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 CMO’ operating in the Advertising space. If you think a CMO’ 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.
Amanda Hill
Chief Marketing Officer of A+E Networks
While Amanda Hill’s U.S. colleagues may occasionally have difficulty with the Queen’s English, they completely comprehend the U.K. transplant’s ability to wrap her creative mind around challenging cultural and technological shifts. As A+E Networks’ Chief Marketing Officer, Amanda oversees global brand strategies for networks A&E, HISTORY, VICELAND and Lifetime among others, turning her teams’ strategic visions into world-class brand equity, viewership and revenue. Unafraid of balancing the tried and true with innovation and risk taking, she’s turning a diverse portfolio of networks into culturally resonant brands across multiple media platforms, from linear television productions to original content for social media. Before leaping across the Atlantic, she lead A+E Networks’ International team as Chief Creative Officer, and prior to that was with BBC Worldwide as Chief Brands Officer, developing the overarching brand strategy for all of BBC Worldwide’s businesses and formats. “Knowledge really means something right now. It has become far too easy to become not smart.” Amanda in Advertising Age
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About A+E Networks: A+E Networks is truly a global media company with joint ventures and channels all over the world.
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Sarah Riggott
Chief Marketing Officer of CSM Sport and Entertainment
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About CSM Sport and Entertainment: CSM Sport and Entertainment provides sports and entertainment marketing services.
Simon Dunlop
CMO and Global Partnerships of Instreamatic
Simon Dunlop is the Co-founder at Instreamatic.
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About Bookmate, Instreamatic: Voice Marketing Platform
Stephanie Brimacombe
Group Chief Marketing Officer of VCCP Group
Stephanie started her career in headhunting, working for Taylor Bennett before moving into the marketing and PR industry in 2003, specialising in the luxury travel and lifestyle sector for six years. In 2010 she left her position as Business Director at the travel PR agency Mason Rose to focus full-time on the marketing consultancy she co-founded in 2009, Cicada Marketing. Later in 2010 Steph raced to the North Pole, becoming the fastest woman to have ever done so whilst raising £50,000 for Mencap. Following this she joined VCCP Partnership as Marketing and New Business Director and was later promoted to Group Chief Marketing Officer. During her time at VCCP the agency has been named Marketing magazine’s Agency of the Year in 2011, Campaign’s Agency of the Year in 2013 and has topped the industry’s most in-demand agency rankings for the past four consecutive years. In September 2013 Steph joined the VCCP Management Team and in 2015 joined Chime’s Executive Management Team as Chief Marketing Officer.
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About Chime Communications PLC, VCCP Group: VCCP Group provides directory for top marketers, agencies, media companies.
Roland Agambar
Chief Marketing Officer of DMG Media
Roland Agambar is Chief Marketing Officer at DMG Media.
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About DMG Media: DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Diane Perlman
CMO of Blis
As CMO, Diane is responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and execution of Blis’ global marketing and advertising initiatives. Diane is an established marketing leader with big brand experience at Microsoft, as well as startup, scaleup and agency-side experience. She is an American who relocated to London over 18 years ago with a startup and has worked primarily with tech and telecoms companies during her London career, which spans Grey London, Wheel (acquired by Digitas/LBi), Microsoft and Unruly, as well as her own virtual agency. While at Microsoft, Diane led UK marketing communications for Windows Phone and later created and ran the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator, graduating nearly 40 startups. She was subsequently the CMO at global startup accelerator MassChallenge. Diane spent the past 9 months as Interim CMO (maternity cover) at video ad tech company Unruly, one of the hottest tech scaleups in London’s TechCity.
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About Blis: Blis is the leading privacy-first, location-powered programmatic advertising partner.
Stephen Edwards
Group Marketing Director & Chief Marketing Officer of Robert Walters
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About Robert Walters: Robert Walters is a global, specialist professional recruitment consultancy.
Jo Bacon
Chief Marketing Officer & Director of Invention of Reach plc
Jo Bacon is the Chief Marketing Officer & Director of Invention at Reach PLC.
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About Reach plc: Reach plc is a newspaper publishing company.
Sivan Baram
CEO & Co-Founder at radd.
Sivan Baram is the Co-Founder & CEO at radd.
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About radd.: radd. is an Intelligence eCommerce platform for boosting UGC via measurable and LIVE story reviews.
Skip Fidura
Chief Marketing Officer and Board Advisor of OVERMORE GROUP
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About OVERMORE GROUP: OVERMORE GROUP is a brand and advertising agency that help to capture, cleanse and manage business-critical personal data.
Fredrik Andersson
Co-Founder and CMO of Tailify
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About Tailify: Tailify provides a one-stop-shop for Influencers & Brands by offering high technological solutions.
Phil Spilsbury
Founder and CMO of zubbit.io
Phil Spilsbury has been in the Tech and Software Industry for over 30 years. He’s worked for a number of software companies building world class software systems used across the world in leading Retail and Logistics companies. Since 2011 he’s been running his own businesses, at first offering high end software consultancy for international and UK goverment clients but now taking his 30 years experience and expertise in the online and tech space to build world-class products for the internet age. Currently focusing down on his latest SaaS project zubbit.io with his co-founder Ron Perkins. Helping people and companies marketing and advertising online to use any online content to drive focused, targeted traffic to their business and services, and helping them build targeted advertising audiences 24-7 on auto-pilot using zubbit.io
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About : zubbit.io Driving Traffic via Content. Don’t Just Share it, zubbit!
James Chandler
Chief Marketing Officer of IAB UK
James Chandler is a Chief Marketing Officer of IAB UK.
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About IAB UK: The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for online and mobile advertising.
Helen Weisinger
Chief Marketing Officer, EMEA of Tag Worldwide
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About Tag Worldwide: Tag is an omnichannel content production partner that brings big ideas to life, across any channel.
Benjamin Hacking
CMO – Founding member of Fluttr
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About Fluttr, ShowMango: Fluttr is a social networking service that enables users to receive updates and personalized recommendations about events.
