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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 Professional Services 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.
Seb Burnett
General Manager ConvergeHEALTH Europe of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Samuel Erskine
Head of Cloud Engagement (Deloitte NSE) | Sr. Manager of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Daniel Senter
Senior Manager of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Richard Bowyer
Category Manager – IT Procurement of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Dave Clemente
Senior Manager – Cyber Risk of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Michelle Lee
Senior Manager and AI Ethics Lead, Risk Analytics of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Carl Hunt
Senior Manager of KPMG International Limited
Carl Hunt is the Director at KPMG
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About KPMG International Limited, KPMG UK: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Sammy Halabi
Senior Product Manager of Homebase
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About Homebase: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Natalie Green
Marketing and PR Manager, UK of Loqate GBG
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About Loqate GBG: The world’s leading location intelligence specialist
Lirui Ding
Engagement Manager of LEK Consulting
Lirui has 15 years of telecom, media and technology experience across the TMT value chain. Lirui has extensive experience in growth strategy, business planning, commercial due diligence, cost modelling, and go-to-market strategy. His clients include telecom operators, regulators, fibre players, tower companies, data centre operators, vendors, media companies, private equity firms and infrastructure funds. Based in London, Lirui has worked with clients globally and undertook secondments in Latin America and Asia. Lirui has recently conducted a comprehensive study to help financial investors understand the impact of 5G on the TMT value chain and 5G monetisation opportunity. Lirui is a TMT engagement manager at L.E.K. Consulting, a leading strategy consulting firm with 20 offices globally. Prior to consulting, Lirui was a professional gaming player
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About LEK Consulting: L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consulting firm.
Michael Pellett
Network Manager of Camelot Group
Michael Pellett is 50 years old and has been in the IT industry 30 years. Spent some time in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in the early 90s as a communications rating after which he move back into IT. He currently work for Camelot UK as the Principle Infrastructure and Network Architect helping the company move from a traditional on-prem infrastructure to a AWS IaaS framework. Also working on a new platform following a DevOps approach to run microservices that can be run in the Cloud to enhance their product range.
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About Camelot Group: Camelot Group Plc is a company that provides national lottery games.
Rebecca Kalra
National Communications Manager, Associate Director of Avison Young
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About Avison Young: Avison Young is a retail company that specializes in making full use of our agency, investment and lease advisory skills.
Amanda Fish
Human Resources & Training Manager & Operations Director of Advantage Property Lawyers
Amanda is a highly experienced fee earner and qualified trainer and has worked in legal firms for over 14 years. She is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute for Professional Development. Amanda primarily handles complex cases as well as overseeing one of our conveyancing teams Amanda also oversees the training carried out with the firm and is responsible with Rob and Glen for our recruitment activities.
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About Advantage Property Lawyers: Advantage Property Lawyers is an independent business led by conveyancing specialists with vast experience in the marketplace.
Chris Barker
Business Development Manager of ABGI UK
Chris represents Jumpstart, one of the UK’s leading R&D tax relief specialists. Since their foundation in 2008 they have recovered over £100m in tax relief for their clients through their expertise. Innovation has been at the heart of Chris’s career to date, carrying out roles in business development, operations, education and training. He has specialised in renewable energy funding when it was in its nascence, and as a senior operational manager at a technology-focused JV set up by Sky and its investors to create the set top box functionality that most of us now use on a daily basis. He has also taught Systems Thinking at the Australian RMIT University in Vietnam. Having worked for both rapidly growing start-ups and large multi-nationals, Chris understands the challenges that each can face. He is keen to apply this blend of finance expertise and experience from his work within a number of innovation-focused sectors to help his clients benefit from R&D tax relief. His interests include sustainable development in which he holds a Masters, trying to learn Japanese and remembering it the next day, following Ipswich Town (which can be challenging), and motorcycling in nice weather only!
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About ABGI UK: ABGI UK is one of the world’s leading tax incentive and innovation management advisors
Kieran Chappell
Operations Manager of LifePsychol
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About LifePsychol: LifePsychol provides psychological services on parenting, child care, and mental health.
Kirsty Styles
Communications Manager of Open Data Manchester
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About Open Data Manchester: Open Data Manchester builds and supports data practice through expert advice, advocacy, research, and technical support.
Ross Fulton
Publications Manager of British Educational Research Association
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About British Educational Research Association: British Educational Research Association connects educational researchers to develop the learning industry.
Lee Lord
Property Manager of Ron Richardson Construction
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About Ron Richardson Construction: Ron Richardson Construction is a full-service main contractor that works across all residential and commercial sectors.
