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 Founder operating in the Fuel space. If you think a Founder 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.
Romain Saint Guilhem
Co-Founder and COO of Zebra Fuel
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About Altacasa, Zebra Fuel: Zebra Fuel is a mobile fuel delivery service that delivers fuel into a vehicle directly at a preferred delivery time.
Reda Bennis
Co-Founder and CEO of Zebra Fuel
Reda Bennis (@reda_zebra) is the CEO & Co-Founder @ Zebra Fuel
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About Inside Capital, Zebra Fuel: Zebra Fuel is a mobile fuel delivery service that delivers fuel into a vehicle directly at a preferred delivery time.
Nigel Brandon
Co-Founder of Ceres Power
Mr. Nigel Brandon served as the Chief Scientist of Ceres Power Limited and Ceres Power Holdings PLC. Mr. Brandon co-founded Ceres Power Holdings PLC in June 2001 and served as its Chief Technology Officer. He served as the academic staff at Imperial since 1998 and now has a Chair at the College as the Shell Professor of Sustainable Energy Development. He spent over fourteen years in industry with both BP and Rolls-Royce in senior R&D roles in fuel cells and related areas. Mr. Brandon is a world-renowned figure in the fuel cell community holding a number of posts including: Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology; visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Centre; and co-ordinator of the Imperial College Centre for Ion Conducting Membranes. Mr. Brandon served as a Director at Ceres Power Limited and Ceres Power Holdings PLC. He serves as Member of Scientific Entrepreneurs Board at Imperial Innovations. He is a member of the Grove Fuel Cell Steering Committee. Mr. Brandon obtained his first degree and PhD from Imperial College London.
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About Ceres Power: Ceres Power Holdings PLC is a world leading developer of low cost, next generation fuel cell technology.
Ishaan Hemnani
Founder and Director of BunkerEx
Ishaan Hemnani is the founder and director of BunkerEx. He earned his degree at Imperial College London.
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About BunkerEx: A new world for Marine Fuel.
Willem Muller
CTO and Founder of BunkerEx
Willem Muller is the CTO and founder of BunkerEx. He is an experienced technologist with deep knowledge of the Microsoft stack in an enterprise environment. I’ve worked extensively in digital security, online betting and insurance using web and middle tier technologies. Also have experience in entrepreneurial settings, as CTO, founder and as technical hand heavily involved in online customer acquisition. Willem Muller earned his degree at Victoria Park.
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About BunkerEx: A new world for Marine Fuel.
Tom Mason
Co-Founder and CEO of Bramble Energy
Tom has led the engineering and manufacturing development of the PCBFC since 2013. He was involved in the development of the PCBFC whilst working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCL. With initial proof of concept shown, Tom was appointed as the technical lead of an InnovateUK funded manufacturing project (101979). As a co-founder of Bramble Energy Tom joined the company as a director and Chief Technology Officer when the company spun-out of the universities in late 2016 before moving to the role of CEO in September 2017. With close to 10 years of electrochemistry experience, Tom is the foremost authority on all things PCBFC. Tom’s appointment to the role of CEO brings a fresh approach to leading the Bramble Energy team.
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About Bramble Energy: Bramble Energy is an innovator energy technology company that designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost, and fuel cell stack
