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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 Executive Director operating in the Electronics space. If you think a Executive Director 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.
Ran Janda
Executive Director of Smarter
Ran heads Internal Operations and is the Executive Director at Smarter, London. Ran has visibility of all the departments in the business. She has over five years’ experience in technology startups. Ran is responsible for ensuring that the business has the best working environment and processes in place. To this end, she has grown the business from four to 30 employees, overseen a major office move from Croydon to London. Ran is also responsible for HR, day-to-day internal management and also manages logistics for major exhibitions and conferences the Smarter attends. Before joining Smarter, Ran worked for Xively Ltd, an IoT connected product management platform. She had overall responsibility for the day-to-day financial management as well as supporting the growth of the company in recruitment and HR. Over the course of two years, the company experienced rapid growth and was acquired by Boston-based remote access firm LogMeIn in 2011 for $15M.
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Dennis Curry
Executive Director and Deputy CTO, Technology Fellow of Konica Minolta
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About Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta is an Innovative Company and continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging.
Stephen Bonner
Executive Director, Regulatory Futures of Information Commissioner’s Office
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About Information Commissioner’s Office: The ICO is a U.K.-based independent body set up to uphold information rights.
Christine Adshead
Non Executive Director of Ultimate Products
Christine Adshead is a Partner at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers).
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About Ultimate Products: Ultimate Products is a brand and product development house in the UK that specializes in house-ware and electrical goods.
Adrian Chamberlain
Non-Executive Director of Volex
Since joining Achilles in 2011, Adrian has spearheaded Achilles’ global expansion. He has over 30 years’ experience of implementing strategies and improvement programmes for global businesses across the telecommunications, retail, consulting and IT outsourcing industries.This includes two years working as CEO for the listed property group Bovis Lend Lease, with responsibility for its EMEA region. In the late 1990s he ran the UK’s largest residential cable television, internet and telephony business for Cable & Wireless Communications plc. Over five years, he progressed through the organisation, securing Main Board Director roles in the Global Services, and Strategy and Corporate Development divisions. In 2006, Adrian was appointed Chief Executive Officer for MessageLabs – a leading anti-virus and spam security company. In November 2008 MessageLabs was acquired by Symantec for £400 million. He was subsequently appointed Senior Vice President of Symantec Hosted Services and became a member of the company’s operations board. In 2011, Adrian became a Non-Executive Director of the independent hosting company UK2 Group. With an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA from the London Business School, he is married with four children and lives in Hertfordshire.
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About : Volex plc delivers high quality power cords,electronic interconnect and fiber optic cable solutions vital for high-tech products & services.
Andrew Dennis
Executive Director of Product Management, Andor Technology & Bitplane AG of Andor Technology
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About Andor Technology: Andor Technology (Andor) is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and operates at the high-value end of the global scientific digital camera.
