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 Principal operating in the Social space. If you think a Principal 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.
Bill Thompson
Principal Research Engineer (BBC R&D) of BBC
Bill Thompson is a well-known technology journalist and advisor to arts and cultural organisations on matters related to digital technologies.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Tatiana Al-Chueyr Martins
Principal Data Engineer of BBC
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Mark Dewings
Consulting Principal of Ogilvy
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About Howdo, Ogilvy: Global brand Strategy, Advertising, Customer Engagement and Commerce, PR and Influence, Digital Transformation, and Partnerships.
Sylwia Kechiche
Principal Analyst, IoT of GSMA
As the principal IoT analyst in GSMA Intelligence, Sylwia leads the IoT product development. Her responsibilities range from sizing the IoT opportunity, including the role of operators, to researching and analysing IoT technologies, applications and business models. Sylwia has also moderated and presented at a number of conferences. Sylwia previously worked in telecommunications, media and technology with Pyramid Research.
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About GSMA: The GSMA is a trade group that represents network operators using GSM technology for their networks.
Louise Hart
Founder, Principal Consultant & Marketing Communications Consultant of STEADY ON
Louise Hart is the founder and CEO of Steady On Productions, a brand strategy and management consultancy based in Hollywood which focuses on film, fashion and new digital media. Hart is fluent in Japanese and this has taken her on many adventures in television, advertising and film. She started out in London working on the team that launched the UK’s first digital TV channels, BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge. When young media maverick Stuart Murphy started developing BBC Three, he entrusted Hart with the development and production of a weekend of programming on a Japan theme, including a series exploring youth culture in Tokyo (Music, Fashion, Sex, Shopping and the Future) and an English-dub of the cult anime Lum the Invader Girl. After working on various TV productions for the BBC and RDF Media, she set up a production division at the boutique London talent agency WSK Artists, representing art directors, stylists and photographers, where she produced various ad campaigns for the Japanese market, including Tokyo Beauty Center (TBC) ads featuring David and Victoria Beckham. In 2003, Hart returned to Los Angeles (where she had spent her teenage years) and joined the team launching Blu-ray at Sony Pictures. This placed her at the center of the notorious format war and as a result she is now known in the industry for her key role in defeating the HD DVD competition. Hart conceived of the idea to set up Steady On while at Sony and in 2009 she decided to strike out on her own as a consultant currently for Sony, Target, Adidas and various independent film producers and fashion designers. Hart holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in Drama and Theatre Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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About STEADY ON: Audience Building for Indie Films
