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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 Vice President operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a Vice President 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.
Kelly Kowal
Executive Vice President, Farfetch Platform Solutions (FPS) of Farfetch
As Managing Director of Farfetch Black & White, Kelly’s role is focused on leading her team to build revolutionary multi-channel e-commerce solutions and operating e-commerce sites for luxury brands and retailers. Kelly sits on the Farfetch Executive Board. Kelly joined Farfetch in 2010 to build and lead all digital marketing initiatives including customer acquisition, retention and engagement. Within her time at Farfetch, she also led the international growth and development strategy, overseeing expansion and localisation for all markets. Kelly’s background is in internet marketing and e-commerce, with her experience spanning over 15 years.
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About Farfetch: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Sandrine Deveaux
Executive Vice President, Store of the Future of Farfetch
Sandrine is at the helm of Farfetch’s retail innovation vision ‘Store of the Future’ and is responsible for developing, executing and rolling out new, in-store technologies across Farfetch’s community of retail partners. Under Deveaux’s leadership, her team are focused on developing a pioneering mix of technology that will shape the retail experience of the future. Deveaux’s marketing, omni-channel and e-commerce expertise was honed in her previous roles at Harvey Nichols as multi-channel director and director of marketing and e-commerce at Matchesfashion.com. Sandrine also previously held roles at AOL and Bloomberg Media. Deveaux graduated from French business school ISC and holds a master’s degree in technology from ESSEC.
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About Farfetch: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
David Hawkings
Vice President EMEA & Global Planning & Optimisation Practice of OLR
David Hawkings is the SVP EMEA at Antuit.
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About Antuit, OLR: OLR is retail industry experience to safely take our clients into an empowered commerce world.
Ignacio González-Páramo
Vice President, Global Compliance & Regulatory Affairs of Payvision
Ignacio González-Páramo is Vice President for Global Compliance and Regulatory Affairs at Payvision and Acapture. In this role, Ignacio is in charge of corporate compliance with applicable legislation and acts as point of interaction with authorities and regulators. He also takes care of external engagement and public affairs on behalf of Payvision and Acapture as Payment Institutions. Currently, Ignacio represents both companies before the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF), where he sits on the Board and the Technical Committee. Ignacio is a long-standing professional with a legal background and extensive experience in the payments industry. Prior to joining Payvision, he worked at ServiRed, S.A., the major domestic payments scheme in Spain, in various capacities, most recently as Head of Rules and Compliance. Ignacio holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI-ICADE), Madrid, and a Master’s degree in e-commerce and IT from Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. Ignacio is often a speaker and panellist in industry events and is also a contributor on the blogs of Payvision and the Cross-Border Ecommerce Community, providing readers with insights on how to face regulatory challenges and compliance-related issues.
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About Payvision: Payvision, an independent payment solutions provider specializing in global card processing for the ecommerce market,
Jean-Christophe Gombeaud
Senior Vice President Marketing of Connexity
Jean-Christophe Gombeaud is Senior Director, EMEA B2B Marketing Director for Yahoo. He has 20 years of experience in Marketing for the Media and Tech Industries both on the Sales and Publishing sides. Before joining Yahoo in 2009 he worked for magazine publishers in France: Marketing Director for Groupe Express Roularta (leading publishers for news, business and lifestyles magazines in France), Marketing Director for the women magazines division of Emap France (Women magazines), Marketing and Research for Groupe Expansion (Business magazines).
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About Connexity, Skimlinks: Connexity is a digital advertising company that works with merchants to determine which product offerings to put on publishers’ websites.
Rebecca Goudman-Peachey
Vice President and Head of Risk of OSMM
Rebecca has special expertise in the online payment market having had many years of experience, working with leading Merchant Acquiring Banks and IPSPs. Rebecca is also responsible for spearheading OSMM’s branding and go-to-market strategy with a large knowledge of the card payments, business operations, systems management, issuing/acquiring operational set-ups and migrations, and project and supplier management. Rebecca serves as the Company’s Compliance (MLRO) Officer and is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an individual responsible for the management of Onestopmoneymanager Ltd. Rebecca holds a Master of Laws in International Finance and Banking Law, Bachelor of Laws and is currently undergoing a PhD regarding the regulatory environment of merchant acquiring.
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About OSMM: OSMM is an innovative e-commerce acquirer whom understand the needs and desires of merchants.
Roger Vidal
Vice President Of Engineering, Inventory Software Solutions of Cox Automotive
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About Cox Automotive: Cox Automotive is a digital marketing, software, e-commerce for consumers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide.
James Bullock
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Tacit Knowledge
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About Tacit Knowledge, Tacit Knowledge: Tacit Knowledge is a Silicon Valley-based digital commerce consultancy that develops enterprise software to address extensive data problems.
Mao Yingying
Vice President of Aixuedai
Partner, graduated from Zhejiang University MBA, Germany Technische Hochschule Nürnberg MBA. Former president of Shenzhen Qifei Technology Co., Ltd. and vice president of Hangzhou subsidiary, representative of ISO9000 management. Depth participation in organizational optimization and process reengineering, the creation of subsidiaries and national business management, 5 years to complete full-time rapid promotion.
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About Aixuedai: Aixuedai is an online payment platform that allows students to buy items using monthly installment plans.
Richard Sheppard
Vice President of Sales of Oblix
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About Oblix: Oblix develops identity-based security and provides web access management solutions for e-commerce networks.
Elisabete Orfao
Senior Vice President of Ardent Advisors
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About Ardent Advisors: Strategic corporate finance advice in the e-commerce and digital technology market.
