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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 Manager operating in the Communities space. If you think a Manager 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.
Chris Cavey
Open Learning Manager of British Council(BIRAX)
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About British Council(BIRAX): British Council is a government institution that promotes culture, art, education, technology, and science.
Kevin Restivo
Research Manager, 5G and Enterprise Mobility of IDC
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Galina Spasova
Research Manager of IDC
Galina Spasova is a research manager in IDC’s European Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions (IPDS) team. In her role, she is involved in providing market analysis and insights and business planning advice and delivering consulting projects. Galina’s experience enables her to aid the development of new products and services for customers of IDC Europe. Her recent research focuses on topics, such as the Future of Work and the return to the office post-COVID-19. Spasova is also part of the European Technology for Sustainability and Social Impact (TSSI) Practice, in which she offers strategic direction and advice to ICT players on the business value of sustainability. Prior to joining IDC, Spasova gained experience in research in a number of different areas, including service providers and platforms, electronics, media, and political and country risk. She has extensive knowledge of primary research methods and analysis techniques, having previously worked on research product development and completed large scale projects for major clients such as Samsung and the European Commission. Spasova holds a master’s in international conflict studies from King’s College London. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Bulgarian, and also speaks Italian. You can follow Spasova on Twitter @GalSpasova and on Linkedin SpasovaGalina.
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Angela Salmeron
Research Manager, IT and Telecoms industries of IDC
Angela Salmeron has over 10 years of experience in the ICT industry and is currently a research manager with IDC’s EMEA Enterprise Mobility research service, based in London. In this position, she provides strategic analysis, insight, and consulting on the supply and end-user adoption of emerging technology trends in the enterprise mobile market. She also helps manage IDC’s EMEA Enterprise Mobility CIO Survey. Salmeron is a regular speaker at industry events such as seminars and conferences. Prior to this role, Salmeron was responsible for fixed business network services, where she provided research and consulting on fixed data networks initially, and later on voice and hosted unified communications. Specifically, her research focused on the evolution from legacy to emerging technologies, such as Ethernet on data services, and hosted IP Centrex and SIP trunking on voice services. Her position involved providing industry developments, competitive analysis and strategic market forecasts.
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About IDC: IDC provides market intelligence solutions, advisory services, and events for the information technology and other related markets.
Georgina Dunn
Freelance Digital Marketing Manager of Self-Employed
I’m a freelance digital marketing manager and writer with over five years experience based in London. My specialism is in creating marketing strategies and actionable plans for B2B creative, technology and content startups and agencies.
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Tom Casson
Interim Network Development Manager of Special Olympics Great Britain
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About Special Olympics Great Britain: Special Olympics GB offers a year-round, both sports program and provides ongoing assistance to athletes with intellectual impairments.
Elizabeth Hood
Finance Manager of Lingoing
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About Lingoing: Lingoing is a social network that provides an online market place connecting sign language professionals and deaf clients together.
Ellie Hoy
Product Manager of The Work Crowd
Ellie is our Product Manager here at The Work Crowd, she is passionate about the user experience and adding intuitive and meaningful functionality. After graduating from Leeds University Ellie worked for an online tutoring start-up, helping build their online platform, helping take the company from a standing start to receiving first round funding. Ellie has also worked in executive search prior to joining The Work Crowd, so also appreciates the challenges companies face finding the right talent to meet their business needs.
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About The Work Crowd: The Work Crowd is changing the way talented people choose to work and how work finds talented people!
Ana Diamond
Content Manager of Nested
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About Nested: Nested puts communication in its place; integrating your existing team-2-team messaging in a platform accessible to you – anytime, anywhere.
Marcello Mari
Editorial Manager of eFanswer
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About eFanswer: eFanswer a new way to tell celebrities lives through fans questions and celebs answers in a unique editorial product.
Michael Turkington
Community Manager of little concert
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About little concert: little concert is a community marketplace that enables anyone to book live music for anything
Ian Duncan Thompson
Marketing and Community Manager of little concert
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About little concert: little concert is a community marketplace that enables anyone to book live music for anything
Andrew Jacobs
Learning & Development Manager of London Borough of Lambeth
Andrew Jacobs is Organisational Learning and Talent Manager for the London Borough of Lewisham. A recognised leader in learning, he is known for innovative thinking about learning, training and technology. Andrew has significant experience in a range of roles across learning, training and people development. This experience has been learnt in a range of industries in both the public and private sector. He has specific understanding of developing online and digital solutions for learning, social profile and engagement. He is a Fellow of the Learning Performance Institute (LPI).
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About London Borough of Lambeth: London Borough of Lambeth is the organization that regulates the district of Lambeth on London.
Lindsay Scholl
Operations Manager of Chic Retreats
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About Chic Retreats: A luxury travel marketplace using the latest in digital technology to connect our collection of independent hotels to affluent travellers
Tina Lakhani
Ad Tech & Standards Manager of IAB UK
Tina Lakhani is the Ad Tech & Standards Manager at IAB UK.
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About IAB UK: The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for online and mobile advertising.
Matthew Webb
Co-Founder & Product Manager of Olifun
Matthew Webb is Co-Founder & Product Manager at Olifun.
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About Olifun: Olifun is about spreading happiness. The joy of finding the pint of beer or that glass of wine.
Lisa Kendrick Holmes
Communications Manager of Third Sector Leaders Kirklees
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About Third Sector Leaders Kirklees: Third Sector Leaders Kirklees is a local membership and charitable organization founded by the third sector.
Chris Moore
General Manager of NC Communications
Chris has worked in the IT industry for the past 30 years, predominantly in publishing and new media, and is keen to explore the possibilities of social media in marketing. “Social media in business is still relatively new but I’m positive that it will become as incredibly important as it has in many other disciplines”.
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About NC Communications: NC Communications is a provider of content and events for the Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365 community.
