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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 Lending 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.
Anders Hallsten
Co-Founder & CTO of Divido
Anders Hallsten is CTO and Co-Founder at Divido. Hallsten spent the last 10 years building e-commerce platforms for brands such as Hush Puppies and Fossil Watches.
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About Divido: Divido is a global white label consumer lending platform for financial institutions and multinational retailers.
Stefan Boronea
CTO & Co-Founder of Proportunity
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About Proportunity: Proportunity is a financial services organisation made possible by technology.
Ronen Benchetrit
Chief Technology Officer of Zopa
Ronen is responsible for leading Zopa’s technology team and driving the overall technology strategy to support business growth. He has more than two decades of software development and management experience in start-ups, as well as large private and public companies in various sectors. Before joining Zopa in 2016, Ronen was CTO for leading online gaming operator PokerStars.
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About Zopa: Zopa offers peer-to-peer loans with low rates, flexible terms, and no early repayment fees.
Mark Akerman
CTO of Oplo
Mark Akerman is the Chief Technology Officer at Oplo.
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About Oplo: Oplo is a direct lender platform that offers car finance, personal loans, and secured loan products.
Joe Barbour
Chief Technology Officer of Knoma
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About Knoma: Knoma offers a payment solution and marketplace for lifelong learning.
Charlie Barker
CTO of Blue Motor Finance
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About Blue Motor Finance: Blue is one of the UK’s premier consumer motor finance companies, lending over £750m to over 80,000 customers.
Hari Ramamurthy
Chief Technology Officer of Kuflink Group Plc
Hari Ramamurthy is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of [SimplyCook](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simplycook#/entity), a food subscription business that offers restaurant-quality meals. Prior to that, he held the same position at [LendInvest](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lendinvest#/entity). Before joining LendInvest, Ramamurthy served as the head of applications at [MadBid](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/madbid-com#/entity) for over 3 years. Previously, he was employed at [Unanimis](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/unanimis#/entity), FMC Marketing, and Quazzle Telecom, serving as a senior analyst programmer, senior web developer, and junior system administrator, respectively. Ramamurthy holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from [Maharshi Dayanand University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/maharshi-dayanand-university-rohtak#/entity) and master’s degree in computer science from [Charles Sturt University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/charles-sturt-university#/entity). Ramamurthy lives in London, United Kingdom.
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About Kuflink Group Plc: Peer to Peer UK Property Investment platform, where we invest with you. Our Purpose is to Connect people to Financial Freedom.
Joe Vallender
Co-founder and CTO of LandlordInvest
Joe has worked extensively in areas such as publishing, business systems and data analysis. He combines over 10 years practical IT experience working with business-critical systems and management roles engaging a range of clients in B2B, B2C and the public sector. Joe is an experienced landlord, and has experienced many of the issues LandlordInvest is trying to solve.
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About LandlordInvest: LandlordInvest is an online marketplace which matches professional landlords.
Toby de Havilland
Chief Technology Officer of Wollit
Toby de Havilland is the Chief Technology Officer at Wollit.
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About shoply, Wollit: The UK’s most powerful financial membership
Theodor Chichirita
CTO and Co-Founder of Playter
Theodor Chichirita is the CTO and Co-Founder at Playter.
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About Playter: Playter is funding the community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later.
Cormac Scanlan
CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Fleximize
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About Fleximize: Fleximize is a fintech-led business finance provider offering business loans of up to £500,000 to UK-based SMEs
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.
James Pursaill
Co-Founder & CTO of Plend
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About Plend: Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
Pascal Gessati
Chief Technology Officer of Relendex
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About Relendex: Relendex is a peer-to-peer marketplace that brings together lenders for loans secured on professionally valued properties.
Luca Sbardella
Chief Technology Officer of Lendingblock
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About Lendingblock, Quantmind: Lendingblock is a securities lending platform for cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
