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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Wearables space. If you think a 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.
Paul Boanas
Director of Sales (EMEA & LATAM) of Catapult
Paul Boanas as Head of Europe, responsible for driving sales and business development in the key UK and European markets. Boanas is one of the key pioneers in athlete analysis, delivering innovative ways of assessing performance during his 13-year tenure with Prozone Sports as Head of Analysis Services, UK Account Manager and, most recently, Senior Account Manager.
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About Catapult: Catapult is a developer of wearable sensors to monitor athletes’ sport demands.
Elen Barnes
Marketing & Communications Director of TAG Heuer
Elen Barnes is the Marketing & Communications Director at TAG Heuer.
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About TAG Heuer: TAGHeuer is a manufacturing company that designs and markets luxury watches and related fashion accessories.
Nermine Dardir
Regional Director Of Business Development of Wearable Technologies
Nermine has extensive experience in developing retail channels, supply chain, workforce and operations management. Her specialisation lies in channel management, Nermine is working with the WTL team in building the company’s global distribution networks with a focus on the Middle East. She will also be advising the Company’s Internet of Things/Mobile strategy and in particular its relationships with global mobile operators such as Vodafone where she previously spent much of her career.
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About Wearable Technologies: Wearable Technologies designs, manufactures, and distributes intelligent clothing that are embedded with washable electronics.
Myra Waiman
Managing Director of infi-tex
Myra Waiman is the chairman of Infi-tex which has exclusive license for SOFTswitch – THE pressure sensor for textiles which is absolutely waterproof, dry cleanable and very versatile. Myra is also an experienced NED especially in growing companies and likes and understands technology and life science startups.
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About infi-tex: infi-tex are a smart sensor company, with a new class of patented smart pressure sensitive materials.
Dan Zelezinski
Director of Health Partnerships of Biovotion
Dan has recently taken up the role of Director of Health Partnerships for Biovotion. A leading medical grade, wearable technology company headquartered in Zurich. Prior to this, he has an academic background in physiology and applied this in the health and high performance domain, operating for the past 15 years as a consultant within the Goldman Sachs Wellness & Leadership Programmes. His expertise lies in the application of scientific principles to enhance mind and body interconnectedness, to distil and leverage insights afforded by cutting edge sensing technology and ultimately, to drive sustainable high performance. On a personal level, he has been involved in competitive sports most of his life and continues to actively seek opportunities to push limits. He has completed Ironman events, climbed Himalayan peaks, competed in the ACR, billed as the “toughest ski race in the world” – a 180km X Country ski race in the Arctic Circle and has rowed across the Mediterranean, raising $1m for the HPV foundation. He still claims that the hardest challenge is bed and bath time duties for his 4 young children!
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About Biovotion, Goldman Sachs: Biovotion AG is a digital health company in the field of sophisticated, medical-grade, wearable health monitoring solutions.
Mathieu Bellanger
Technical Director and Co-Founder of Lightricity
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About Lightricity: Lightricity Ltd was founded in 2017 to commercialise its high-efficiency energy harvesting technology.
Elodie Draperi
Partnerships Director of GiveVision
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About GiveVision: GiveVision is a high tech low vision aids enhancing the remaining sight of partially sighted people.
Paul Gill
Founder & Director of Orsto
Paul Gill is Founder & Director at Orsto.
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About Orsto: ORSTO Ltd is a British Private Ltd company backed by 84 International Investors.
Olivia Cantillon
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Own The Look
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About Own The Look: It is an online global womenswear store focusing on outfit dressing for the everyday woman.
Amy Barker
Founder and Company Director of Monks Clothing
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About Monks Clothing: A online menswear store.
Stacy Chan
Founder & Creative Director of Stacy Chan London
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About Stacy Chan London: Founded in 2013, the Stacy Chan brand takes unique, minimalist construction as a starting point for luxury fashion.
David Nicol
Lead Programmer and Director of Nautilus Beam Ltd
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About Nautilus Beam Ltd: Fast, easy text input on wearable tech, a novel UI + state-of-the-art prediction, correction and abbreviation expansion.
Howard Smith
Managing Director of CamNtech
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About CamNtech: CamNtech provides professional wearable medical devices.
