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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 CEO’ operating in the Quality Assurance space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Sebastien Breteau
Founder & CEO of QIMA
Sebastien Breteau is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of QIMA, a global supply chain compliance solutions provider headquartered in Hong Kong. Founded in 2005, QIMA partners with brands, retailers and manufacturers in consumer goods and food to secure and improve the quality of their global supply network. QIMA combines on-the-ground experts in 85 countries for quality inspections, supplier audits, certification and lab testing, with a digital platform that brings accuracy, visibility and intelligence for quality and compliance data. In 2013, Sebastien created the Breteau Foundation, a non-profit organisation which aims to promote digital education for children in developing countries. 18,000 children are now enrolled in its program. Sebastien Breteau is also an active private investor in Europe, China & the US and has invested in over 30 start-ups globally.
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About Breteau Foundation, QIMA: QIMA is a provider of supply chain compliance solutions to secure, manage and optimize global supply networks.
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Adil Mohammed
CEO and Founder of Virtuoso
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About Virtuoso: Virtuoso develops a next-gen digital QA platform to enable users to deliver tomorrow’s QA and test automation solutions.
Luca Manara
Co-Founder & CEO of AppQuality
Luca Manara is a co-founder and CEO at App Quality.
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About AppQuality: UNGUESS is the tech platform to bring collective wisdom in your decision making processes, fast and at any time needed
Manish Gupta
CEO of TestingXperts
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About TestingXperts: Next Gen QA & Software Testing Company
Richard Bradshaw
BossBoss (CEO) of Ministry of Testing
Richard Bradshaw is an experienced tester, consultant and generally a friendly guy. He shares his passion for testing through consulting, training and giving presentation on a variety of topics related to testing. With over 12 years testing experience, he has a lot of insights into the world of testing and software development. Richard is a very active member of the testing community. He is the co-creator of the Automation in Testing (Ait) namespace, currently the BossBoss at Ministry of Testing, blogs at http://thefriendlytester.co.uk, tweets as @FriendlyTester and also the creator of the YouTube channel, Whiteboard Testing.
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About Ministry of Testing: Ministry of Testing – good stuff for software testers! Learning, events and general awesomeness.
Flóra Raffai
Chief Executive Officer of The Cambridge Access Validating Agency
Flóra Raffai is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cambridge Access Validating Agency (CAVA), a membership organisation committed to helping adults achieve their aspirations through education. More than 4,000 students undertake a CAVA Access to HE Diploma every year, across CAVA’s 30+ further education college members.
Flóra is the Chair of Trustees at the Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service (CCVS) and she is the Founder and small organisation coach at Rapport Coaching. Flóra has spent her career working with charities and non-profits, with 7 years as Chief Executive. She holds a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and an MSt in Social Innovation from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. She recently published her first book ‘Chief Everything Officer: a field guide for small organisation leaders’.
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About The Cambridge Access Validating Agency: The Cambridge Access Validating Agency creates, validates, certifies, and awards access to Higher Education degrees.
