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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 Corporate Training 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.
Victoria Rusnac
Marketing Director of Nexford University
Victoria Rusnac is Marketing Director at Nexford University. She is a marketing expert with proven expertise in corporate and start-up growth marketing strategies, including branding, performance and product marketing.
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About Nexford University: A next generation online university providing students with access to quality, affordable, dynamic education.
Stuart Martin
Managing Director of QA Ltd
Stuart has been with QA since 2000, having previously worked in the training and online education space for IBM and then Ten-TV. Stuart joined QA in the role of Account Manager and went on to become Sales Director of the Learning division in 2005 – where he led the sales organisation through the successful mergers with Interquad, Xpertise and Remarc. Stuart has been at the helm of the Learning division for the last 10 years, responsible for the strategy and development of the sales, marketing and delivery functions to enhance relationships with customers and partners. 2018 saw Stuart step across to lead QA Consulting, focusing on enablement programmes that help customers become self-sufficient in the development and support of their technologies.
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Kris Bachoo
Learning Programme Director of QA Ltd
Having joined QA in January 2015, Kris drives forward individual learning and organisational development with passion, pace and integrity. With over 20 years of experience, holding executive organisational development positions and blue chip consultancy, Kris believes the key to shaping and growing organisations, has its heart in leadership development. Her global experience includes the US, Middle and Far East, Europe and South Africa, and her work has been underpinned by continuous professional development in a range of areas, including doctoral research into leadership career pathways.
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Karen Orr
Director of People & Engagement of QA Ltd
Karen joined QA as Director of People and Engagement in 2016, bringing almost 20 years’ experience leading HR teams across a range of retail, services and technology organisations. She holds an MSc in Management Development and Organisational Change from Bristol University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Karen is responsible for HR strategy and operations across the group and serves as a member of the executive committee. She leads all employee engagement and development activities in addition to compensation, benefits and HR technology for the group.
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Ben Pike
Managing Director of QA Ltd
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Julie Noone
Managing Director – QA Higher Education of QA Ltd
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Mike Brown
IT Director of QA Ltd
Mike has been with QA since 2008 as IT Director, following the merger with Xpertise. He is responsible for building and directing the company’s technology strategy, including the provision of technology to support all forms of learning plus leading teams in application development, IT infrastructure and platform provision. Mike has been involved in the IT training industry for over 15 years during which time he has worked in a number of operational and IT roles.
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Jennie Marshall
Learning Programme Director of QA Ltd
Jennie Marshall is an award winning learning professional (Winner of the 2016 Learning Performance Institute, Learning Professional of the Year Bronze Award), who joined QA in 2010 as a Learning Consultant in the Leadership, Management and Business Skills team. She has gone on to progress through various positions to her current role of Learning Programme Director where she now designs, develops and manages the delivery of end to end learning programmes. She is an experienced and dedicated learning professional, with expertise including management, leadership and talent, and training and facilitation developed within a variety of environments. Jennie has a proven track record of delivering blended, multi modal learning programmes using Learning Management System platforms and in a more traditional face to face setting, is at home with small and large audiences. She is a proven developer of people and is accredited in the use of a variety of tools including Strength Deployment Inventory®, Emergenetics®, Hogan®, Prism® and Worldsview™ as well as being an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner and Kirkpatrick Certified Professional (Bronze).
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Aidan Matthews
Learning Programme Director of QA Ltd
Aidan has over 25 years’ experience working in Leadership, Management and Personal Development, both nationally and internationally. He specialises and advises on profiling and psychometric tools such as Hogan, PRISM, SDI and Belbin. He is also a qualified coach and accredited Emotional Intelligence facilitator using Daniel Goleman’s ESCI framework. Aidan is a member of the EBBF, an organisation focused on implementing ethics in organisations.
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About QA Ltd: QA is the UK’s leading training company, providing the complete range of training, talent development and learning services.
Dave Connolly
Director of Frontline Energy & Environmental
Dave Connolly is Director at Frontline Energy & Environmental. He was the director at HOCHTIEF facility management Ireland before, former director at Richmond Group and was the audit manager of KPMG Ireland .
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About Frontline Energy & Environmental: Frontline Energy & Environmental provides energy and facilities solutions and services for sustainable buildings
Martin Maya
Director of Amatis Training
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About : Amatis Training provides BCS-accredited business analysis training, consulting, mentorship, and support.
Damien Ducourty
Founder & Managing Director of B9lab
#B9lab is the independent provider of quality education, advice and research about blockchain technology and decentralised applications. Our clients are leading global institutions as well as talented individual developers around the world. I’m an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a track record of bringing disruptive software solutions to market in technology and finance. I like working with groups of talented people to provide tangible and valuable solutions. I always engage ethically and believe that sustainability and accountability can fuel growth. I want to be proud of what I do everyday! Attributes: Hands on, conscientious, strategic, persistent but not stubborn, creative, curious and highly personable, love Win Win, try hard everyday to change the world and resist my biases.
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About B9lab: Upskilling gifted developers for high paying, bleeding-edge jobs whatever their background
Peter Russell-Smith
Communication Director of Talk Big Communication Skills Training
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About Talk Big Communication Skills Training: Talk Big Communication Skills Training institute engaged in teaching courses like delivery of engaging webinars, great sales pitches.
Edward Farquhar
Director of Grace Personnel
With over 15 years of City experience specialising in SMEs, Ed has invaluable experience in guiding and working with management teams.
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About Grace Personnel: Grace Personnel provide recruitment for permanent and temporary office support personnel throughout Maidenhead.
Tim Aston
Founder and Director of emoquo
Tim Aston is Founder & Product Director at emoquo.
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About emoquo: Emoquo is an award winning digital coaching app and real-time people analytics platform for everyone at work.
Graham Cherrett
Managing Director, Sales Specialist & Master Trainer of The Longley Sales Academy | Sales & Leadership Training
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About The Longley Sales Academy | Sales & Leadership Training: The Longley Sales Academy empowers sales leaders & sales professionals to make the right call, at the right time, to excel in their careers.
Graham Cherrett
Managing Director, Sales Specialist & Master Trainer of The Longley Sales Academy | Sales & Leadership Training
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About The Longley Sales Academy | Sales & Leadership Training: The Longley Sales Academy empowers sales leaders & sales professionals to make the right call, at the right time, to excel in their careers.
Nathan Pitman
Managing Director of iHASCO
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About iHASCO: iHASCO provides and integrated Health & Safety, HR and Business compliance training platform for SMBs.
Nathan Pitman
Managing Director of iHASCO
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About iHASCO: iHASCO provides and integrated Health & Safety, HR and Business compliance training platform for SMBs.
Victor Beamish
Nonexecutive Director of TOPYX
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Thomas Rennie
Nonexecutive Director of TOPYX
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