Best Startup
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 COO’ operating in the Social space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Joe Bachle-Morris
Co-Founder and COO of Admix
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About Admix: Admix is the first programmatic monetisation platform for in-game advertising
Marc Schipper
Chief Operating Officer of GB News
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About GB News: GB News is a British television news channel that provides news, opinion, and debate for all of its viewers.
Andoni Piña Sigg
COO & Co-Founder of Novus World
Andoni Piña Sigg is the COO & Co-Founder at Novus.
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About Novus World: The impact banking app that turns your everyday spending into a force for good
Sunil Oberoi
COO of Laika Network
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About Laika Network: Laika Network helps content owners manage and monetize their online videos.
Emanuele Musumeci
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Anakando Media Group
Mr. Musumeci, co-founded Advirally in 2012, with Alki David. He is an acknowledged authority on all aspects related to the development of Social Media marketing strategies and has more than 12 years of specialist international experience in this field. Emanuele has devised and delivered a number of award winning digital advertising and social media awareness campaigns for leading global brands including; Vodafone, Lipton, Microsoft, Toshiba, Samsung and Tempo. Prior to co-founding Advirally, he was the Senior Vice President of Marketing at London based Anakando subsidiary, FilmOn TV UK, the global IPTV platform. He was also the founder of Italy based social media marketing company INVIOTRAFFICO, which won a number of prestigious international industry awards for its work. He studied Modern Languages with a specialization in Web based Public Relations & Digital Marketing, at the University of Palermo, Italy. In his role as Vice President, Emanuele is responsible for customer acquisition and the development and implementation of the social media marketing strategy of Advirally, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anakando Media Group.
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About Anakando Media Group: The Anakando Media Group is a rapidly expanding and innovative digital media company with global interests.
Gummi Eggertsson
Co-Founder,COO & CFO of Takumi
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About Sidekick Health, Takumi: Takumi is a platform that gives large brands and advertising agencies access to branded influencer creative at scale.
Rohit Makol
Founder & COO of HeyHub
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About HeyHub: The community experience and tenant engagement platform driving operational efficiency across your spaces.
Guy Willans
COO of PrimaDollar
Guy has extensive experience across all sizes & sectors of business, having worked with start-ups – £20bn T/O businesses, and having worked in organisations with 2 to 300,000+ employees. An experienced Financial Services professional he has lent > $1,000m to all size businesses including FTSE 100/250. He has led businesses & worked on boards in London & SE and has worked globally across EU, US, Asia, ME, and Australasia. Guy’s love of both technology and challenge saw him working in an AIM listed Dot-com in the noughties and now his second COO role in a growing FinTech in the twenty-tens.
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About PrimaDollar: PrimaDollar is an ESGTech and Fintech for international supply chains.(real-time ESG data and Trade Finance)
Samantha Payne
Co Founder & COO of Open Bionics
Samantha Payne is the co founder of Open Bionics; a robotics company developing assistive devices that enhance the human body. The company has won multiple awards for Engineering and Innovation including two British Engineering Excellence Awards and the James Dyson award for innovative design. Open Bionics works with companies like Disney to children with limb differences into bionic superheroes. They were the first company to bring affordable multi-grip bionic hands to the National Health Service in the UK.
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About Open Bionics: Open Bionics is a robotics company creating affordable 3D-printed bionic hands for amputees, researchers and makers.
Mark Bond
Chief Operating Officer of Croud
– Customer focussed commercial leader with B2B and Consumer P&L experience in senior sales, marketing, strategy and customer operations roles. – Experience of large scale digital transformation and numerous “turnaround’ roles. – Involved in a number of ac
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About Croud: Croud is a digital marketing agency that provides services including SEO, PPC, content, programmatic, paid social, and analytics
Mark Bond
Chief Operating Officer of Croud
– Customer focussed commercial leader with B2B and Consumer P&L experience in senior sales, marketing, strategy and customer operations roles. – Experience of large scale digital transformation and numerous “turnaround’ roles. – Involved in a number of ac
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About Croud: Croud is a digital marketing agency that provides services including SEO, PPC, content, programmatic, paid social, and analytics
Richard Cook
Chief Operating Officer of Proactive
Richard Cook is the chief operating officer at Proactive Investors.
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About Proactive: Proactive is an international news and media organization providing coverage of companies in the small to mid-capitalization range.
Francois Devillez
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of AlphaSwap
Francois is a Blockchain consultant and entrepreneur. He previously consulted at Espeo Software, Larvol and various multinationals. Francois has a Master in Law from Free University of Brussels, a Master in Tax Management from Solvay Business School and a Master in Business Management from Vlerick Business School.
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About AlphaSwap, Forbes, Forbes Business Council, LARVOL: AlphaSwap is an investment technology platform, bundling its analyst community’s best stock ideas into Data-as-a-Service
Mark Little
Co-Founder, COO & CMO of Pynk
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About Pynk: Pynk is where everyday people invest better together.
Ole Fjelberg
Co-Founder & COO of Brandbassador
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About Brandbassador: Ambassadors – engage with brands to earn money, freebies and other rewards. Brands – harness the power of passionate customers and fans.
