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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 Advisor operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Lindsey Armstrong
Advisor of XANT.ai
Lindsey Armstrong joined InsideSales.com in March 2015, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in global technology sales leadership and management. Lindsey is guiding the company into its next phase of growth and global expansion, starting with Europe. She is responsible for establishing operations abroad and hiring an executive team. Before joining InsideSales.com, Lindsey spent more than four years with Salesforce, where she built growth engines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as Latin America and Asia-Pacific. She previously held numerous executive positions with Oracle, Veritas and Symantec, driving substantial growth in international revenues and scaling capabilities across multiple countries. Lindsey is a proven, world-class executive with a track record of excellence. During her time with Veritas, which was acquired by Symantec in 2005, EMEA revenues skyrocketed from $20 million to more than $2 billion. Lindsey serves on the board of directors for SalesHood and Bluewolf.
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About : XANT.ai provides solutions that accelerate revenue by enabling sales teams to build a better pipeline and close more deals.
Simon Edelstyn
Sr. Advisor Publisher Development & Strategy of Outbrain
Simon is Managing Director of ROKT’s European, Middle East and African markets and is focused on growing and expanding all elements of the ROKT business within the region. Previously, Edelstyn served as Managing Director (MD) of Outbrain’s European operation where he was responsible for domestic and international business development, sales strategy, market intelligence and product development. Before that he was Google’s Director of Syndication, a post that saw Edelstyn establish and manage partnerships with top-tier ISP, content sites and portals across Europe for the syndication of search and monetisation services. Simon is based in London.
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About Outbrain, Serious Games Interactive: Outbrain provides a recommendation platform to connect advertisers to open web consumers.
Shaun Springer
Advisory Board Member of Bink
Shaun Springer, is a dynamic and seasoned global commercial marketer with experience gained across a wide range of industries, sectors and brands from MasterCard, Sky, BT to Sainsbury’s. He has been heavily engaged in building successful programmes and brands and most recently MasterCard’s Iconic Priceless Brand & Priceless Programmes as Head of Brand, Digital, and Consumer Marketing. Also, from his entrepreneurial and creative approach throughout his career, in defining and understanding consumer insights and their passions he has significantly driven business value across key business areas such as, Loyalty, ARPU, Sponsorship and Retention.
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About : Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Ed Matthews
Advisory Board Member of Bink
Investment Banker being lead advisor for FTSE100 and 250 companies and is a specialist in the Retail and Luxury Sector
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About : Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Sir Alan Collins
Board Advisor of Ensygnia
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About : Ensygnia delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations deploying omnichannel solutions
Narinder Singh Mahil
Offshore Outsourcing Advisor & Consultant for SMEs of Virtual Employee
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About : Virtual Employee Pvt. Ltd. (VE) is a well-established remote staffing company, offering affordable and scalable remote staffing solutions.
Warren Langley
Advisor of iovox
Warren Langley has been a Consultant and the Managing Principal of the Guruwizard Fund, LLC. since January 2000. Langley serves as an Advisor of IOVOX Limited. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Brush Dance from January 2000 to May 2000, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco from September 1996 to March 1999, Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Hull Trading in Chicago from August 1987 to January 1998. He served as a Director of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at United Airlines and worked in several capacities in the software, energy, and defense consulting industries after serving in the United States Air Force for fifteen years. He serves as a Director of Trampoline Systems. He is a Private Investor in San Francisco. He served as Director at Sonic Solutions LLC. He holds a B.S. degree in Engineer Science from the United States Air Force Academy, an S.M. degree in Astronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology.Warren Langley has been a Consultant and the Managing Principal of the Guruwizard Fund, LLC. since January 2000. Langley serves as an Advisor of IOVOX Limited. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Brush Dance from January 2000 to May 2000, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco from September 1996 to March 1999, Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Hull Trading in Chicago from August 1987 to January 1998. He served as a Director of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at United Airlines and worked in several capacities in the software, energy, and defense consulting industries after serving in the United States Air Force for fifteen years. He serves as a Director of Trampoline Systems. He is a Private Investor in San Francisco. He served as Director at Sonic Solutions LLC. He holds a B.S. degree in Engineer Science from the United States Air Force Academy, an S.M. degree in Astronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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About : Our mission at iovox is to make data from all phone calls useful, valuable, and actionable.
Colin Long
Advisor of iovox
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About : Our mission at iovox is to make data from all phone calls useful, valuable, and actionable.
James Dahl
Advisor of CoPromote
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About : CoPromote operates as a free content sharing community.
