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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 Executive Director operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Executive Director 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.
Simone Barratt
Non Executive Director of dotmailer Group
Simone Barratt has over 15 years’ experience of ecommerce and online marketing. She has grown businesses to multi $m from incorporation. She has International expansion experience in Europe and the Asia Pac. She was appointed Global President of e-Dialog Inc an Ebay company in 2011 with Income Statement responsibility for just under $100m business across USA, EMEA and APAC and 450 employees.
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About : dotmailer Group provides digital marketing professionals with SaaS technology solutions and tools, and offers an email marketing platform.
Richard Kellet
Senior Independent Non Executive Director of dotmailer Group
Mr Richard Kellett-Clarke brings to the board over 25 years of management experience in the turn round and strategic repositioning and recovery of creative businesses in CMCG, media, electronics and software industries. He was a founder of AFX NEWS ltd, now part of Thomson Reuters, and Sealed Media, now owned by Oracle. He has held numerous CFO roles in subsidiaries of large PLC’s as well as the role of IT Director at Financial Times Information. He was part of the team as CFO which brought Picwick Group PLC to the main market and Brady Plc to AIM. He is currently the CEO of Idox Plc an AIM listed specialist software, solutions and KM consultancy business.
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About : dotmailer Group provides digital marketing professionals with SaaS technology solutions and tools, and offers an email marketing platform.
Tim Cobbold
CEO & Executive Director of UBM Plc
Tim is the CEO & Executive Director of UBM, an event services platform.
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About UBM Plc: UBM is a global events-led marketing and communications services business.
Kate Howe
Executive Director of MSQ Partners
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About MSQ Partners: MSQ Partners is a joined-up community of agencies, helping businesses build High EQ brands.
Patrick Eve
Co-founder & Non Executive Director of TranslateMedia
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About TranslateMedia, ZigZag Global: TranslateMedia provides professional translation, localisation, and transcreation services for documents, websites, and content marketing.
Reggie James
Executive Director | Co-Chief Operating Officer & SVP of Marketing & Communications of Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group, Inc
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About : DBMM Group provides investment opportunity in the growing Digital Marketing & Social Media sector. Operating in NY, London & LA
Mike Butterworth
Independent Non-Executive Director of Kin and Carta
Mike Butterworth, ACA joined the Board on 1 August 2010. Mike had served for 8 years as Group Finance Director of Cookson Group plc, a FTSE250 company, until December 2012 when Cookson was de-merged. Previously, Mike was Group Finance Director of Incepta Group plc for 5 years, an international marketing and communications group, prior to which he spent 5 years as Group Financial Controller at BBA Group plc, the international aviation and materials technology group. Mike is senior Non-Executive Director and chairs meetings of the Audit Committee.
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About : Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation business that advises, creates, and connects marketing and customer experience.
Zuleika Burnett
Executive Director, Creative and Innovation of Havas Life Medicom
Zuleika is Executive Creative Director at Havas Life Medicom; a unified communications agency who lead the way in creating transformative campaigns in the world of healthcare. She believes that thinking courageously will unleash the talent to create exceptional campaigns & build brands with the power to improve people’s lives. A champion of innovation, in 2006 Zuleika established Medibrand, now fully integrated into Havas Life. She continues to harness ideas, powerful connections and retain her entrepreneurial spirit. In her previous client side role as Design Manager for Eurostar she was involved in a product re-launch working with Philippe Starck. Building creative teams from the bottom up in very different environments, has given her unique experiences. In her spare time, she is also visiting lecturer to University for the Creative Arts; Business School. Zuleika was a juror at Cannes Lions, Health & Wellness in 2016, speaker 2017 & winner at the RBInnovation Hack.
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About Havas Life Medicom: Havas Life Medicom Integrating medical communications across the healthcare arena to provide comprehensive, innovative solutions.
Neil Lockwood
Executive Director of Strategy & Brand of Bloom Agency
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About Bloom Agency: Bloom Agency is a digital agency company.
Julie Caton
Executive Director of Client Services of Bloom Agency
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About Bloom Agency: Bloom Agency is a digital agency company.
Julius Duncan
Executive Director of Remarkable Group
The strategist behind the launch of Remarkable Content, an agency team dedicated to creating content that demands to be shared, Julius is a marketing and communications specialist with over 15 years’ experience as a journalist and communications consultant. Fusing the Remarkable skills of PR, creative, social media, digital and video specialists Julius leads a team focused on creatively connecting brands with their audiences. Starting out as a business journalist with the Financial Times Group in 1995, Julius jumped the fence into PR joining Finsbury in 1999. Since leaving Finsbury in 2005 Julius has held Director level positions at a number of agencies including the world’s largest PR company, Edelman, and social brand specialist agency, Headstream. Clients Julius has worked with include large UK and global companies such as Shell, RSA, BT, Aviva, Taylor Wimpey, BBC, Thames Water, Anglo American, the Environment Agency, and Virgin. A member of the PRCA, CMA and IAB, Julius is a regular speaker at industry events Julius’ expertise lies in content creation, digital, and social media at a strategic and tactical level.
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About Remarkable Group, Remarkable Group: Remarkable Group is a communications specialists who provide expert counsel and communications services.
Mark Buckingham
Integrations / Executive Director of Paragon Customer Communications Schwandorf
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About Paragon Customer Communications Schwandorf: Paragon Customer Communications Germany is a leading service provider in the field of customer communications.
