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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 CFO’ operating in the Beauty space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
John Gallemore
Chief Financial Officer of THG
Chief Financial Officer & Co-founder of The Hut Group. Chief executive Matthew Moulding and chief operating officer John Gallemore launched The Hut Group in 2004, both having previously worked for the mobile-phone retailer The Caudwell Group. They established the company to sell home-entertainment goods, using £500,000 of personal funds, and buying the domain name TheHut.com for £3,000.
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About THG, THG, THG Ingenuity: The Hut Group is an online retailing platform focused on fast moving consumer goods, specifically focused on health and beauty.
Neil Catto
Chief Financial Officer of Boohoo Group
Neil qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and spent nine years working in their Manchester, Palo Alto and Reading offices. He was previously Finance Director of dabs.com plc and has held senior financial positions in BT plc and The Carphone Warehouse Group plc.
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About Boohoo Group: Boohoo is an online store that offers a range of clothing, accessories, and footwear brands.
Alok Bhushan
CFO of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Alok Bhushan is a seasoned CFO with 15+ years experience leading finance, legal, and people functions while scaling software and consumer businesses through periods of hyper growth to $250MM+ in annual sales. He has broad transactional experience, including multiple rounds of equity financing for $120MM+, and has been the internal lead for M&A transactions on both the buy- and sell-side. He was also part of the team that built Yext and took it public at a valuation of $1B+ on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to Yext, he spent several years on Wall Street in index arbitrage and quantitative finance. Alok Bhushan graduated with high honors from Harvard University with a bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in computer science.
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About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty: Charlotte Tilbury Beauty provides makeup, skin care & beauty collection, including Magic Cream & film star Bronze & Glow.
Stephen Geater
Chief Financial Officer of Pai Skincare
Stephen Geater is the Chief Financial Officer at Pai Skincare.
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About Pai Skincare: Our premium products provide solutions for sensitive skin in all its forms – whether it be dry or oily, youthful or mature.
Rebecca Scott
Chief Financial Officer of Feelunique.com
Rebecca Scott is the Chief Financial Officer at Feelunique.com.
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About Feelunique.com: Feelunique.com is an online e-commerce platform that offers beauty products and related advice.
Adam Fraser-Harris
CFO of Blow
Former corporate financier and chartered accountant turned Tech entrepreneur and NED – Smartolgy, M9 Holdings.
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About Blow: Blow is an online platform that provides its users with a range of beauty services.