Simon Jones
Member of the Advisory Board of Chime Communications PLC
Simon specialises in strategic communications and reputation management for governments, corporations, organisations and individuals around the world. Over the course of the last 20 years he has advised chief executives and chairs of global organisations, in addition to managing complex and global communications campaigns for some of the world’s leading brands (including Barclays, BBC, BSkyB, Coca Cola, Facebook, Vodafone). Simon is a lead consultant advising clients across Chime with expertise spanning international relations, communications strategy, crisis communications and reputation management.
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About : Chime is an international communications and sports marketing group.
Anu Shah
Board Advisor of Ladder
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About Ladder: Full-funnel growth marketing powered by a custom growth technology.
Angela Goldberg
Team Advisor of Agily
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About : Agily is a collaborative and team goal management app improving organisational alignment, business agility and competitiveness.
Simon Talling-Smith
Advisor of xCheck
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About : xCheck supplies ad-tech solutions designed specifically for airlines.
Matt Rogan
Senior Advisor of Two Circles
Matt’s career to date has been spent in the arena of commercial strategy and business management – both in corporate life as well as professional sport and entertainment. A graduate of Cambridge University, he has worked for the likes of NBA and MTV as well as in management consultancy. Matt co-founded Two Circles with Gareth Balch in 2011 and led the business as Chief Executive until early 2016. During this period the business was able to balance rapid growth with exceptional client and team retention. Matt’s current focus in his role as Chairman is to support and challenge the Two Circles management team to deliver results. Within this role Matt remains actively engaged in both Two Circles and ESP Properties thought leadership and international growth strategy. Matt has been published by the likes of Harvard Business Review and the Journal of Sports Management as well as co-authoring a well-received book on London 2012. He is a regular contributor to the media around the evolution of the business of sports, and was a Board Director of the European Sponsorship Association for five years.
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About Two Circles: Two Circles is a sports marketing agency based in London.
Anna Baird
Advisor of inploi
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About : inploi is the future of talent engagement and job discovery.
Skip Fidura
Chief Marketing Officer and Board Advisor of OVERMORE GROUP
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About OVERMORE GROUP: OVERMORE GROUP is a brand and advertising agency that help to capture, cleanse and manage business-critical personal data.
Jon Levinson
Advisor of Crowd for Angels (UK)
Jon is a partner(des) at Keith Bailey Rogers. He has a deep knowledge of the small cap sector and its funding challenges. Jon has advised on public and private transactions, including Pre-IPO, fund raisings, IPOs, Secondary capital raisings, issue of convertible loans, EIS fundings and M&A advice. Jon completed his MBA in 1992 with a dissertation on Filling the Equity Gap.
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About : Crowd for Angels is a regulated crowdfunding platform that raises funds for companies through the issue of shares and crowd bonds.
Oliver Rothschild
Advisor of Crowd for Angels (UK)
Oliver is an active corporate strategist in various business fields and industries. Aside from holding several predominant managerial and leading positions in various companies and organisations he is a chairman of the Oliver Rothschild Corporate Advisors company and is the advisor to the board at Crowd for Angels.
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About : Crowd for Angels is a regulated crowdfunding platform that raises funds for companies through the issue of shares and crowd bonds.
Tom Pakenham
Advisor of Represent
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About : Building the tools for a better democracy.
Josh Wyatt
Advisory Board of The Guestbook
Josh Wyatt is Advisor at Universal Points.
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About : Disrupting the hotel booking & loyalty businesses
Josh Wyatt
Advisory Board of The Guestbook
Josh Wyatt is Advisor at Universal Points.
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About : Disrupting the hotel booking & loyalty businesses
S Khan
Advisor of Imperium Media
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About : Helping companies to maximize their potential on new and existing technologies.
Mark Lockie
Managing Director, Landmark Identity, Strategic Advisor, Science Media Partners of Landmark Identity
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About Landmark Identity: Landmark offers knowledge in the identity sector and offers marketing, events, community building, research and content services.
Mark Johnson
CFO & Advisor of SBOODLE
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About SBOODLE: Merchandising for Content Creators
Dan Singerman
Advisor of Cahootsy Limited
Dan has worked in web based software development since 1996 at all levels from developer to CTO. His open source software is used by hundreds of web sites, including Microsoft.com. Dan was Head of Digital Software Development for Trinity Mirror, then realised newspapers were a dinosaur industry heading for extinction, and moved into startups where he has been CTO at multiple companies. Dan is a seasoned start up CTO advisor on products and technology.
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About : Cahootsy connects like-minded enthusiasts to share opinions, offers and best buys.
Morten Tonnesen
Advisor of Ve Global
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About : Ve Global a marketing technology business.
