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 COOโ operating in the Marketplace space. If you think a COOโ 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 โ Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth โ Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management โ Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact โ Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data โ 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.
Arman Tahmassebi
Chief Operating Officer of LendInvest
Arman began his career at IG Group where he started as a graduate trainee before progressing over the following 15 years to hold several senior management roles overseeing the Technology, Business Development and Operations departments. During his time at IG Group the business grew from a small UK only entity to over 1,400 staff located in 17 countries around the globe with operations underpinned by industry leading proprietary technology. Latterly Arman was CEO of ETX Capital, an award winning provider of retail trading technology and services.
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About LendInvest: LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.
Rosie Dallas
Co-Founder & COO of Fat Llama
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About Fat Llama: Fat Llama is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace which allows people to rent spare items to others nearby, fully insured.
Patrick de Nonneville
Chief Operating Officer of October
Patrick is Chief Operating Officer of October. As a Partner at Goldman Sachs in London (2007 to 2014), Patrick was co-head of the European rates business and member of the Global Operating Committee for Rates. He began his career at JPMorgan in Paris and London (1997-2003) as a โmarket-makerโ on Treasuries, before joining Deutsche Bank (2003-2007) where he led the complex products trading activities and Inflation products. Patrick is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique.
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About October: October is an online marketplace for business loans, enabling investors to lend money directly to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Marcos Elvira
CFO and COO of Vesta Property
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About Vesta Property: Vesta (www.vestaproperty.com) is a data-driven marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property.
Matt Ephgrave
COO of Festicket
Matt Ephgrave is COO at Festicket.
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About Festicket: Festicket is a marketplace to discover and book music festival tickets, accommodation, transfers and extras.
Lukas Neckermann
COO of Splyt
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About Neckermann Strategic Advisors, Splyt: Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Sami Eid
COO & Co Founder of homie.rent
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About homie.rent: Homie is a tech startup that helps Londoners find great homes to rent.
Michelle Kingsley
COO of Showroom
Michelle runs the teams and processes that commercialise and scale the Showroom network. She has a senior level background in negotiating and closing high value commercial transactions, and in project management. She is responsible for operations, leadership of sales and business development, and legal and contracts. Previously a senior corporate lawyer in London, Michelle holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics.
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About Showroom: Showroom is a distributed marketplace, allowing products to be sold wherever there is a relevant audience for them.
Hussain Hilli
Founder & COO of Skrap
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About Byoot, Skrap: Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire โ anytime, anywhere.
Peter Wellock
Chief Operating Officer of MyBuilder
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About MyBuilder: MyBuilder connects consumers, builders, and tradesmen and offers a platform that promotes high quality work.
Scott Haughton
COO/ Co-founder of Envestors
Since co-founding Envestors in 2004, Scott has led investments totalling over ยฃ50m in over 100 high growth companies. Having gained his degree in Economics and Business and consequently an MBA, Scott spent 16 years working in senior sales and marketing roles for multi-national blue chip FMCG corporations, including Mars Confectionery and GlaxoSmithKline. Scott then left big corporate life to set up a unique, premium quality family leisure concept, personally securing funding totalling ยฃ680,000, which included venture capital backing, business angel investment and a DTI Small Firms loan. Outside of work, he now spends most of his time either skiing in France, playing club cricket or actively watching Saracens Rugby Club.
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About Envestors: Envestors digital platform connects entrepreneurs and investors
George Chan
Co-Founder and COO of KidSitter
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About KidSitter: Online marketplace for finding trusted, reliable and thoroughly vetted childcare
Sanmi Ogunmola
Co-Founder & COO of All Shades Covered
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About All Shades Covered: A health and beauty marketplace for Afro-Caribbean consumers.
Dan Blake
Co-Founder, COO & CPO of Florence
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About Florence: Florence is an online marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work
Sukhi Jutla
Co-Founder & COO of MarketOrders
Sukhi Jutla is an award-winning entrepreneur and author of 3 books. She is the co-founder of MarketOrders, an online B2B platform for the gold and diamond jewellery industry. She is a leading international speaker, influencer and thought leader in tech and a qualified IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer. She is recognized by a number of industry awards including the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, Management Todays โ35 Women Under 35? and named a Top 100 European Digital Pioneer by The Financial Times and Google. In April 2018 Sukhi made global headlines when she became the Worldโs First #1 Bestselling โBlockchainโ Author.
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About Department for International Trade, Haymarket, MarketOrders, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, University of West London: MarketOrders is a B2B tech-enabled marketplace connecting retailers directly to manufacturers to source gold & diamond jewellery products
Marine de Boissieu
COO and Co-founder of Parentville Parties
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About Parentville Parties: Parentville is a one stop shop kids parties that connect parents to recommanded parties suppliers in the London area.
Andre Ferreira
Co-Founder and COO of Airstoc
Andre Ferreira is the Co-founder and COO of Airstoc.
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About Airstoc: Airstoc is the worldโs first dedicated marketplace for the professional drone industry.
Ollie Povey
Co-Founder & COO of Tempo
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About Tempo: Tempo is a recruitment platform that connects business support professionals with the best employers.
Sally Hart
Creative Director & COO of Picfair
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About Picfair: Picfair is an open-to-all image licensing marketplace.
Emma Marlow
COO of MeasureMatch
Iโm an experienced change evangelist with a growth mindset approach who has the ability to identify key business challenges and bring to life strategic, innovative operational solutions; working autonomously or as part of a team across core focuses of projects, processes and people.
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About MeasureMatch: The Professional Services Marketplace & Partner Ecosystem Platform
Henrike Grund
COO of AtHashtags
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About AtHashtags: Combined Online and real world Marketplace that allows vendors to sell and connect with consumers online and in multiple physical locations
Justine Seys
Chief Operating Officer of MYPA
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About MYPA: MYPA is a trusted virtual marketplace for people to discover local talents that can help them with on-demand needs.
Diego Jenzer
Co-founder & COO of Fromigo
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About Fromigo: Fromigo is a marketplace of authentic experiences by local people.
Massimo Rossi
COO and Co-Founder of Shoppi
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About Shoppi: Shoppi is a marketplace to connect local companies with travelers by overcoming existing cultural barriers.
Mariaq Hayden
COO & Co-founder of Headliner
Ex lead singer of punk band Escapegoate and former professional actor. Maria went on to manage various bands and co-founded BandWagon with Stan Mcleod.
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About Headliner: A marketplace connecting event planners with the worldโs live entertainment to easily book acts for events.
Mariaq Hayden
COO & Co-founder of Headliner
Ex lead singer of punk band Escapegoate and former professional actor. Maria went on to manage various bands and co-founded BandWagon with Stan Mcleod.
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About Headliner: A marketplace connecting event planners with the worldโs live entertainment to easily book acts for events.
