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 Chairman operating in the Shopping space. If you think a Chairman 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.
Ruston Smith
Chairman – Tesco Pension Trustees Limited of Tesco
Ruston Smith is the Non Exec Chair of the Tesco Pension Fund, Non Exec Chair of JP Morgan Asset Management, Non Exec Chair of Smart Pension Ltd, Chair of GroceryAid
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About BAE Systems, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Tesco, Tesco Pension Investment: Tesco PLC is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.
Peter Williams
Chairman of Mister Spex
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About : Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses.
Susanne Given
Chairman of Outfittery
Susanne works with and supports start-ups and early stage digital businesses in the consumer and tech segments and holds various board and advisory posts. She is Chairman of Made.com, Outfittery Gmbh and Push Doctor Ltd., and holds non-executive board seats with Eurostar International Ltd., Tritax Big Box REIT Plc and Al Tayer, a Middle Eastern luxury group. During her executive career, she worked across the consumer spectrum, from the luxury retailer Harrods to mainstream department stores John Lewis and House of Fraser, and within the ever-expanding global off-price segment as Managing Director of TK Maxx UK/Ireland. Her most recent executive role was as COO for Superdry Plc. She is credited with the turn-around of the Superdry contemporary fashion brand and for re-establishing investor confidence in the public markets, taking the share price from low single digit to high teens over a three-year period.
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About MADE, Outfittery, Push Doctor, Tritax Big Box: Outfittery provides an online personal shopping service for men.
Bruce MacInnes
Chairman of BRANDALLEY
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About BRANDALLEY: BRANDALLEY is an online retair of fashion, home and beauty products
David Mason
Founder & Chairman of BuyHappy
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Michael Welch
Founder and Chairman of Atterley
Mike Welch founded and built online retailer blackcircles.com, which sold to Michelin for £50m+ in 2015. In 2016 he purchased the business and assets of the original Atterley (founded in 2012) from its administrators and relaunched it with a completely new business model, focusing on providing a route to online market for independent boutiques.
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About Atterley: Atterley, the womenswear and menswear etailer for independent boutiques and brands to reach a global audience
