Best Startup
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 Chairman operating in the Enterprise space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Laurent Laffy
Founder and Executive Chairman of SeedLegals
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About Prepay Technologies, SeedLegals: The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity
Marek Fodor
Chairman of Kantox
Marek began his career working in consulting and banking before moving on to internet-related projects. Before joining Kantox he co-founded and was CTO at Atrapalo, largest independent online travel agency in Spain. He is an active business angel investor and mentor for technology startups. He is specialised in marketing and growth strategiHe has a dual university education background in both computer science and in economics.
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About 4Founders Capital, Kantox, SeedRocket, Terminis, Toubkal Partners: Kantox is a leader in Currency Management Automation software that enables businesses to automate their end-to-end FX workflow
Nick Discombe
Chairman of IRIS Software Group
Nick has worked with global software, data and services companies, both private and public, and since 2007 has been an advisor and board member to a small number of private equity backed businesses. Nick was previously CEO of Witness Systems, a NASDAQ listed business, which he joined in 2003 through the acquisition of Eyretel plc. Here he was CEO and led the company through its IPO process in 2000. Prior to joining Eyretel in 1996, Nick spent seven years at Synon Europe, where he was president.
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About : IRIS Software Group is a UK-based enterprise software provider.
Stephen Bullock
Exec Chairman of Autologyx
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About Autologyx, Beacon Capital: Autologyx is the next-generation Fabric Automation Platform for enterprise businesses.
Mark Liddington
Chairman of DataSet Analysis
Wealth management, Investment management
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About UBS: DSA is an early stage medtech startup company that aims to bring research and diagnostics software to the business market.
Iain Ferguson
Chairman of Red Ant
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About : Red Ant is a technology partner that empowers retailers to connect online with offline, delivering fully connected retail experiences.
Steve Garnett
Chairman of Fairsail
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About Fairsail: Human resources software for mid-size organizations
Lady Barbara Judge
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of LoopUp
Lady Judge is a Senior Advisor to Triangle Growth Partners, and chairs the Investment Advisory Committee.Lady Judge, a trained commercial lawyer, has an unusually broad and successful international career as a senior executive, chairman and non-executive director in both the private and public sectors. She was previously a partner in a major US law firm specialising in corporate and financial transactions. In 1980 she was appointed by the President as a Commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Thereafter she was appointed as the first woman executive director of News International and Samuel Montagu and held many positions in the financial services industry including Chair of the UK/US Committee on Corporate Governance and Senior Advisor to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She is currently Chairman of the Energy Institute of University College London and Chairman of the UK Pension Protection Fund. In 2002 she was appointed as a director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and became its Chairman in 2004 and was reappointed in 2007. After completing two terms she was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Tepco Nuclear Reform Committee and Chairman of its Task Force on Nuclear Safety. She is also a member of the UAE Advisory Board for the Development of Peaceful Nuclear Energy. Lady Judge is a non-executive director of NV Bekaert SA (Belgium) and Magna International Inc (Canada) and a strategic advisor to a number of international corporations, including Statoil and Barclays. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of Sabanci University and a member of the Steering Committee of the Istanbul International Energy & Climate Center at Sabanci University. In addition she is currently a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. In June 2010 she was awarded Commander of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the nuclear and financial services industries. Lady Judge received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and Juris Doctor with honours from New York University Law School.
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About University of Oxford: LoopUp is a premium remote meetings solution.
Chris Barling
Chairman of The Bot Platform
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About Powered Now, The Bot Platform: Empowering people to build a better employee experience using bots, digital assistants and automation tools.
Graham Duff
Chairman of Opinsta
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About : Opinsta is a single platform to manage defect reporting (QA), health and safety checks, Inspections, 3rd party maintenance and more.
Pat Curran
Chairman of FSI
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About FSI: FSI provides workplace technology and services.
Howard Joseph
Non Executive Chairman of Azzure IT
Howard Joseph joined Datalaw Ltd as Non Executive Chairman in 2013.
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About Azzure IT, Datalaw: Business Software Solutions Specialist
Julie Ashworth
Chairman of Clear Returns
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About : Clear Returns is predictive analytics technology helping enterprise retailers protect profits by tackling returns.
Julie Ashworth
Chairman of Clear Returns
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About : Clear Returns is predictive analytics technology helping enterprise retailers protect profits by tackling returns.
