group the business grew from a small UK only entity to over 1,400 staff located in 17 countries around the globe with operations underpinned by industry leading proprietary technology. Latterly Arman was CEO of ETX Capital, an award winning provider of retail trading technology and services.
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About LendInvest: LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.
Patrick de Nonneville
Chief Operating Officer of October
Patrick is Chief Operating Officer of October. As a Partner at Goldman Sachs in London (2007 to 2014), Patrick was co-head of the European rates business and member of the Global Operating Committee for Rates. He began his career at JPMorgan in Paris and London (1997-2003) as a “market-maker” on Treasuries, before joining Deutsche Bank (2003-2007) where he led the complex products trading activities and Inflation products. Patrick is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique.
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About October: October is an online marketplace for business loans, enabling investors to lend money directly to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Stephen Doherty
Co-Founder & COO of Nude
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About Nude: The new way to save for and purchase your first home.
Alexander Dunaev
Co-Founder & COO of ID Finance
In 2007, Alexander Dunaev graduated with honors bachelor degree from the University of Warwick with a degree in economics. In 2008, he received a master’s degree from the Imperial College London with a degree in mathematical finance. Alexander Dunaev is the Co-Founder of IDF Eurasia. In 2012, Alexander Dunaev left post occupied at Deutsche Bank and launched online lending service MoneyMan, and a year later he has founded fintech company ID Finance. Alexander is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA).
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About ID Finance, IDF Eurasia: ID Finance is a FinTech company specializing in online lending in emerging and growing markets.
Benjamin Cambier
COO & Co-Founder of Mansa
Benjamin Cambier is a French entrepreneur. He is the co-founder & COO of Mansa. Mansa’s mission is to make it easy for freelancers to access credit offers.
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About Mansa: Mansa allows freelancers and gig workers borrow money with fair pricing and a genuine user experience.
Benoit Vanpoperinghe
Chief Operating Officer of Zorin Finance
Benoit has over 19 years experience in commercial real estate finance, securitisation and capital markets, having previously held positions at Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Fitch Ratings. Throughout his career, Benoit has held roles in real estate finance, including real estate loan origination and execution in UK/Europe, real estate loan underwriting and credit analysis. Benoit was previously trading real estate backed bonds at Barclays, as well as managing a portfolio of legacy bonds and structuring real estate fixed income securities.
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About Zorin Finance: Zorin Finance is a Real estate company.
Julian Cork
Chief Operating Officer of LANDBAY
Julian joined Landbay in 2015 and is COO and board member of Landbay. He is also a non-executive director of Bud Financial and member of various advisory boards in the wider Fintech space. Julian is a strong supporter of innovation in financial services with over 25 years’ experience in the sector. Prior to Landbay, Julian held executive/MD level roles at JPMorgan and Macquarie Group in New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney.
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About LANDBAY: Landbay is a specialist Buy to Let mortgage lender using peer-to-peer technology to fund its loans.
Jonathan Hodge
Chief Operating Officer of RateSetter
Oversees the RateSetter technology and operations platform and supports the wider operating quality and efficiency of the business. Jon is a Chartered Accountant and worked in the Financial Services & Corporate Finance teams at PwC, having begun his career in the British Army.
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About RateSetter: RateSetter is a P2P lending platform allowing users to lend and borrow money directly from each other according to their own interest rates.
Chris Jones
COO of Blue Motor Finance
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About Blue Motor Finance: Blue is one of the UK’s premier consumer motor finance companies, lending over £750m to over 80,000 customers.
Jason Etherington
Chief Operating Officer of East Lodge Capital
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About East Lodge Capital: East Lodge Capital is an investment firm that provides hedge funds, asset-based lending, commercial mortgage and employee benefit services.
Max Lehrain
Chief Operating Officer of Relendex
Max Lehrain joined Relendex as Chief Operating Officer in 2014.
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About Relendex: Relendex is a peer-to-peer marketplace that brings together lenders for loans secured on professionally valued properties.
