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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 Project Management 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.
Nigel Abbott
Regional Director, NEMEA of GitHub
Nigel Abbott is the Regional Director, NEMEA at GitHub.
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About GitHub, GitHub: GitHub provides code hosting services that allow developers to build software for open-source and private projects in organizations.
Duncan Clubb
Senior Director, IT Consulting of CBRE Group
Duncan is an IT specialist in the data centre industry. Most of his career has been in large public and private sector enterprises with an extensive record deploying large-scale infrastructure. Recently he has been specialising in Edge Data Centre and Hybrid Cloud Strategy. Duncan runs the IT Consulting Practice for CBRE’s Data Centre Solutions group.
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About CBRE Group: CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Andrew Jay
Executive Director of CBRE Group
Andrew Jay is a Executive Director at CBRE Group.
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About : CBRE Group is a holding company that conducts all of its operations through its indirect subsidiaries.
Saviz Izadpanah
CTO / Director of HighQ
Saviz joined HighQ in 2005 as CTO, responsible for leading HighQ technology strategy, product management and product development. Prior to HighQ, Saviz was the global head of Debt Capital Markets IT at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for the program management of multiple applications including Deutsche Bank’s online debt order capture system “dbbonds” for the global DCM sales teams. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Saviz was part of the lead web development team at Barclays Capital. Saviz holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology from Imperial College of London.
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About HighQ: HighQ empowers leading law firms and corporate legal teams to transform the way they work and deliver legal services.
Alex Wilson
Director Market Development of Wind River
Alex Wilson oversees business development activities for the Industrial market in EMEA for Wind River, responsible for Industrial programs. Prior to Wind River, Alex worked at British Aerospace on Automated Test Equipment for various Inertial Navigation Systems using VME and RTOS technology. He then worked as a Field Applications Engineer (FAE) for Motorola Computer Group working with 68k and PowerPC VME boards and 3rd party Real Time Operating Systems. He joined Wind River in the UK as an FAE in 1996 supporting VxWorks and Tornado. In 2002 he became European Business Development Manager for Wind River focusing on the Aerospace and Defence market. Alex obtained a BSc(Eng) in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1986.
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About Wind River: Wind River is a technology company that develops, runs, and manages device software.
David Howlett
Marketing Director of ICP
Now working at ICP as Marketing Director. David is an experienced Board level Marketing and Business Development Director having worked in many industry sectors, recently in a business to business environment within professional services companies, but with high levels of understanding of the business to consumer context and within a wide range of market sectors. Specific functions that David has managed include marketing, communications, business development, market research, insight, branding, strategy development and general management within SMEs and large corporates. He has also had experience of setting up new ventures within existing businesses, and of managing a production facility. this has involved managing many teams, large and small, made up of experienced directors and of junior to mid level executives. David has a very strong understanding of finance, in terms of budget management and the setting of key performance indicators in addition to monthly and annual financial performance measurement. Sector experience includes Fast Moving Consumer Goods, food & drink, personal care, household care; paint; packaging; recycling. David has travelled extensively and held international responsibilities in many of roles, including Europe, USA, China, Saudi Arabia. Recently, David has been invited to deliver guest lectures to undergraduates and postgraduates at Oxford Brookes University Business School covering marketing, market research, thought leadership and content marketing themes.
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About ICP: ICP provides digital asset management consulting, advertising production and video services to global clients and brands
Volker Buscher
Director of Arup
Volker Buscher is a Director of Arup and the leader of their IT and Communications Systems practice. A project director for public and private sector clients in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Arfrica and SE Asia. Volker is part of the Future of Cities leadership team in Arup. A multi-disciplinary group developing strategies and solutions for cities striving to deliver a great place to live and work, decoupled from critical resource constrains. Volker is a member of the Smart London Board advising the Mayor of London regarding the role of technology in the economic, environmental and social development of our great city and a member of the national Smart City Forum chaired by UK Ministers Clarke and Willets.
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About Arup: Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services.
Jeremy J. Martin
Founder and Director of Medgold Resources
Mr. Martin holds a degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines, and a MSc. in mineral exploration from the University of Leicester. He has worked in South America and in Central America and Europe, where he was responsible for grassroots regional metalliferous exploration programmes through to resources definition and mine development. Jeremy has been involved in the formation of two AIM traded companies and has completed a number of high value mineral project transactions. He has served on the board of Ovoca Gold Plc and is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and the Institute of Mining Analysts.
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About Horizonte Minerals, Medgold Resources: Medgold is a Mediterranean-focused TSX-V listed gold exploration and development company.
Daniel P. James
President and Director of Medgold Resources
Mr. James started his exploration career in 1997 working as an exploration geologist in Tanzania with Ashanti Goldfields. He spent 5 years working in London for Bloomberg and Yahoo on various debt and equity roadshows. In 2005 joined ACA Howe and consulted on various exploration projects across Africa, Europe and Asia. He joined Stratex International in 2007 managing exploration on the Inlice gold deposit in Turkey before establishing operations and exploration projects in Ethiopia, leading teams to the discovery of the Afar Epithermal Province, which is now under a JV agreement with Thani Ashanti (a JV company of Anglo Ashanti). Dan is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and a fellow of the Geological Society of London.
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About Medgold Resources: Medgold is a Mediterranean-focused TSX-V listed gold exploration and development company.
Steve Robinson
Managing Director and CEO of Little Fish (UK)
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About Little Fish (UK): Littlefish is an award winning and rapidly growing Managed IT Services Provider.
