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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 Board Member operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a Board Member 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.
Lord Francis Maude
Advisory Board Member of OakNorth
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About : OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite – proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending
Greg Reeve
Advisory Board Member of Growth Street
Greg is the CEO for TranssNet Payments, a new entrant into the African Payments scene, backed by Transsion Holdings, Mediatek and NetEase. TranssNet is introducing a full suite of financial services, accessed directly from and embedded in the handset, providing an out of the box experience. Transsion Holdings are the manufacturers of Tecno, Itel and Infinix mobile Phones. In the African Business most admired Brands in Africa 2018 they were ranked 7, 16 & 28 – three brands in the top thirty! NetEase is valued at $43Bn and is China’s largest games company.
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About PalmPay: Growth Street is fast, flexible overdrafts for growing businesses.
Basem Salfiti
Board Member of Souqalmal.com
Based in London, Basem is a Partner at Hummingbird Ventures. His portfolio includes CicekSepeti, Deliveroo, Menaclick and he currently serves on the board of directors of MarkaVIP, Souqualmal and Bank al Etihad in Jordan. Prior to joining Hummingbird, Basem was a Managing Director at Perella Weinberg Partners in London where he led the technology banking business in Europe. Prior, he was an Executive Director in the technology banking team at Morgan Stanley. Basem also held a number of executive management roles at BEST IC Laboratories, a semiconductor start up in Silicon Valley. Basem has a MBA with honors from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science with honors in Electrical Engeneering from Brown University. He is fluent in Arabic and English and speaks French.
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About : Souqalmal.com is the leading financial comparison site in the Middle East with operations in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE.
Francesco Moccagatta
Vice Chairman Independent Board Member of CreditAccess Asia
Francesco Moccagatta obtained a degree in Political Sciences at University of Milan, with a specialization in macroeconomics.Moccagatta has gained a strong experience in corporate governance since he served for several years as Managing Director for important financial institutions such as Banca IMI (Intesa San Paolo Group) and DC Advisory Partners.Moccagatta has served as Director in CreditAccess Asia since 2011.
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About Alantra: CreditAccess Asia provides financial services in South and Southeast Asia.
Bill Edwards
Executive Advisory Board Member of Kennet Partners
Bill Edwards is Chairman of the Executive Advisory Board and has served on the board, advised and/or invested in several Kennet portfolio companies including Revolution Prep, Intelepeer and Daptiv. Bill was part of the founding executive team at Siebel Systems, serving as vice president of engineering and later as chief technology officer. During his tenure, from 1993 to 2005, Siebel grew rapidly achieving revenues of almost $2 billion in just six years, went public and ultimately was acquired by Oracle for $6 billion. Siebel was one of the most capital efficient high value exits in enterprise software having raised only $8 million prior to its IPO. Prior to Siebel Systems, Bill worked with three other Silicon Valley companies that had successful IPOs during his tenure. He was responsible for graphical authoring systems at Macromedia, was senior vice president of engineering, research and development at Frame Technology, and held engineering management positions at Convergent Technologies and Apple Computer. Bill began his career at Intel. He received an M.S. in Computer Science from Rutgers University.
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About : Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to information technology and business services companies.
Simon Guild
Executive Advisory Board Member of Kennet Partners
Simon works with a wide portfolio of early stage European media and technology businesses which have the ambition to become international market leaders. Simon is the Chairman of: Bigpoint, a German browser video-games company, WAYN, a UK-based travel and lifestyle social network, and Diffusion Media Group, a UK viral marketing business. In addition he is a Director or advisor to: Eyeka, a France-based engagement marketing company; Digicompanion, a French digital promotion business; Freerunner, a UK free WiFi startup; Xing, a Hamburg-based business social network; Horizon Media Group, an African content business; Twig, an online educational project and Spreadshirt, a Leipzig-based Kennet III portfolio company offering personalised apparel. From 1993 to 2007 he was at MTV Networks Europe, latterly as President & CEO. From a single MTV-branded channel in the mid 90’s the network grew to 75 channels, numerous online offerings and a market-leading mobile business, all spanning a variety of music, children and comedy brands. Simon is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Trustee of the MTV Europe Foundation and a member of Pilotlight, the organisation that supplies executive time to charities. He also participates as a mentor at Seedcamp, the annual week-long programme for young entrepreneurs. Simon holds an MBA from Insead and an MA in Modern Languages from Cambridge.
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About : Kennet Partners is a private equity investment firm that provides growth capital to information technology and business services companies.
Bernard van Bunnik
Board Member of dopay
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About : dopay provides a cloud-based payroll service that allows employers to calculate salaries and make payments electronically.
Miguel Abadi
Board Member of HedgeCoVest/SMArt Xchange (SMArtX)
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About : Award Winning Unified Managed Accounts Technology. Exclusive provider to SS&C Advent’s UMA platform the SMArt Xchange (SMArtX).
Fields Wicker-Miurin
Board Member of BNP Paribas Private Equity
Board member at BNP Paribas.
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About : BNP Paribas is a French private equity firm that provides a range of asset management services to its institutional and retail clients.
Andy Golding
Board Member of Monedo
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About : Monedo uses machine-learning technologies to provide access to better credit for the underbanked.
Fabio Di Prima
Board Member of Silver Sky GLobal Capital
We constantly look for exciting, global property development and investment opportunities where we participate in the development of outstanding projects, both commercial and residential We partner with start-up and growth stage companies, leveraging our deep core industry and operational expertise as well as our global network. Our team provides the resources, talent and strategic guidance to help create lasting value, and enable them to reach their full potential
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About Silver Sky GLobal Capital: Silver Sky Global Capital an asset management organisation headquartered in the United Kingdom with offices in London and New York,
Laurence Molke
Founder / Board Member of QRails
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About QRails: QRails enables payroll providers, fintechs, and other financial services businesses to deploy innovative payment solutions.
Marco Taricco
Advisory Board Member of Satispay
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About : Satispay is a fintech company that provides a bank account enabled mobile payment platform.
