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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 Product operating in the Consulting 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.
Monira Rhaimi
Lead Product Strategist of Thoughtworks
Monira Rhaimi is a Lead Product Strategist at Thoughtworks. She has worked across multiple roles from software engineer to product manager, in different regions of the world. Having experienced many different environments, teams and cultures, she developed a passion for product management, lean and agile practices and culture change in organizations. Currently working for ThoughtWorks as a Product Consultant, she has the opportunity to practice her craft and deepen her learnings while helping teams start a change.
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About Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a community of passionate individuals whose purpose is to revolutionize software design, creation, and delivery.
Oli Gibson
Lead Product Manager of Thoughtworks
Oli Gibson is a Lead Product Manager at ThoughtWorks. He has worked with companies, across all sectors, helping them build better products. He has been an entrepreneur, developer and is now a Product & Strategy Consultant at ThoughtWorks. After several startups, his focus shifted towards the enterprise where he now helps organizations transform their business strategy, take an experimental approach to product development and manage cultural transformation.
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About Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a community of passionate individuals whose purpose is to revolutionize software design, creation, and delivery.
Ellie Burns
Product Marketing Specialist: Fraud & Identity of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Christopher Lomas
Global Digital Products Leader of Mercer
Christopher is an established senior leader in Digital Product Management, with 14+ years experience in Financial Services + Digital Products + Digital Marketing. Christopher currently works for Mercer (the world’s largest HR Consulting company), where he is the Global Digital Products Leader, focused on developing AI products, and lead’s the MercerX Artificial Intelligence community (with over 800 business leaders and managers). In the past he has held roles with American Express, Goldman Sachs, and Lloyds Banking Group, as well as being the founder of three companies. Christopher is exceptionally well connected in the HealthTech, HRTech, FinTech and AI startup scene, and is a passionate promoter of Start-ups and Digital Business. He is a public speaker and thought leader on Digital, Artificial Intelligence, Product Management and Career Management (see press references/ videos below).
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About Mercer: Mercer US is a human resource consulting service that includes compensation, employee benefits, communications, and investment consulting.
Javier Colón
Head of Product Development of Darwinex
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About Darwinex: Darwinex allows independent traders around the world to quote their strategies and thus access investor capital.
Sean O’Neill
Chief Product Officer of GfK
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About GfK: GfK is a market research institute in Germany.
Chris Barrett
Chief Product Officer of Concentra
Chris is the CTO and architect behind OrgVue with over 18 years of experience in software product design and development. He is responsible for the design and delivery of OrgVue, as well as leading the architecture and development teams. He provides technology and practice leadership to product development at Concentra with expertise in AWS, cloud security, scalable architecture, data visualisation and analytics. Alongside supporting and enabling continuous improvement of Concentra’s products, Chris maintains an external focus on the opportunities and threats presented by trends in the industry.
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About Concentra: Concentra is a UK-based business consulting and technology services company, serving clients across a number of economic sectors.
Phil Norton
Product Manager of Kainos
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About Kainos: Kainos provide digital technology solutions that enable companies to work smarter, faster, better.
Hayden Nothnagel
Product Owner and Director of ISB Global
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About ISB Global: ISB Global is a leading Business Software & Systems Consultant.
Deirdre Donovan
Head of Products of UK General Insurance
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About UK General Insurance: UK General Insurance provides personal lines insurance products and services for brokers.
Joe Lomako
EMC, Wireless, IOT, Protocols Product Manager and BDM of Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
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About Underwriters Laboratories (UL): UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment,
Mitzi Lagerweij
Lead Product Owner of The App Business
Mitzi is a Lead Product Owner at TAB. Her work has encompassed the development of new propositions for Visa and TfL and accelerating product delivery for clients including Unilever, Shell and Tesco. Outside of project work, Mitzi initiated Women on the Rise to support the women of TAB as well as the business as a whole to truly embrace inclusivity and diversity as it continues to grow. Starting as a support network facilitating open discussion, it has grown into a company-wide initiative that continues to deliver positive change towards a more diverse TAB.
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About The App Business: The App Business operates as a mobile consultancy.
Daniel Fozzati
Head of Product of Mishcon de Reya
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About Mishcon de Reya: Mishcon de Reya services an international community of clients.
Michael Campbell
Commercial and Product Director of AdviserPlus
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About AdviserPlus: AdviserPlus provides its clients with managed HR advisory solutions.
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.
Ian Clarke
Product Development Manager of ServiceTracker
Ian started his career as a salesman in the water industry and has always had a passion for what could be achieved with technology. Ian has held a variety of technical roles over the past 10 years redesigning processes and developing software for large corporations throughout the UK.
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About ServiceTracker: ServiceTracker provides users with a comprehensive software solution on which the platform integrates every function of their businesses.
Kiyana Katebi
Product Manager & Partner Lead at Rootip.io of Anfield IT Solutions
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About Anfield IT Solutions: Anfield IT Solutions is an innovative and rapidly growing full-service IT consulting firm.
Ian Watt
Chief Product Officer of Tellimer
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About Tellimer: Tellimer is a financial brokerage firm that insights, portfolio management, financial planning and advisory service.
Simon Himmens-Warrick
Co-Founder & Product Manager of Historic Futures
Simon co-founded Historic Futures and has been working on the development of technology to enable improved data flow in value-chains for well over a decade. During that time he has travelled to those parts of the world where things actually get made today, to understand the real-life challenges of delivering technology solutions that fit with how people work.
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About Historic Futures: Historic Futures Limited are recognised experts in supply-chain traceability with world leading technologies and consulting expertise.
Andrew Sheehy
Executive Product Manager of Promatta
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About Promatta: Promatta offers experience-based professionals on product marketing and project management.
Anna Mackenzie
Consultant, Consumer Products & Retail of Baringa Partners
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About Baringa Partners: Baringa Partners LLP is a management consultancy that specialises in the energy, financial services and utilities markets in the UK.
Jide Sobo
Director – Digital Products & Services of Ebiquity
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About Ebiquity: Ebiquity operates as an independent marketing analytics specialists.