Richard Roome
Services Director of Little Fish (UK)
A father of two young and energetic boys aged 3 and 6 Richard has his hands full at home but in his down time he enjoys playing tennis and cricket, long days watching cricket and catching up with friends. At Littlefish Richard is Services Director and co-owner, responsible for existing clients, transitioning new clients, contract renewals and service improvements. Passionate about the Littlefish service, Richard has been responsible for shaping the Littlefish Service Delivery teams and with an attention for detail is driven to ensure the service is of the highest quality. After initially working in the Wind Energy industry undertaking Environmental Impact Assessments, he has 20 years of experience in the IT industry, initially from a technical perspective moving thereafter to operational and service management roles. Richard has been involved in a number of successful high growth start-up ventures as well as Operational Management and Service Account Management roles for major clients at ComputerLand UK Plc and Capita IT Services.
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About Chimata Gold Corp, Little Fish (UK): Littlefish is an award winning and rapidly growing Managed IT Services Provider.
Joe McCarthy
Sales Director of Little Fish (UK)
Also a new father, Joe is getting to grips with a baby boy and enjoys reminiscing about uninterrupted night’s sleep, travel, wine, road biking, days at the cricket and old property restoration. Joe is Sales Director and co-owner at Littlefish and looks after new business growth, contract negotiations, commercial partnerships and marketing. He is a Law and Economics graduate from Liverpool University with over 15 years of B2B IT sales experience, commercial modelling and contract negotiation. He first cut his teeth at British Telecom before moving up the gears at small to mid-market IT & Telco firm PSU Technology Group. As Head of Sales for the IT Support division at PSU, Joe secured major national private and public sector contracts for mid-range IBM, Unix and Wintel support contracts and implemented the sales and marketing plan from the IT maintenance division. Business Development Manager roles at ComputerLand UK Plc and Capita IT Services have given him broad exposure to IT Outsourcing and constructing tailored, managed IT services contracts in the public and private sector. Joe was awarded Managed Services salesman of the year at Capita IT Services in 2008, before joining the executive management team that acquired Littlefish in 2010. Joe looks after all front-line new business and has grown Littlefish total managed service revenue by >25% YoY to date.
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About Little Fish (UK): Littlefish is an award winning and rapidly growing Managed IT Services Provider.
Mauro Leuce
Associate Director of Atkins
Mauro is the Critical Mission Facilities Market Lead in Atkins and Technical Advisor for Data Centre projects. Atkins has extensive multidisciplinary experience in the data centre sector, ranging from the design of new facilities to major plants replacement, resilience and single point of failure due diligence studies and remedial works, in critical environments like National Energy Infrastructure, Government bodies and major transport hubs (i.e. airports and rail network). Mauro delivered the most innovative hyperscale Data Centres in Europe (i.e. 120MW average), acting as Project Director, Technical Reviewer and Subject Matter Expert for his Clients. He holds a Master in Electrical Engineering with a major in Automation of Power Systems.
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About Atkins: WS Atkins plc (commonly known as Atkins) is a British multinational engineering, design,
Paul Hannah
Associate Director and Innovation and Immersive Technology of Atkins
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About Atkins: WS Atkins plc (commonly known as Atkins) is a British multinational engineering, design,
Ranzie Anthony
Partner – Executive Creative Director of Athlon
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About Athlon: Athlon helps global brands create products and services that build meaningful human connections and drive business success.
Charles Brewer
Managing Director of NaMax
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About Ariadne, NaMax: Namax is well-suited to assisting business with project design, management, or legal representation.
Nick Cochrane
Director & Founder of Zebra People
Nick Cochrane is the Director of Zebra People and Founder of UX People.
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About Zebra People: Zebra People is a digital recruitment agency bringing together the smartest Digital talent.
Ben Clarfelt
Director of Zebra People
Ben Clarfelt is a Director and User Experience Recruiter at Zebra People.
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About Zebra People: Zebra People is a digital recruitment agency bringing together the smartest Digital talent.
Derek Wood
Engineering Director of WBL Engineering
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About WBL Engineering: WBL Engineering Limited is a company that specializes in pneumatic conveying and large materials handling systems.
Donald MacIver
Founder & Director of MindGenius
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About MindGenius: A software development firm specializing in business productivity software to help capture ideas and simplify project delivery
Dan Williams
Managing Director & Founder of 100 Percent Group
Dan Williams is the managing director of 100 Percent Group.
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About 100 Percent Group: 100 Percent Group provides International Retail Installation services, to activate in-store marketing campaigns for global brands.
Will Williams
International Account Director of 100 Percent Group
Will Williams is the international account director of 100 Percent Group.
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About 100 Percent Group: 100 Percent Group provides International Retail Installation services, to activate in-store marketing campaigns for global brands.
Craig Hyslop
Sales Director of Glasscubes
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About Glasscubes: Work Better Together – Connect your employees, customers and partners in a private online community.
Kevin Senior
Managing Director of Glasscubes
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About Glasscubes: Work Better Together – Connect your employees, customers and partners in a private online community.
John Bechtel
Founder and Managing Director of Badger Pass
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About Badger Pass: Badger Pass focuses on technology consulting, business operations, processes and planning.
Minesh Patel
Operations Director of Abalon
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About Abalon: IT Services company specialising in the supply of on-demand resource, project management and recruitment services
Alan Scott
Managing Director of Abalon
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About Abalon: IT Services company specialising in the supply of on-demand resource, project management and recruitment services
