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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 COO’ operating in the News space. If you think a COO’ 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.
Marc Schipper
Chief Operating Officer of GB News
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About GB News: GB News is a British television news channel that provides news, opinion, and debate for all of its viewers.
Andrew Dowsett
Chief Operating Officer of Press Association
Andrew joined the Press Association in August 2010 as Chief Technology Officer and was the first CTO to be appointed to the senior management team. His remit spans all data operations including Sport, Racing, TV and A+E listings, plus our Indian operations, PA Images and Globelynx. He will continue to be responsible for the company’s technology and for managing transitional services for MeteoGroup. Before joining the Press Association, Andrew spent two years at Bauer Consumer Media Limited as Operations and Technology Director. Prior to this he held a number of senior roles at high-profile media companies including EMAP, EMI and Virgin Media Group.
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About Press Association: The Press Association is a multi-platform news agency with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Chris Taylor
Chief Operating Officer of Telegraph Media Group
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About Telegraph Media Group: Telegraph Media Group is a multi-media news publisher behind The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers.
Frankie Kearney
Chief Operating Officer of Sliide
Frankie Kearney is the coo of sliide.
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About Sliide: Mobile technology company that work with MNO, MVNO and OEM partners globally to increase engagement, drive revenue, and decrease churn.
Charlie Gardiner-Hill
COO of Tab Media
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About Tab Media: Tab Media is a global youth media startup for people under 25. It publishes The Tab and babe.
Amanda Davison Young
Chief Operating Officer of The Tablet
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About The Tablet: The Tablet is a weekly international Catholic multimedia publication.
