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 CFO’ operating in the Digital Marketing 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.
Sean Watherston
CFO of UENI
Sean Watherston is the Chief Financial Officer at UENI.
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About UENI: UENI is a London based tech company that’s empowering businesses to get online and find the tools they need to succeed.
Sam Toulson
CFO of BigHand
Sam joined BigHand as CFO in November 2014. Sam, a chartered accountant, has significant experience in the professional services sector, including advising law firms and property consultants. Prior to joining BigHand, he was working in corporate finance at PwC where he supported management teams, companies and private equity houses on acquisitions, disposals, re-financings and strategic option reviews. Other roles have included Corporate Development Director for PwC UK and interim Finance Director at Croner Consulting, part of Wolters Kluwer. At BigHand, Sam is responsible for managing the Global Finance team whilst also sitting on our Executive board. Sam brings a wealth of commercial and transaction knowledge to the management team, and has a degree in Economics from Bristol University.
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About BigHand: BigHand develops voice productivity software solutions for legal, healthcare, property, and financial companies.
Steven Bastian
CFO of AVADO
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About AVADO: AVADO delivers transformative learning that helps businesses gain critical digital skills.
Lee Rowley
Chief Financial Officer of Jellyfish
Lee joined Quill from Zoopla Property Group Plc, where he served as Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, supporting the business through its transition from private to public and through a number of acquisitions. Prior to joining Zoopla Property Group, Lee held Commercial Finance roles at Betfair Group Plc. Lee is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
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About Jellyfish: Jellyfish is a ecommerce content production platform for online businesses.
Sebastian Shaw
Co-founder & CFO of Brainbroker
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About Brainbroker, Brainbroker: Brainbroker is a digital agency that uses data-driven marketing techniques to generate customers for its client.
Michael Lifford
Chief Financial Officer of Celerity
Michael Lifford is the Chief Financial Officer at Celerity Information Services and ORM.
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About Celerity: Celerity is a data-driven marketing agency specializing in helping brands to maximize value from marketing technology and customer data.
