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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 Commercial Real Estate 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.
Phil Cowans
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer and Director of Nested
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About Nested: Nested operates as a data-driven estate agency enabling customers to be chain-free buyers.
Roger Kennedy
Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald
Roger Kennedy is the Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald.
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About Cantor Fitzgerald: Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm that specializes in equities, investment banking, and real estate.
Alistair Barclay
Director of YOPA
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About YOPA: YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
Tim Muir
Chief Operating Officer and Director Field Engagement of YOPA
Tim Muir is Chief Operating Officer and Product Director at YOPA. Prior to this, he was a freelance product management consultant. Tim bears a degree in Marketing.
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About YOPA: YOPA provides real estate agency services that assist clients in selling their properties.
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Nigel Sillis
Director of Research of Barings
Nigel is the Director of Research and Scenario Team Head for Barings’ multi-strategy fixed income group and is based in London. He leads and coordinates the group’s macro-economic research, and market and currency forecasting work, supporting Investment Managers across diverse Global fixed income strategies. Nigel joined Barings in 2000 and, prior to being appointed to his current position, undertook various fixed income roles including Head of Credit Research and Investment Manager. He previously worked at NatWest Bank where he spent seven years working in Credit Appraisal, Financial Analysis and Credit Rating Analysis within the Corporate Finance division. Nigel is a graduate of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (First Class Hons in Financial Services) and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He was awarded the CFA designation in 2002.
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Michael Marciano
Product Director | Radius, Propertylink, News, Legal & Jobs of EG
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About EG: EG provides data and intelligence in the commercial real estate industry.
Gregory Dewerpe
Managing Director of A/O PropTech
Gregory is a seasoned real estate and technology investor with over 15 years of experience across I-Banking, real estate and venture, a multi-billion deal-making history, and a deep understanding of the financial markets, real estate and venture capital eco-systems. A/O Proptech has emerged from AMD Capital, a dedicated real estate investment company ( direct real assets, public real estate markets, and venture) also founded by Gregory after he left I-Banking where he started his career a decade earlier, at Credit Suisse and Citigroup, looking after investments, structuring and financing for Sovereign wealth funds and other large institutions. Gregory sits on the board/advisory board of a variety of companies in the tech and Real estate space including amongst others Placemake.io, Plentific, Wildstone, Fornova, Residently, Livelike and Tiger Media. Gregory is a Swiss national, fluent in English, French and Italian; he attended HEC Lausanne University, London School of Economics (Masters) and Harvard Business School. Gregory is passionate about sports, travelling, nutrition/food-tech, cancer research and fighting the destructive long-lasting impact of bullying amongst children and younger generations. Gregory currently lives between London and Berlin.
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About A/O PropTech: Europe’s largest Proptech VC firm investing in technology companies transforming the real estate industry.
Hugh Binns
Studio Director of Miniclip
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About Miniclip: Miniclip is a world-leading digital games company that creates, develops and publishes on Mobile, Web and Social platforms.
Tim Rogers
Studio Director of Miniclip
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About Miniclip: Miniclip is a world-leading digital games company that creates, develops and publishes on Mobile, Web and Social platforms.
Richard Donnell
Executive Director of Zoopla
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About Zoopla: Zoopla is a property website in the U.K. that combines property listings with market data, local information, and community tools.
Jo Wickremasinghe
Product Director of Zoopla
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About Zoopla: Zoopla is a property website in the U.K. that combines property listings with market data, local information, and community tools.
Ian Foley
Client Director of Movvo
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About Movvo: Movvo is a global technology company strategically positioned at the intersection of the retail industry, artificial intelligence and custom
Kian Siabi
Director of Office Agency of Making Moves London
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About Making Moves London: Making Moves London offers a modern, refreshing approach to finding new office premises on behalf of clients.
Anthony Murphy
Director of Office Agency of Making Moves London
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About Making Moves London: Making Moves London offers a modern, refreshing approach to finding new office premises on behalf of clients.
Sandy Ng
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Agorafy
Leveraging her past experience in marketing, new business development, sales and graphic design, she aligns the development, design, execution and marketing efforts of Agorafy, and manages the overall look and feel of Agorafy. Her dream is world peace.
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About Agorafy: Agorafy is an open platform for organizing and sharing real estate listings and information in the U.S.
Jo Willett
Managing Director of Oxford Innovation
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About Oxford Innovation, United Kingdom Science Park Association: Manage Business & Innovation Centres on behalf of a range of building owners, including local authorities and property investors.
Ian Hutchinson
Director of City Virtual Hub
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About City Virtual Hub: City Virtual Hub is a Virtual Office based in Soho in London
