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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 VP’ operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Greg Day
VP & CSO, EMEA of Palo Alto Networks
Greg Day is Vice President and Regional Chief Security Officer, EMEA, at Palo Alto Networks. In this role, he oversees Palo Alto Networks regional security operations and is responsible for regional cybersecurity strategy and the development of threat intelligence, security best practices and thought leadership for Palo Alto Networks in EMEA.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Udi Nachmany
VP, Cloud Alliances of Snyk
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About Cloud 66, Snyk: Snyk is a cloud native application security provider that enables millions of developers to build software securely.
John Gilbert
GM & Regional VP of Sales of Yubico
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Nikki Stones
VP Demand Generation of Privitar
As Head of Marketing, Nikki is responsible for Privitar’s brand development, marketing strategy and communications. She also supports the company’s go-to-market and sales plans. She is a highly accomplished B2B marketer, with over 15 years expertise spanning early stage tech start-ups through to some of the world’s largest enterprises including KPMG, Schlumberger and Accenture, where she held senior, strategic roles. She has broad sector experience across Financial Services, Energy and Pharmaceuticals. Nikki has a complementary blend of marketing and technology skills and is highly accomplished at building teams from the ground up. Nikki has a post-graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism and is Chartered Institute of Marketing qualified.
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About Privitar: Privitar offers a data privacy platform that protect their customers’ sensitive personal data and to deliver comprehensive data privacy.
Stephen Spence
VP of Engineering of Privitar
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About Privitar: Privitar offers a data privacy platform that protect their customers’ sensitive personal data and to deliver comprehensive data privacy.
Richard Perry
Vice President of Sales EMEA & APAC of BioCatch
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About BioCatch, ThetaRay: BioCatch unlocks the power of behavior and deliver actionable insights to create a digital world where identity, trust, and ease co-exist.
Terry Bishop
VP Customer Success, EMEA of RiskIQ
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About RiskIQ: RiskIQ is a security company that provides digital threat management solutions for software vendors.
Terry Bishop
VP Customer Success, EMEA of RiskIQ
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About RiskIQ: RiskIQ is a security company that provides digital threat management solutions for software vendors.
Avi Corfas
VP, Latin America & Director, Central Europe of Skybox Security
Mr. Avi Corfas serves as Vice President of Sales – Asia-Pacific & Latin America at Skybox Security, Inc. Mr. Corfas served as Head of International Markets of Skybox Security, Inc. Mr. Corfas serves as Advisor of WorkLight Inc. He served as Vice President of worldwide Sales and Managing Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa of Skybox Security, Inc., since April 2004. He served as Vice President of Skybox Security, Inc. since April 2004. Mr. Corfas served as Executive
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About Skybox Security: Skybox Security is a global leader in security analytics for cybersecurity management.
Stuart McKenzie
Vice President Mandiant Consulting, EMEA of FireEye
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Harvey Sahdra
SVP -EMEA of Heliocor
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About Heliocor: Heliocor is a regulatory technology company.We are building a global anti fraud ecosystem based on our Robolitics and Dokstor SaaS products.
Robert Dobson
Vice President, Technology Partners, and Product Marketing of Device Authority
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About Device Authority: Device Authority is a global leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain.
Chris Pace
VP, Product & Content Marketing of Immersive Labs
A talented communicator with a strong background in creation and development of compelling content. My background combines journalism, technology, security, and marketing, meaning I’m always discovering cool ways to attract an audience and drive engagement.
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About Coincover, Immersive Labs: Immersive Labs develops a platform that measures and improves cybersecurity skills across businesses.
Reuben Thompson
Vice President Of Technology of Gospel Technology
Reuben has 15 years’ experience in web and software development, having occupied multiple technical roles since 2003. Reuben joined Gospel from Experian Marketing Services, where he was most recently responsible for the software development and product management functions for the Alchemy Social, Promote and Intelligent Audiences product lines. Prior to that, he worked for a VAR, where he was in charge of e-commerce and internal line of business applications. Across these roles, Reuben gained extensive experience of managing large-scale software projects, scalable, distributed, service-oriented software architectures, and how to satisfy complex and divergent compliance requirements (FCA, PCI, etc). As Vice President for Technology at Gospel, Reuben is responsible for all platform and product development activities.
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About Gospel Technology: Gospel Technology is an enterprise data security platform, providing inter-enterprise data for secure & ethical business collaboration.
Rupert Collier
VP Sales, EMEA/APAC of RangeForce
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About RangeForce: RangeForce is a SaaS-based human cyber defense readiness platform that continuously develops defensive skills against the latest threats.
