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 Outsourcing 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.
Amir Malik
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture, Accenture Interactive: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Nigel Gilbert
Managing Director of Accenture
Nigel Gilbert is the Vice President of Strategic Development of EMEA at AppNexus. Digital media pioneer, Nigel leads AppNexus’ strategic development across Europe. Prior to joining AppNexus, he served as Head of Orange Ad Market (UK & FR) for France Telecom. Nigel was responsible for all commercial operations at Orange Ad Market, the real-time bidding (RTB) exchange. In 2001 Nigel co-founded Unanimis, the first and largest digital publisher network in the UK. As Commercial Director for Unanimis, Nigel established and managed operations for eBay, BBC, Channel 5, and the London Stock Exchange, among others.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Global Head of Payments of Accenture
Sulabh is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK/Ireland Finance Services practice. He leads the payments and cards practice for the UK and Ireland banking market. His area of expertise is management consulting and programme delivery in areas of payments and regulatory compliance. In addition he has been advising banking clients on strategy and target operating models. His experience encompasses several payments and regulatory programmes including payments transformation, transaction banking revenue enhancement and ring fencing, FATCA, PSR, BCOB, SEPA, RDR, Sanctions, AML. In addition, he has experience in post-merger integration, payments change delivery, wholesale bank target operating model, retail and corporate bank product strategy, credit card marketing strategy, innovation strategy, governance model options, sourcing strategy and payments operations and technology.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Peter Lacy
Senior Managing Director -Global Sustainability Practice Lead; Europe Strategy Practice Lead of Accenture
Peter Lacy is managing director for Growth, Strategy and Sustainability within Accenture Strategy and is part of its Leadership Team. He is also a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council, and leads Accenture’s relationship with the World Economic Forum and the Digital Transformation of Industries program. His role focuses on strategy development, offering development, innovation centers and mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Mr. Lacy is a world authority on sustainability in areas such as circular economy, stakeholder management and trust issues in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, mining, energy and consumer goods. He works with the CEOs and senior management of a range of Fortune 500 companies, including the United Nations, the European Union and public sector organizations. He specializes in growth and strategy, with a strong focus on environmental, social, governance and ethics issues. Prior to consulting he spent several years working in the dotcom industry.
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About Accenture, Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Olivier Vuichard
Managing Director, Wealth Management of Accenture
Olivier heads their UK business with responsibility for local business development and growth in their delivery capabilities. He has worked closely with top tier clients in the UK on their change programmes. A Swiss national, Olivier has delivered several strategic transformation projects across the UK, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He is an experienced project manager and has supported clients on challenging platform delivery transformations including the integration of remote delivery elements.
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About Accenture, Orbium: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Davinder Gautam
Managing Director of Accenture
Davinder Gautam Managing Director – Products Technology Consulting.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Anthoula Madden
Managing Director of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Mark Moody-Stuart
Director of Accenture
Mark Moody-Stuart, a member of Accenture’s board of directors since October 2001, was chairman of Anglo American plc, a global mining and natural resources company, from 2002-2009. From 1998-2001 Sir Moody-Stuart was chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies. He was also chairman of The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company from 1997 to 2001, after having served six years as both managing director of Shell Transport and managing director of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. He is Chairman of Hermes Equity Ownership Services since 2009 and a director of Saudi Aramco since 2007. He was also previously a Director of HSBC Holdings plc (2001-2010), President of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1997-2008), and chairman of the Global Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (2002-2011). He was co-Chair of the G8 Task Force on Renewable Energy in 2000 and 2001. He is vice chairman of the UN Global Compact, and chairman of the Global Compact Foundation and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium. Following a doctorate in geology from Cambridge University, much of Mark Moody-Stuart’s working life has been with Shell, largely working in countries outside of Europe. Early practical experience gained in Spain, Oman, Brunei and Australia was in 1976 focused on to the major challenge of leading Shell’s teams in exploring the U.K. North Sea—at a time when the fields in the northern North Sea were coming on stream and new exploration plays were developing. Thereafter, he left exploration for more general management, working in Africa, Europe and Asia. As Shell’s most senior representative in Turkey and Malaysia, he was involved in developing Shell’s businesses in those countries, working with national governments to initiate a number of major projects. In 1990 Mark Moody-Stuart returned to Europe, to The Hague, to take up the position of co-ordinator of Shell’s exploration and production operations outside North America. Mark Moody-Stuart was born in Antigua, West Indies. He and his wife Judy have been married for 47 years. They have three sons and a daughter. All family members are keen sailors. Sir Mark Moody-Stuart became a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St George in June 2000. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Institute of Petroleum, which also awarded him the Cadman Medal in 2001. He is an Honorary Fellow of St John’s College Cambridge, an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Chemical Engineers and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Aberdeen and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Royal Holloway University of London.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Marion Duncan
Creative Director (Liquid Studio London) of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Tom Graham
Managing Director, Banking of Accenture
Tom Graham is a Managing Director in Accenture’s UK Banking consulting practice, helping clients deliver change and innovate. He also sponsors the successful FinTech Innovation Labs in London, which, partnered with 30+ banks and insurers, takes 20 startups a year through a rapid accelerator for growth and innovation.
