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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 Partner operating in the Government space. If you think a Partner 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.
Steve Morris
Managing Partner of Portland Communications
Steve ensures that the right mix of skills from across the agency is available for every client, and personally advises clients on strategic and crisis communications He joined Portland in 2008 after a series of senior roles in government He spent five years in 10 Downing Street, first as an adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair on European issues and later as head of the Strategic Communications Unit He was Director of Communications at Defra, where he led crisis communications on major flooding emergencies and an outbreak of foot and mouth disease He spent five years in Brussels, where he acted as a spokesman for EC President Romano Prodi
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About Portland Communications: We design and deliver communications strategies for some of the world’s highest profile organisations, governments and individuals.
George Watson
Senior Partner of Portland Communications
George advises the leaders of some of Britain’s biggest firms, charities and organisations on their corporate communications and government relations strategies. His work spans a huge range of corporate sectors including FMCG, defence, banking, financial technology, retail, health and pharmaceuticals. George enjoyed a 22-year career on The Sun newspaper. He was the Political Editor for five years, widely regarded as one of the most influential positions in the UK media. He has been a regular panellist on BBC Question Time, Sunday AM, Sky News, BBC News Channel, Any Questions, The Week in Westminster and BBC Radio 5 Live. This experience makes him a sought-after media trainer for some of the UK’s most high profile business leaders. He is a former chairman of Parliamentary Lobby Journalists and is the author of Total Politics’ The Insider column, widely read by Britain’s decision-makers. George advises clients on all aspects of media handling, crisis management and campaigning, providing formidable insight into the political world.
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About Portland Communications: We design and deliver communications strategies for some of the world’s highest profile organisations, governments and individuals.
Richard Gittings
ICT Business Partner of Metropolitan Police
Richard Gittings joined the Metropolitan Police Service in October 1999. He worked in a variety of operational and support roles including tactical crime analysis through to corporate strategy and planning. Richard is currently part of Digital Policing, the MPS IT department, working directly on safety at football stadia, mobile technology for front line officers, the new Command & Control project, and collaborative working solutions. Richard leads a team of police officers under the Digital Experience programme that seeks to maximise the benefits of our new technologies.
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About Metropolitan Police: Metropolitan Police provides public safety services.
John Salmon
Financial Services Technology Partner of Hogan Lovells
John is a highly experienced IT lawyer with a market leading reputation in the financial services sector. His main focus is advising financial institutions on their strategic IT projects and he supports his clients in implementing innovative digital and technology solutions whilst managing legal and regulatory risk. John has a reputation as a lawyer in the FinTech area and has been heavily involved with leading edge developments. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating both customer and supplier IT services contracts, including for development projects, software licensing, cloud, and systems integration.
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About Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
Rachel Kent
Partner, Head of Financial Institutions Group of Hogan Lovells
Rachel leads the firm’s Global Financial Institutions Sector, advising banks, insurers, asset managers and clearing houses and exchanges. She has been recognized as a leading individual in her field by industry commentators and legal directories for nearly two decades. Her vast experience at the heart of the sector allows her to make instinctive judgements in tackling structural and regulatory issues. Chambers UK’s 2016 guide praises her “pretty encyclopaedic knowledge of financial services broadly,” which she can call on in the context of commercial and corporate transactions as well as regulatory matters. This mix has given her valuable experience of the regulations applying to how institutions must be organised, how they sell their products and services, and how they contract with others. Rachel is known for being tenacious in defending her clients’ interests, attracting widespread admiration as a formidable negotiator. Clients have said “you feel confident you won’t lose any battles unnecessarily” with her at your side (Chambers UK, 2015).
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About Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
James Doyle
Partner and Head of International Debt Capital Markets of Hogan Lovells
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About Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
Eduardo Ustaran
Partner of Hogan Lovells
Eduardo is a partner in the global Privacy and Information Management practice of Hogan Lovells and an internationally recognised expert in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado based in London. Eduardo is a member of the Board of Directors of the IAPP, co-founder and editor of Data Protection Law & Policy, and a member of the panel of experts of DataGuidance. Eduardo is executive editor of European Privacy: Law and Practice for Data Protection Professionals (IAPP, 2011), and co-author of Beyond Data Protection (Springer, 2013), E-Privacy and Online Data Protection (Tottel Publishing, 2007) and of the Law Society’s Data Protection Handbook (2004). Eduardo has lectured at the University of Cambridge on data protection as part of its Masters of Bioscience Enterprise, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
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About Data Protection Law & Policy, Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
Emily Reid
Partner of Hogan Lovells
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About Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
Eduardo Ustaran
Partner of Hogan Lovells
Eduardo is a partner in the global Privacy and Information Management practice of Hogan Lovells and an internationally recognised expert in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado based in London. Eduardo is a member of the Board of Directors of the IAPP, co-founder and editor of Data Protection Law & Policy, and a member of the panel of experts of DataGuidance. Eduardo is executive editor of European Privacy: Law and Practice for Data Protection Professionals (IAPP, 2011), and co-author of Beyond Data Protection (Springer, 2013), E-Privacy and Online Data Protection (Tottel Publishing, 2007) and of the Law Society’s Data Protection Handbook (2004). Eduardo has lectured at the University of Cambridge on data protection as part of its Masters of Bioscience Enterprise, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
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About Data Protection Law & Policy, Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a London-based multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
Daniel Clarke
Strategy and Partnerships of Cambridgeshire County Council
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About Cambridgeshire County Council: Cambridgeshire County Council provides a range of public services including transport, highways, schools, library and learning services.
Ben Thornton
Founding Partner of 5654 & Company
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About 5654 & Company: 5654 & Company is a reputation management firm that was created to assist businesses in obtaining a positive reputation.
James Halstead
Managing Partner of Aviation Strategy
James was one of the first stock-broker analysts in London to publish research on the international scheduled airline industry on a global basis. Working for a number of Investment Banks in London, he has been one of the top ranked analysts following the sector and has been involved in many IPOs, share issues and advisory roles. He was one of the founding members of the UK Aviation Club and served as a non-executive director of a quoted start-up airline. He co-founded Aviation Strategy Ltd as a boutique aviation consultancy and publisher of the acclaimed Aviation Strategy newsletter.
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About Aviation Strategy: Aviation Strategy focus is on all aspects of commercial aviation.
Jonathan Snade
Partner, Corporate Group of Browne Jacobson LLP
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About Browne Jacobson LLP, Thomas Eggar: Browne Jacobson is a national law firm and experts across the private and public sectors.
