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 Product operating in the Retail space. If you think a Product 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.
Tessa Griffin
Manager, Product, Catalog & Pricing | Whole Foods on Amazon of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Paul Wilkinson
Senior Product Manager of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
William Godfrey
Head of Product of Founders Factory
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About Founders Factory: Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
Joe Marshall
Production Operations Manager of Morrisons
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About Beechdean Dairies, Morrisons: Morrisons is a retailer that specializes in supermarket chain management in the UK.
Holly Kennedy
Head of Product UX Design, Customer Domain of IKEA
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About IKEA: IKEA Systems offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products.
Kevin Lee
VP, Chief Product Officer of eBay
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About eBay: eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Sara Wood
Global VP Product Management of Farfetch
At Farfetch, Sara oversees all Global Consumer Products. Her team works across product management, design, and analytics in all Farfetch markets. Sara sits on the Farfetch Executive Board and is a member of the Strategy Committee. Sara joined Farfetch in October 2017 and is responsible for strategy and development of all consumer-centric products including; marketplace, platform, ecommerce, mobile, marketing, personalization, payments, loyalty, and inspiration. Sara’s experience prior to Farfetch spans 20 years as a product leader at the intersection of content, community, and technology as well as being an Early-stage Startup Advisor.
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About Farfetch, Salon Media Group: Farfetch is an online luxury fashion retail platform.
Marius Lobontiu
Head of Product of Bink
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About Bink: Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Tim Linssen
Co-Founder & Director of Product of Quiqup
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About Quiqup: Quiqup is a provider of on-demand, same-day, and scheduled delivery solutions to retailers and restaurants.
Sean O’Neill
Chief Product Officer of GfK
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About GfK: GfK is a market research institute in Germany.
Vanessa Wachtmeister
Global Launch & Product Marketing Manager of Hotels
Vanessa Menchaca-Wachtmeister is a B2B Global Launch Manager at Hotels.com and an accomplished travel writer behind the blog: wanderonwards.co. Originally from Los Angeles, Vanessa has spent the last decade bouncing between Beijing, Boston, and London pursuing a career in tech whilst exploring over 40 countries. She has a BA from Boston College, a Masters in International Development from SOAS (University of London), and her real passion is teaching people how to travel farther, longer and for less. When she’s not on a plane, she enjoys learning languages, developing her skills, and cooking with her husband and cat.
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About Hotels: Hotels provides online hotel booking and reservation services intended to ease the travelling process.
Jonathon Moore
Chief Product Officer of Trainline
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About Trainline: Trainline is the world’s leading independent digital rail platform.
John Nother
Senior Director Product of Asda
John Nother is the Digital Director at ASDA WALMART. With a strong retail background, he is responsible for investing in and leveraging new technologies that drive better business performance for both the grocery and fashion (George) units of the UK retailer. For 2019, John’s key focus is helping the business shape the online fashion proposition around Asda George. Having invested in new technologies such as Progressive Web App, Accelerated Mobile Pages and Headless Commerce, initial results have been positive. As well as giving the brand strategic direction, John is responsible for empowering digital teams – working across multiple geographies – to ensure innovation apace. His learnings on this matter are helping the wider business better understand what’s possible from a development standpoint.
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About Asda: Asda owns and operates a chain of supermarkets that sell various products.
Daniel Slowe
Founder & Chief Product Officer of Quorso
Before Quorso, Dan was at McKinsey, delivering transformation for global food services, travel, retail, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as the NHS. He’s a graduate of Oxford University, where he received a Masters of Engineering, Economics & Management. When Dan isn’t solving the world’s most complex problems, he’s doing things like cycling across South America – including the length of the Atacama (the driest place on earth!).
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About Quorso: A new era for store management: Agile. Simple. Human.
Andrew Harris
Director, Product Activation of Jellyfish
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About Jellyfish: Jellyfish works as a digital platform, supporting and drives digital transformation by providing strategy, technology, and training.
Joe Blackford
Co-Founder & Consulting Product Engineer of All Four Outdoors
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About All Four Outdoors: All Four Outdoors is an online retailer stocking a range of camping and outdoor adventure equipment.
Simon Dumville
Chief Product & Marketing Officer of Optimal Strategix Group
Simon Dumville is shief product & marketing officer at Optimal Strategix Group.
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About Optimal Strategix Group, Optimal Strategix Group: Optimal Strategix Group (OSG) is the Catalyst for Customer-Centered Marketing.
Daniel Lee
Group Product Owner, Payments of Kingfisher
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About Kingfisher: Kingfisher PLC is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London.
Michael Hazelden
SVP Product Strategy of OrderDynamics
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About OrderDynamics: Tecsys OrderDynamics is the leading distributed order management solution for mid-market retailers
Danny Harrison
Head of Product of Vision Direct
Danny Harrison is the head of product at Vision Direct, an online provider of contact lenses in Europe. Danny holds a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from The University of Manchester.
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About Vision Direct: Vision Direct provides contact lenses, contact lens solutions, and eye care products online.