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
John F. Ferraro
Board Of Director of ManpowerGroup
Mr. Ferraro became a member of the Advance Auto Parts Board of Directors in February 2015 and was appointed Lead Independent Director in November 2015. Mr. Ferraro served as Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ernst & Young (EY), a leading professional services firm from 2007 to December 2014. In addition, Mr. Ferraro served as a member of EY’s Global Executive board for more than 10 years. Prior to his COO role, Mr. Ferraro served in several senior leadership positions at EY, including Global Vice Chair Audit. He joined EY in 1976 and has served a variety of global companies. Mr. Ferraro is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He currently serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees of Marquette University.
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About : ManpowerGroup is a multinational human resource consulting firm, providing recruitment and assessment, training and development, and more.
Sharmila Paranjpe
Program Director; Strategy & Transformation of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
Amar Mahadeviah
Regional Director, Virtual Workplace of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies, Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
Ben Broughton
Owner and Director of Primis
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About Primis: Primis is a provider of talent solutions to the technology sector.
Jon Hanifan
Tax Director of Throgmorton
Jon is a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) and a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT). Jon joined Throgmorton, on 1st March 2017, having most recently been in industry as a Chief Financial Officer. Jon was previously an Executive Director at EY and Principal at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. At Akin Gump, Jon led the firm’s European hedge fund tax advisory team. Jon has a broad range of experience across the Business Tax spectrum, including start-ups, corporate and partnership tax compliance, tax planning and transaction tax. Jon is also a former board member and Gala Dinner Organising Chair of Help For Children (UK), having assisted with fundraising for the charity since 2008.
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About Throgmorton: Throgmorton is one of the leading financial and administrative outsourcing companies serving the financial services sector.
Steve Muir
Managing Director of Throgmorton
Steve is a Chartered Accountant with more than 15 years post qualification experience. Prior to joining the team, Steve spent 6 years with Baker Tilly in the audit department, working with a number of private and AIM listed businesses in a number of different sectors. Steve then joined Whale Rock Accounting, helping to grow the business prior to its sale to Capita in 2012, and has been part of the Throgmorton team since January 2017. Throughout his time at WhaleRock and Capita, Steve has specialised in advising the firm’s listed client base in areas such as technical accounting matters and accounting systems and also advised numerous clients on their accounting requirements for AIM flotations. Steve has responsibility for both the London and Aberdeen offices of Throgmorton.
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About Throgmorton: Throgmorton is one of the leading financial and administrative outsourcing companies serving the financial services sector.
Kerry Kelly
Business Development Director of Throgmorton
Kerry joined Throgmorton in 2010. Starting her career with HMRC Kerry now uses her 16 years of tax and commercial experience to understand the challenges of businesses to assist clients obtain the maximum from their relationship with us. Kerry focus’s on building the business through knowledge, expanding networks, creating positive introductions and seeking a creative and collaborative environment.
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About Throgmorton: Throgmorton is one of the leading financial and administrative outsourcing companies serving the financial services sector.
Ranjan Kumar
Business Unit Director of Throgmorton
Prior to joining Throgmorton in 2008, Ranjan spent seventeen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Working primarily in PwC’s Global Compliance Services department, Ranjan specialised in providing global compliance outsourcing services to international clients, fully integrated accounting and payroll services to UK and multinational corporations, and back office administration services for wealthy individuals and entrepreneurs. Since joining Throgmorton, Ranjan has gained significant experience in the financial services sector and developed expertise in regulatory reporting and financial reporting, as well as technical accounting matters. Ranjan enjoys spending time with family and friends, and playing the occasional game of squash and badminton. A general sports enthusiast and an avid follower of Liverpool FC, Ranjan admits to enduring numerous false dawns in that club’s pursuit of the elusive Premier League title.
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About Throgmorton: Throgmorton is one of the leading financial and administrative outsourcing companies serving the financial services sector.
Doug Kessler
Creative Director & Co-Founder of Velocity Partners
Doug is a displaced Yank who started his career at Ogilvy & Mather, New York. Soap and fabric softener bored him rigid so he jumped ship to specialise in B2B. Doug is a content marketing junkie. He’s a copywriter at heart but with a secret jones for analytics. And Lagavulin.
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About Velocity Partners: Velocity Partners is an innovative global nearshore software development company.
Andrew Smith
Business Development Director of 4me
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About 4me: 4me is an IT and Enterprise Service Management & Workflow application, providing complete visibility and control of service cost & quality.
Harpreet Singh
Senior Director of Luxoft
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About Luxoft: Luxoft is an IT company that works globally to give customers software development, product engineering, and consulting.
Keith Watson
Director of DevOps of ADP
Keith has 30 years experience at all levels of software development, test, infrastructure and customer support. Keith currently manages a team which provides IT infrastructure provisioning services to internal software development teams at Ordnance Survey. Over the past two years, he has led a DevOps project to effect business change using a combination of culture change, DevOps principles, Open Source tools and changes to business processes. This project has dramatically improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisioning service and has resulted in the infrastructure team being seen as leading the way in business IT transformation. He has also spoken at various DevOps conferences and user groups.
