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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 VP’ operating in the Messaging space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Claire Valoti
VP International of Snap
Claire Valoti is General Manager UK Sales of Snapchat, Inc. and chair of Mobile Marketing Association. Claire became Head of Agency Relations at Facebook and Media Director at Weve. She also joined O2 Media Telefónica UK as Managing Director and MindShare as Head of Digital Display & Mobile and Business Director. Claire studied BA Hons, Politics at University of Nottingham.
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About Mobile Marketing Association, Snap: Snap operates as a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.
Peter Harris
Vice President, International Sustainability of United Parcel Service
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About United Parcel Service: UPS is a package delivery company that offers the transportation of packages and freight and the facilitation of international trade.
Michael Charalambous
Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President Of Commercial Operations of FuelPlus
Michael joined FuelPlus in 2016 and is responsible for global marketing and communications, based in their UK office. Michael has been helping scale-up great technology companies for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining FuelPlus, he was the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Director of Marketing for Diligent Corporation, a $100m Delloite top 50 growth company. Michael started his career at British Airways and has held senior marketing roles at Siebel Systems, Oracle, Carbon Trust and Opower. Michael has a degree in aeronautical engineering and a masters in strategic marketing.
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About FuelPlus: The FuelPlus Group is the leading provider of fuel administration and management software to the aviation industry.
Vladimir Mitrasinovic
EVP Channels and Alliances of Acision
Vladimir Mitrasinovic is the executive vice president of global channels and alliances at [Xura](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xura#/entity), a company that offers digital communication services. He was previously an SVP at TOA Technologies. Mitrasinovic also worked as a VP at Acision and MetraTech. Mitrasinovic holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Belgrade University and a master’s degree from De Montfort University.
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About Acision: Acision is a mobile communications network infrastructure company specializing in messaging and charging systems.
Amanda Steward
VP, Marketing of Pushfor
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About Pushfor: Pushfor is a secure content sharing platform that pushes, controls and tracks content of any type or size.
