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 Director operating in the Personal Finance 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.
Kieron Nolan
Director of Group Technology of Gocompare.com
Kieron Nolan is the Group Director of Technology at GoCo Group PLC, whose brands include GoCompare, weflip, Look After My Bills, MyVoucherCodes and EnergyLinx. Kieron joined GoCompare in 2015 and is responsible for technology teams across the Group. Kieron has been instrumental in driving a technology change and transformation programme which included people, ways of working and technology improvements. Prior to joining GoCompare, Kieron worked at various organisations in senior technology roles across manufacturing, financial services and pharmaceuticals including being part of transforming a start-up organisation into a successful global business. Kieron began his career at Cap Gemini where he was able to spend time working in many technology roles and building his skills. He has also worked at companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Ericsson and SpiraxSarco PLC.
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About Gocompare.com: Gocompare.com is a British financial services comparison website provides comparison details for vehicle, home and pet insurance.
Tim Perkins
Co-Founder & Director of Nudge Global
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About Nudge Global: Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere
Jeremy Beament
Co-Founder & Director of Nudge Global
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About Nudge Global: Brighter financial futures for everyone, everywhere
Kerem Ozelli
Founder, Director of Cygnecode Ltd.
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About Cygnecode Ltd., d:code:it – DCODEIT LTD.: Creators of Flick a Trade. London based tech company designs, develops and operates trading games and gamified financial applications.
Matthew Hinkley
Director UK of KoreConX
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About KoreConX: Empowering Private Markets
Matthew Hinkley
Director UK of KoreConX
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About KoreConX: Empowering Private Markets
Vik Bhatti
Director of Technical Operations of Trussle
Experienced devops and backend software developer accustomed to working within startup environments. Knowledgeable in important aspects of running mission critical systems, dealing with web and database scalability issues, and running high traffic apps and stacks on top of cloud service providers. Specialties: Python, MySQL, JavaScript, Linux, Server Administration, Network Operations, Distributed Systems Architecture,, nodeJS, MongoDB, redis, chef
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About Trussle: Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much-needed transparency.
Ian Williams
Director of Communications of Gregory Pennington
Ian Williams is a director of communications at Gregory Pennington. Prior to that, Ian has held positions at Think Money Group, Moneysupermarket.com, Lansons Communications, and Nationwide Building Society. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Portsmouth.
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About Gregory Pennington: Gregory Pennington is a privately held company that provides debt management plans.
Frances Knight
Strategy Director of Unbiased.co.uk
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About Unbiased.co.uk: Platform connecting consumers to professional advisers
Guy Edsall
Joint Managing Director of Finscape
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About Finscape: Finscape is a partnership between two separate companies, Fundscape and Altus.
Vanda Cox
Director – Corporate Benefits of EQ Investors
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About EQ Investors: EQ Investors provides financial advice and investment management services to its clients.
Ray Palmer
Retail Operations Director of Borro Private Finance
Director at Suros Capital.
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About Borro Private Finance, Hopkins and Jones Ltd, Suros Capital: Borro Private Finance provides discreet loans secured exclusively against luxury assets.
Ray Palmer
Retail Operations Director of Borro Private Finance
Director at Suros Capital.
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About Borro Private Finance, Hopkins and Jones Ltd, Suros Capital: Borro Private Finance provides discreet loans secured exclusively against luxury assets.
James Turner
Director of Turner Little Ltd
James is a Director of Turner Little and was jointly instrumental in the formation of the Company and its subsequent development, having previously formed successful companies in the motoring sector. James is directly responsible for Sales and Marketing with considerable specialist knowledge relating to UK & Offshore Banking. In 2005 James was nominated as one of Yorkshire’s leading entrepreneurs and in 2007 was named as one of the UK’s top 3% of entrepreneurs under 35 by the publishers of Who’s Who of business
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About Turner Little Ltd: Turner Little Ltd are a UK and International Company Formation Agency.
Granville Turner
Director of Turner Little Ltd
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About Turner Little Ltd: Turner Little Ltd are a UK and International Company Formation Agency.
Amanda Swales
Director of SimpleTax
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About SimpleTax: HMRC recognised SimpleTax is the easy way of calculating & submitting a self-assessment return.
Stuart Millson
Cofounder and Managing Director of Broker Compare
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About Broker Compare: Broker Compare is a price comparison tool that helps investors find the right online stockbroker for their needs.
