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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 Director operating in the Wholesale space. If you think a Director 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.
Donna Storey
Global Digital & UK Marketing Director of Mothercare
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About Mothercare: Mothercare Catalogue of baby equipment, clothing and toys with special offers and shopping cart.
Mark Newton-Jones
CEO and Director of Mothercare
Mark Newton-Jones is the CEO and Director at Mothercare.
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About Mothercare: Mothercare Catalogue of baby equipment, clothing and toys with special offers and shopping cart.
Ross Mendham
Founder & Managing Director of Bare Naked Foods
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About Bare Naked Foods: Bare Naked Foods sells low carbohydrate, low fat, low calories, gluten free and sugar free products.
Chas Moloney
Marketing Director of Ricoh Company
Chas Moloney has been Marketing Director at Ricoh UK since September 2005, where he has been fundamental in helping to restructure and grow the sales and marketing division – developing and bringing Ricoh UK’s professional print and Managed Document Services propositions to market and focusing heavily on building strong customer-supplier relationships. Under his stewardship, the Ricoh UK sales and marketing teams have built a reputation for providing premium solutions and services that are relevant to customers’ business situations, and that address real business needs.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Derek Allen
Group Director Operations of Global Switch
Derek has extensive knowledge operating large scale data centres where he has led the standardisation and introduction of best practice operating procedures and has been responsible for a number of significant data centre build projects. Prior to joining Global Switch, Derek worked for Cable and Wireless Worldwide where he was Head of Data Centre Development. Before this he held several senior roles within the data centre division of UBS over the course of five years including Director of Data Centre Strategy where he was the technical lead for all new sites and design proposals. Derek spent the first 22 years of his career at BT where he built up comprehensive engineering and facilities expertise.
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About Global Switch: Global Switch is an owner, operator, and developer of large scale network dense, carrier & cloud neutral multi-tenanted data centres
John Stevenson
Group Director of UK of Global Switch
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About Global Switch: Global Switch is an owner, operator, and developer of large scale network dense, carrier & cloud neutral multi-tenanted data centres
Jonathan Paul Prentis
Group Finance Director of Booker Group
Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. He was appointed as Group Finance Director of Booker in 2005. Prior to this appointment, Jonathan was Finance Director of Woodward Foodservice Ltd and then Finance Director of Group Logistics within The Big Food Group plc. Prior to 2003, he was with TDG plc.
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About Booker Group: Booker Group plc is the United Kingdom’s largest food wholesale operator offering branded and private-label goods.
Zac Barrett
Director of Country Matters
Zac Barrett has undying passion for the English countryside and its pursuits. Based in the Wiltshire Somerset boarders there are always plenty of rural activities on offer, armed with camera, gun, riding crop or rod, every moment spent in the countryside is time well spent. When not indulging in his countryside passions he spends most of his time expanding Country Matters ever growing range of products and designs. Zac Barrett is also the Co-founder of Country Matters Ltd.
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About Country Matters: Country Matters specialising in high quality country photography, these unique pictures are used on all our products.
Malcolm Paice
Managing Director of Keystone Group
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About Keystone Group: Keystone Group manufactures and supplies steel lintel, offsite components, roof windows, offsite construction, GRP components and chimneys.
Phil Joyce
Director of Operations of CaligorRx
Mr. Joyce is responsible for the receipt, storage and distribution of medicinal products throughout Europe. He has over 25 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry with experience in commercial and clinical manufacturing, packaging and distribution, and wholesaling. Phil has worked for Boots The Chemist, GSK, Pfizer and Pharmarama in various roles in pharmacy, production and supply chain management, business development, and quality assurance. He holds a first class honours BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Greenwich University.
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About CaligorRx: CaligorRx delivers strategic clinical trial supply and logistics services.
Lam Kwok Chong
Non-Executive Director of euNetworks Group
Kwok Chong Lam is on the Board of Directors at CSE Global Ltd., euNetworks Group Ltd., Eunetworks Pte Ltd. and Life Planning Associates Pte Ltd. Mr. Lam was previously employed as a Managing Director by Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd., General Manager-Special Projects by Keppel Corp. Ltd., Chief Financial Officer by Keppel Insurance Pte Ltd, and a Managing Director by Keppel Securities Pte Ltd. He received his undergraduate degree from National University of Singapore.
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About euNetworks Group: euNetworks is a Western European provider of bandwidth infrastructure services.
Ian Morgan
Commercial Director of Plastiserve
Ian’s background is in marketing and finance. With several years’ experience running his own successful digital marketing agency, he is a relative newcomer to the plastics industry but is already helping Steve support customers as well as overseeing Plastiserve’s marketing and accounts.
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About Plastiserve: Plastiserve Ltd is a completely independent wholesaler and distributor.
Stephen Cooper
Technical Director of Plastiserve
Steve has worked in the masterbatch and raw materials supply chain for over 17 years. In that time he has worked with hundreds of customers, helping them solve all kinds of moulding and colouring problems, source products and saving them time and money. For many, Steve is known as the “go-to guy” for masterbatch and related enquiries. He’s built a reputation for being tenacious in finding the right solution for customers and always going that extra mile. He brings to Plastiserve his unrivalled experience and a commitment to outstanding customer service.
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About Plastiserve: Plastiserve Ltd is a completely independent wholesaler and distributor.
Nigel Beaumont
Financial Director of Salon Promotions
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About Salon Promotions: Salon Promotions works with hair salons to offer them with high-end products.
Dominic Gesua
Co-Founder & Managing Director of Lickalix
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About Lickalix: Lickalix is a natural ice lolly company launched in May 2014.