Andrea Marcia Correa
Chief Operating Officer of Favorey
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About Favorey: We are building a community of trust, where we can all ask for help from trusted contacts, and use our skills to help others.
Tom Blah
COO of Codec
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About Codec: We help brands to discover and tap in to the pockets of culture that drive growth. Powered by award-winning AI.
Caroline Angus
COO of Spring Activator
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About Deciwatt, Spring Activator: Spring Activator is an incubator and accelerator changing the world through entrepreneurship
Sammy Nourmand
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer of Keshet International
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About Keshet International: Keshet International is Keshet Media Group’s global distribution and production arm.
Liz Wilson
Chief Operating Officer of Karmarama
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About Karmarama: Karmarama is a full service communications agency, combining creative excellence with technology-inspired solutions
Pierdavide Marcolongo
COO & Board Director of V-Nova
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About : Next-generation video and image compression that works today
Olivia Prentice
Head of Content & COO of Impact Management Project
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About Bridges Fund Management, Impact Management Project: IMP provides a forum for building global consensus on how to measure, assess and report impacts on people and the environment.
Mike Nott
Chief Operating Officer of Ayima
With a background in IT and System Administration, Mike was an early convert to SEO, working for various Media agencies in London before heading the Search Function at PartyGaming PLC at the time of their IPO on the FTSE in 2005. The technical and strategic lessons learned from that venture fed directly to the foundation of Ayima in 2007 with his colleagues, Mike Jacobson and Tim Webb. Mike has spearheaded Ayima ever since then, never losing sight of the company’s goal to deliver top-level expertise via superior technology and exceptional talent. He is also a strong proponent of providing a flexible environment in which experts can thrive, a factor that has helped Ayima grow into a prosperous international operation and develop industry-leading solutions for the SEO community.
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About Ayima: Ayima is a specialist Search consultancy focused on ROI, data analysis and brand development.
Afiola Etomi
COO of Pally
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About Pally: Pally is a global community of like-minded millennials who build friendships and discover, share and access authentic experiences together
Emma Stapleton
Chief Operating Officer of Copronet
Emma is the Co-founder of Copronet (formerly TenderSpace). Integral to shaping Copronet’s raison d’etre, Emma – like David – knew that the only way to bring construction together was to create a network that is as hard-working and goal-focused as the people who populate it. Having spent many years in Board-level positions within the industry, Emma knew that Copronet could also become a powerful force for growth, and she’s worked alongside David and the team to forge the tools that can make this happen.
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About Copronet: Corponet is the network & toolbox that’s just for construction and property.
Narelle Morrison
COO of Babel PR
Narelle is co-founder of the agency and one of the most respected technology PR professionals in the world. She makes sure we achieve the goals set for every client campaign and that Babel progresses continually towards achievement of its own goals; short, medium, and long term.
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About Babel PR: A public relations agency, with offices in London and Boston, focused on the technology, media and telecoms industries.
Jonathan Deutsch
COO of Wenham Carter Group
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About Wenham Carter Group: Wenham Carter Group is a staffing agency that helps clients find talented individuals through technology.
Ros Lawler
Chief Operating Officer of National Portrait Gallery
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About National Portrait Gallery: National Portrait Gallery is a digital entertainment company located in Greater London.
Andrew Walker
COO of ActionFunder
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About ActionFunder: ActionFunder is the site that matches businesses and community groups to make change happen faster.
Dexter Boyce
Co-Founder & COO of Prospela
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About Prospela: On-demand online employer encounters & professional network for students
Yvette Elkana
CO-FOUNDER/COO of PinEventz
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About PinEventz: PinEventz offers a platform for Event organisers not to just promote or sell tickets but to continue the conversation where its stop.
Yvette Elkana
CO-FOUNDER/COO of PinEventz
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About PinEventz: PinEventz offers a platform for Event organisers not to just promote or sell tickets but to continue the conversation where its stop.
Joaquin Cababie
Co-founder and COO of SmartOtels
Joaquin Cababie was brought up in Seville, Spain but moved to the UK to study at the University of Gloucester, staying on in the UK where he first worked in sales and marketing representation with LJR Consultancy, representing resorts such as The Pimalai and Rasananda in Thailand. After moving to London, Joaquin developed his relationship building skills, adding significantly to the portfolios of Loving Apartments and then The Apartment Service. Joaquin created SmartOtels Limited with Matthew Brooks in June 2013 and undertakes the amjority of the sales role for client hotels and resorts.
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About SmartOtels: SmartOtels is the creation of 2 well-known figures in the U.K. leisure and corporate travel and hospitality industries.
David Wilkinson
COO of UpGuppy Media
David Wilkinson is COO at UpGuppy Media.
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About UpGuppy Media: UpGuppy.com is a fun, new social utility, a promising vehicle for communication, and a useful tool for finding information on the web.
Jim Scott
COO of The Hackerati
Jim Scott is the President ResponseDM.
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About ResponseDM, The Hackerati: The Hackerati is a technology company of developers, designers, and scientists.
Jim Scott
COO of The Hackerati
Jim Scott is the President ResponseDM.
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About ResponseDM, The Hackerati: The Hackerati is a technology company of developers, designers, and scientists.
