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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 Advisor operating in the Events space. If you think a Advisor 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.
Simon Wardley
Researcher [Advisor] of Leading Edge Forum
Simon Wardley is a researcher for the Leading Edge Forum focused on the intersection of IT strategy and new technologies. Simon is a seasoned executive who has spent the last 15 years defining future IT strategies for companies in the FMCG, retail, and IT industries—from Canon’s early leadership in the cloud-computing space in 2005 to Ubuntu’s recent dominance as the #1 cloud operating system. As a geneticist with a love of mathematics and a fascination for economics, Simon has always found himself dealing with complex systems, whether in behavioral patterns, the environmental risks of chemical pollution, developing novel computer systems, or managing companies. He is a passionate advocate and researcher in the fields of open source, commoditization, innovation, organizational structure, and cybernetics. Simon’s most recent published research, “Clash of the Titans: Can China Dethrone Silicon Valley?,” assesses the high-tech challenge from China and what this means to the future of global technology industry competition. His previous research covers topics including the nature of technological and business change over the next 20 years, value chain mapping, strategies for an increasingly open economy, Web 2.0, and a life-cycle approach to cloud computing. Simon is a regular presenter at conferences worldwide and has been voted one of the UK’s Top 50 Most Influential People in IT in Computer Weekly’s 2011 and 2012 polls.
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About Leading Edge Forum: LEF is a global research and thought leadership community.
Anish Aggarwal
Investor & Advisor of Kleek
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About Kleek: Kleek offers access to high-end venues, clubs and events.
Patrick Jeffrey
Head of Advisory, UK of Contagious Communications
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About Contagious Communications: Contagious helps brands and advertising agencies understand and adapt to shifts in marketing, consumer culture and technology.
Alex Barros
Advisor of RateMate
At Duetto, Alex was the first executive in EMEA to launch the product and build the European organisation from scratch with focus on revenue generation. His contribution to Duetto amount to kick starting the organisation in Europe, Revenue Growth and Business Enablement: – Delivered several multi-million dollars in EBITDA by signing more than 600 properties, more than half of the global portfolio, building the brand into a major player – Delivered substantial portion of the company new business revenue globally in 2015/2016 – Signed the cornerstone account that propelled further capital investment to accelerate global expansion – Sold successfully into the C-Suite and the power base across EMEA, signing first major enterprise deal within six months – Hired and developed senior sales directors and mentored them on all deals enabling 15 operational hires – Leveraged customer and industry insights to adapt the product to EMEA markets – Game Changer Award – Signing the biggest contract in company history (nH Hotels) At SiteMinder, Alex has successfully eliminated entry hurdles, built alliances and negotiated integrations, catapulting the breakthrough of SiteMinder’s game-changing technology to empower hotels to boost profitability making it the industry standard channel manager in Spain. His leadership at SiteMinder took the taking the company from 14 to 3,500+ customers in two years, delivering over several million dollars in recurring revenue, a significant of the company’s revenue. Among his achievements: – Enterprise Sales individual contributor delivering 40+ new hotel chains – Led business development in Southern Europe and Latin America achieving the most successful model in the company worldwide, later replicated globally – Forged partnerships to deliver integrations with 50+ major technology providers: distribution channels, Property Management Systems, Central Reservation Systems, Internet Booking Engines & Revenue Management Systems – Cultivated and managed a strong white-labeled distribution network with Tech Providers across the region – Enabled head count growth of 40+ operational staff to service new customers Prior to this Alex worked for Hospitality Marketing Concepts and VOILA Hotel Rewards.
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About : Providing forward looking event data to maximize revenue through identification of compression dates and unique data for sales prospecting.
Mark Lockie
Managing Director, Landmark Identity, Strategic Advisor, Science Media Partners of Landmark Identity
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About Landmark Identity: Landmark offers knowledge in the identity sector and offers marketing, events, community building, research and content services.
