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 Media and Entertainment 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.
Philip Rowley
Chief Financial Officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation.
Remon Fahim
CFO of BongoBD
Remon Fahim is the Chief Financial Officer of BongoBD. He is a former Head Of Finance at O2 (Telefónica UK).
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About BongoBD: BongoBD is a Bangladeshi entertainment company that offers on-demand video on the mobile and web as well as live tv.
Andrew Carr
Chief Financial Officer of Merlin Entertainments
Andrew is a qualified chartered accountant and was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Merlin Entertainments in 1999. He was appointed a Director of the Company on 20 October 2013. Prior to that, Andrew was Financial Director of Vardon Attractions and played a key role in the management buyout of Vardon Attractions to form Merlin Entertainments in 1999 and in the subsequent business, including two follow-on buyouts and the acquisitions of LEGOLAND, Gardaland and The Tussauds Group. Before joining Vardon Attractions, Andrew trained, and was subsequently head of a regional Corporate Finance Department, at KPMG.
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About Merlin Entertainments: Merlin Entertainments is the largest European entertainments company operating in Europe.
Kerry Head
CFO of Igloo Vision
Kerry Head is the director of finance at Igloo vision.
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About : Igloo Vision is the shared VR company. We create 360° immersive solutions and all of the enabling technologies.
Andrew Court
Group CFO of Iyuno-SDI
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About Iyuno-SDI, TV Genius: Iyuno-SDI Group is the media and entertainment industry’s leading localization service provider
Ben Cleaver
CFO of AWAYN
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About AWAYN: AWAYN is a media publisher and software technology company with a focus on hyperlocalized travel content.
