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 Recruiting 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.
Pavel Kilovatiy
VP Engineering of Beamery
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About Beamery: Beamery is a talent acquisition, engagement, and retention platform that manages sourcing, hiring, and retaining of people.
Robert Symons
Regional Vice President, UK and Northern Europe of SmartRecruiters
Robert Symons is an HCM cloud software evangelist and passionate about helping companies transform the way they engage, hire and retain top talent. Robert has 22 years’ experience within the recruiting marketplace. He previously spent 9 years scaling an HCM software business from 11 employees to over 700 employees as part of their senior leadership team. Robert joined SmartRecruiters in 2016 as the first sales and marketing hire in Europe with responsibility for UK/Northern Europe.
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About SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.
Olivier Kerckhove
VP / Founder of Storm5
Olivier Kerckhove is the VP and Founder at Storm5.
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About Storm5: Storm5 are global RetailTech recruitment experts, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
Deon Moodley
SVP Engineering of Springpod
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About Springpod: Springpod is an early careers attraction, engagement and recruitment technology that helps young people discover their futures.
Liam Waite
Vice President UK of Talentful
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About Talentful: Talentful specialises in helping companies to elevate their talent acquisition strategy.
Annette Burgard
VP of Marketing of Coople
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About Coople, More Than Carrots: Coople operates as a staffing platform that connects companies and workers.
Clare Cooper
Founder and Vice President of Storm3
Clare Cooper is the Founder and Vice President at Storm3.
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About Storm3: Storm3 are a global HealthTech talent marketplace, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
Marcus Sawyerr
Global Head of Digital & Innovation / Senior Vice President of The Adecco Group
Marcus Sawyerr, global head of digital & innovation at The Adecco Group.
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About The Adecco Group: The Adecco Group is a provider of talent solutions and staffing services to automakers and aerospace companies.
Dorothy Mead
VP Marketing and Brand of Talmix
Dorothy is a technology and b2b marketing veteran who has worked with multinational organisations, consultancies and with early stage businesses in London and Cambridge UK to drive commercial traction and growth. Blending a deep knowledge of traditional and digital marketing techniques, she currently is responsible for building the Talmix brand globally and creating programmes to support revenue growth and market share in the Enterprise, Private Equity and Management Consultancy segments.
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About Talmix: Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
Dorothy Mead
VP Marketing and Brand of Talmix
Dorothy is a technology and b2b marketing veteran who has worked with multinational organisations, consultancies and with early stage businesses in London and Cambridge UK to drive commercial traction and growth. Blending a deep knowledge of traditional and digital marketing techniques, she currently is responsible for building the Talmix brand globally and creating programmes to support revenue growth and market share in the Enterprise, Private Equity and Management Consultancy segments.
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About Talmix: Talmix has built a Business Talent Marketplace to allow companies to unlock the power of the extended workforce.
Craig Sweeney
SVP, Global Strategic Talent Solutions of WilsonHCG
Craig Sweeney is Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Talent Solutions, at WilsonHCG.
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About WilsonHCG: WilsonHCG is a RPO and human capital consulting firm that offers talent consulting and executive search services to its clients.