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About ADP: ADP provides business outsourcing solutions that facilitate businesses in HR, payroll, and administration processes.
Dan Vanrenen
Managing Director of Taskeater
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About Taskeater: Taskeater builds low-cost offshore teams for high-growth companies
Jonathan Carter
Global Strategy & Analytics Director of Concentrix Corporation
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About Concentrix Corporation: Concentrix is a leader in high-value global business services.
Gordon Hurst
Group Finance Director of Capita
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About Capita: Capita plc provides customer and business process management, and professional support service solutions primarily in the United Kingdom.
Paddy Doyle
Director of Capita
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About Capita: Capita plc provides customer and business process management, and professional support service solutions primarily in the United Kingdom.
Ana Jantolic
Business Development Director of XML International
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About XML International: XML International (est. 2004) is a global staffing group, with our global HQ in London.
Jiggs O’Sullivan
Managing Director of UpwardComms
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About UpwardComms: UpwardComms is a customer completion firm that provides end-to-end contact center, fulfillment, and marketing services.
Mitun Patel
Managing Director & Founder of Netstar
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About Netstar: Netstar is an IT Support company in central London providing fully managed IT Support, Cyber Security and Technology Consulting services.
Phil Morgan
Founder, CEO & Managing Director of Intelling
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About Intelling: Intelling is a communications business that provides customer services support for companies such as Telefonica and Misguided.
John Giles
Executive Director of Safeguard Global
John is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience in payroll outsourcing. After serving SafeGuard World as our original Chief Operating Officer, he continues to provide his expertise and guidance as Executive Director and Board Member. In this advisory capacity, he assists us in ensuring continued Service Excellence and Corporate Governance.
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About Safeguard Global: Safeguard Global is a provider of an innovative technology platform intended to efficiently manage payroll and outsourcing services.
Jason Norwood
Solutions Technology Director of HH Global
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About HH Global: HH Global is the trusted marketing execution partner of the world’s leading brands.
Graham Swain
Bid Director of Arvato UK
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About Arvato UK, Mixxta, Twizz Ltd: Arvato UK provides customer services, business process outsourcing, and public sector and citizen services.
Giles Daubeney
Non Executive Director of eTeam
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About eTeam: All in one development agency for custom software solutions
Johnathan Wates
Director of Managed Services of Acora Ltd
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About Acora Ltd: Delivering outsourced IT services and IT managed services to mid-market businesses requiring agility, performance and profitability.
Jamie Overland
Director of Banner Managed Communication
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About Banner Managed Communication: Banner Managed Communication is a supplier of business marketing and essential communication services.
Margaret McPherson
Founder & Director of Intelligent Office UK Ltd
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About Intelligent Office UK Ltd: Intelligent Office UK Ltd is a business process outsourcing group.
Rajesh verma
Founder and Director of Ebuiteq Limited
Dynamic tech enthusiast working in Development, Architecture & Analysis, helping customers find their way to the best digital solution and deliver amazing digital experiences and software. My primary areas of interest: • Product development • Solution architecture (full stack: server, client, cloud, web, mobile, desktop) • Development (full stack: Java 8, React, JavaScript, Swift, iOS) • Mulesoft, Spring boot, Spring MVC, Docker, Kafka, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgresSQL, Oracle DB, Big data – Hadoop ecosystem • Integrations of Legacy, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Mainframes • AI & VR • Cloud platforms (Amazon AWS) • Test automation (TDD, BDD) • System Analysis • Continuous Delivery • Agile delivery (Scrum CSM, Safe) I am from a Product plus Consulting background with below-mentioned Industries/Domain experience: -Banking Finance: Open Banking, Trading, Commercial Banking -Others: Retail, Energy Media and Automotive Diagnostics
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About Ebuiteq Limited: Specialised in AI, Cloud, Data, APIs, UI, Digital technology resourcing pool and transformation.
Director of Products and Analytics of Mitie
Alejandro works within Mitie’s Professional Services and Connected Workspace business and has prime responsibility for identifying and developing innovative business solutions that use emerging technologies to help transform the way organisations work. He has published articles in industry magazines and co-authored studies on data centres, emerging markets, and future trends. A Civil Engineer in Electronics, Alejandro holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Innovation and Technology. He is an expert on digital technologies and the opportunities and challenges they present to businesses and the future of work. Alejandro has over 20 years of professional experience, working extensively in LATAM and EMEAR, first developing fixed and mobile telecoms infrastructure, and later providing advice and delivering solutions to Fortune 500 companies in areas such as strategy definition, digital transformation, market analysis, product development, performance improvement, and change management.
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About Mitie: Mitie is a strategic outsourcing company that provides facilities, property, and energy management for public and private sector businesses.
Iain Blair
Managing Director of Revoco
Iain Blair is the managing director at Revoco.
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About Revoco: Revoco is a recruitment company that offers a variety of services to clients who seek talents in tech.
Jenny Bowles
Managing Director of FM Outsource
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About FM Outsource: FM helps businesses respond to and engage with customers across email, Facebook, Instagram, SMS, Trustpilot, Twitter, voice and webchat.