Roy Bachar
VP of Sales & Business Development of Upstream Security
Roy Bachar is the VP of Sales & Business Development at Upstream Security. Prior to Upstream, He is a former Chief Commercial Officer at Cellwize and Founder of mnh innovations. Mr. Bachar holds an MBA from ESCP Europe and attended executive programs in INSEAD France and Red McCombs School of Business in Austin, USA.
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About Upstream Security: Upstream Security is a centralized security and analytics platform for connected vehicles and smart mobility services.
Rajan Koo
SVP Engineering and Cyber Intelligence of Dtex Systems
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About Dtex Systems: Dtex Systems utilizes user behavior intelligence to help enterprises detect cybersecurity threats without compromising privacy.
Søren Lundsberg-Nielsen
Executive Vice President of Allied Universal
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About Allied Universal, Basico: Allied Universal provides security solutions.
Heather Richards
VP Product Strategy and GTM, KM of Verint Systems
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About Verint Systems: Verint Systems provides Actionable Intelligence solutions for enterprise workforce optimization and security intelligence.
Barry Lyne
VP Sales of Panaseer
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About Panaseer: Panaseer helps businesses make informed, risk-based security decisions.
Mike MacIntyre
Founder, VP Product & Chief Scientist of Panaseer
Mike has had a career in industry combining data analytics for both financial fraud and cyber security, working in the main for the world’s largest commercial organisations. He is responsible for researching, experimenting and applying computational and analytical techniques to derive new insights in cyber security. Mike holds a PhD and MSc in Astrophysics, as well as a BSc in Physics.
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About Panaseer: Panaseer helps businesses make informed, risk-based security decisions.
Aviel Sela
Co-Founder & VP, Products of ESquare
Aviel Sela is a co-founder and the vice president of products at ESquare.
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About ESquare: ESquare is a Cyber protected platform for the industrial segment.
David Chalmers
VP Marketing of Skurio
David Chalmers serves as the Vice President of Marketing at Skurio.
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About Skurio: Skurio is a cybersecurity company that gives every organization the ability to reveal their spectrum of digital risk.
Aaron Boasman-Patel
VP, AI & Customer Experience of TMForum
Aaron Boasman-Patel serves as the Vice President of AI and Customer Experience at TMForum.
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About TMForum: TM Forum is a global trade association that connects enterprises, service providers, and suppliers in the digital ecosystem.
Dan Panesar
VP EMEA of Certes Networks
Dan has a real passion and love for sales and this is reflected by more than 12 very successful years in leading-edge technology sales. He started out in various new business sales roles before progressing into leadership with innovative cyber security start-up Sipera Systems. Sipera Systems was the first worldwide market leader in solutions for the rapid, simple and secure adoption of Unified Communications (UC). Many FTSE 100 organisations with thousands of users around the globe deployed Sipera to secure VoIP, IP video, collaboration, messaging and dozens of other high-performance applications. Backed by a number of high-profile VCs including partners Sequoia Capital, Dan recruited and led the EMEA high touch sales team, where he was responsible for driving direct customer engagement and all aspects of the sales strategy. Sipera Systems achieved huge success and in late 2011 was wholly acquired by Avaya Inc., one of the largest Unified Communications and Contact Center software vendors in the world, for a reported 11X multiple. At Avaya, Dan continued to lead the new Real Time Application and Identity Access Management security division for EMEA. Over the next 4 years Dan and his team delivered significant and consistent YoY double-digit revenue growth. After leaving Avaya at the end of 2015, Dan has been advising and working with a number of UK-based cyber security start-ups through the Cylon – Cyber London accelerator programme.
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About Certes Networks: Certes Networks, Inc. provides security solutions for high performance networks for government agencies and federal organizations.
Ian Shaw
Executive Vice President of MWR InfoSecurity
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About MWR InfoSecurity: MWR InfoSecurity provide specialist cyber security advice and solutions.
Sean Newman
VP Product Management of Corero Network Security
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About Corero Network Security: CNS is dedicated to improving the security of the Internet through the deployment of its innovative of Defense® DDoS protection solutions.
Sean Newman
VP Product Management of Corero Network Security
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About Corero Network Security: CNS is dedicated to improving the security of the Internet through the deployment of its innovative of Defense® DDoS protection solutions.
Stephen Macpherson
Director and SVP Global Sales of Macrium Software
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About Macrium Software: The Complete Disaster Recovery Solution
Jamie Box
VP Worldwide Sales of ThreatTrack
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About ThreatTrack: ThreatTrack develops cybersecurity solutions that analyzes, detects, and remediates malicious threats.
