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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 CTO’ operating in the Professional Services space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Azeem Akhtar
CTO & Head of Design Team of BT Global Services
An articulate, highly driven and infectiously enthusiastic professional currently serving as the CTO on one of the BT’s largest outsource contracts. Technically and commercially adept with a proven track record of complex solution sales in the most challenging commercial environments globally. A finally astute problem solver with a high degree of commercial acumen focused on delivering bottom-line benefit. Very experienced in formulating market entry strategies, commercial analysis, writing business cases, and contract negotiation. A genuine team player that inspires through thought leadership, challenging the status quo and empowering team members. Multi-lingual and adept at using strong interpersonal skills to develop trusting relationships to drive business benefit. Undertakes a voluntary non-executive director role as Chairman of Active Essex.
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About BT Global Services: BT Global Services plc is a division of United Kingdom telecommunications operator BT Group.
Kim Gasson
FFA & FFAvr Product Owner and CTO, Supply Chain of BT Global Services
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About BT Global Services: BT Global Services plc is a division of United Kingdom telecommunications operator BT Group.
Edward Bishop
Co-Founder & CTO of Tessian
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About Tessian: Tessian creates a Human Layer Security that helps people work without security disruptions getting in the way.
Dael Williamson
European CTO (Data & AI) | Global Data Technology Lead of Avanade
Technology leader, innovation architect and data scientist. Global Chief Architect of BEYONDigital (by HCL Technologies). We are a global digital and data consultancy specialising in design thinking, experience design, innovation, technology strategy, process digitisation and big data predictive analytics. Co-founder and Chief Strategy & Data Officer of ThinkLab.AI. A machine learning algorithm marketplace offering clients artificial intelligence solutions to deliver game-changing insights from data. Dael also serves on the Advisory Board for FitSprint as Product, Technology & Data Advisor. Vast experience working for and with start-ups as a technology specialist. Passion for data science developed while in academia, producing theoretical protein models and experimental protein structures. Master’s degree (First Class); several degrees and publications.
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About Avanade, ThinkLab.ai: Avanade provides innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem.
Chris O’Sullivan
Co-Founder and CTO of Lexoo
Chris has been developing websites and apps for more than 10 years – with companies such as Forward Partners, Aegis Media, and the BBC. He loves playing board games and drinking cocktails – ideally at the same time.
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About HitMeUp, Lexoo, What I want for Xmas: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Pete Jones
Chief Technology Officer of Ellis Whittam
Pete has an extensive background in technology planning, development, support and systems integration. Over the course of his career, Pete has worked in a number of high growth, rapid change environments including Network Manager at a Casino Group, IT analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank and Head of IT at two national Law firms. Pete joined Ellis Whittam from leading global insight agency Join the Dots, where he was Technology Director. As CTO, Pete is responsible for Ellis Whittam’s technology services, systems and infrastructure and he leads its IT and Digital strategy. He is MCSE, ITIL and PRINCE II certified and a member of the British Computer Society.
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About Ellis Whittam: Ellis Whittam is an Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety support for UK employers.
Pete Jones
Chief Technology Officer of Ellis Whittam
Pete has an extensive background in technology planning, development, support and systems integration. Over the course of his career, Pete has worked in a number of high growth, rapid change environments including Network Manager at a Casino Group, IT analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank and Head of IT at two national Law firms. Pete joined Ellis Whittam from leading global insight agency Join the Dots, where he was Technology Director. As CTO, Pete is responsible for Ellis Whittam’s technology services, systems and infrastructure and he leads its IT and Digital strategy. He is MCSE, ITIL and PRINCE II certified and a member of the British Computer Society.
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About Ellis Whittam: Ellis Whittam is an Employment Law, HR and Health & Safety support for UK employers.
Ole Moeller-Nilsson
CTO of Pivigo
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About Pivigo: Data is and will continue to change our lives. It is generated by us, for us and around us.
Greg Davies
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Bellrock
Greg Davies is a Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Bellrock Property & Facilities Management. He was an Operations Director of Concerto Support Services and Cobent Ltd and Projects Manager at Upskill People Ltd and Adacel. Mr. Davies received a master’s degree in Project Management at The University of Salford.
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About Bellrock: Bellrock Property & Facilities Management provides a property and facilities manager.
Michael Arnaldi
CTO and Founder of CreditSCRIPT
Michael Arnaldi is CTO of CreditSCRIPT. He has been active in the fin-tech industry for the past 5 years and has a strong background on full-stack development in the field of scalable and highly available financial applications. His personal goal is to improve the financial industry and he is also co-founder and CTO of MyMonexEx a London-based Blockchain-focused platform. Michael is enrolled in Computer Science faculty, University of Pisa.
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About CreditSCRIPT, MATECHS: CreditSCRIPT is an alternative credit investment platform that helps professional investors assess loans and portfolios.
Jon Beer
CTO and Co-Founder of Zapnito
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About Zapnito: Zapnito is the SaaS online community platform for intelligence-driven organizations.
James Heath
Co-founder & CTO of OneUp Sales
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About OneUp Sales: OneUp Sales is a sales team management & motivation platform built to transform the way we run sales teams forever.
Prashant Chamarty
CTO of InteriMarket
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About InteriMarket: InteriMarket is an employers platform for skilled contractors.
Justin Sperling
CTO of SpeakerMatch
Justin Sperling is an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin and has been with SpeakerMatch since 2011. Justin makes sure that everything runs smoothly… constantly creating enhancements, perfecting new features, and tinkering with new tools to ensure a user-friendly experience for speakers, event planners and others who use our website.
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About SpeakerMatch: SpeakerMatch is the world’s largest speakers bureau.
