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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 Chairman operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Judith Halkerston
Chairman of Symphonic
Judith is a senior industry figure in the IT sector with over three decades of executive sales, marketing and operational experience in major IT, services delivery and consulting companies. She is now a non-executive and adviser to a number of IT and consulting companies in both Scotland and England. Previously, Judith held positions at BT as VP Global Health, at Logica as MD of their Energy, Utilities and Telecoms sector, and at Xansa where she worked in the UK, Europe, the US and India.
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About Symphonic: Symphonic is the provider of Intelligent Authorization.
David Williams
Founder Chairman and CEO of Arqit Limited
David Williams is a Founder at Arqit company.
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About Arqit Limited: Arqit develops a quantum encryption platform.
Jeff Orr
Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of Stack Group
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About Stack Group: The Stack Group provide a comprehensive range of IT services and solutions.
Robert Brown
Executive Chairman of RazorSecure
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About RazorSecure, Route Reports: RazorSecure is a cyber security software that provides continuous threat monitoring & active defence strategy for trains, buses, cars & etc.
Ray Bryant
Chairman and Managing Director, CEO of Idappcom
Ray started working life in a firm of London chartered accountants, qualified as Chartered Company Secretary in 1979. His career in I.T. started at the Control Data Corporation, in finance, production and logistics. Ray spent fifteen years with Ciba Geigy Switzerland, working on Finance and ERP software implementations in the UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Turkey and the Philippines. Ray also worked at SSA Global Technologies as a financial systems consultant culminating in the creation of an independent compliance company, SLA Management Services (Barham Group) which Ray headed as chairman and managing director. The Barham Group, during the next six years, grew to service many I.T. companies including one of the largest IBM mid range, UNIX, ERP and CRM software providers in the world. Ray took the company from start up to successful sale in 2008.
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About Idappcom: Idappcom supplied software and hardware that enhances network security, reducing risk and lowering cost of ownership of devices.
