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 President operating in the Service Industry space. If you think a President 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.
Dominic Casserley
President of Willis Towers Watson
Dominic Casserley became CEO of Willis Group in January 2013 following a nearly 30 year career at McKinsey & Company, the leading global management consulting firm. During his three decades at McKinsey, he was based in the United States, Asia and, most recently, in London where he served as Managing Partner, responsible for the firm’s offices in London and Dublin.
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About Willis Towers Watson: Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth.
Alex Shashou
Co-Founder & President of ALICE
Alex works as the president of Alice.
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About ALICE: ALICE connects every department of a hotel with one platform for all staff communication and guest requests.
Morten Landrock
Executive Vice President, EMEA of Cryptomathic
Morten Landrock is Managing Director of Cryptomathic Ltd and Executive Vice President of Cryptomathic’s EMEA (Europe / Middle East / Africa) operations, managing a team of people based in Denmark, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. He is also responsible for Cryptomathic’s corporate marketing activities. Since joining Cryptomathic in 1999, Morten has worked extensively in business development, corporate strategy, management, marketing, and sales with a keen focus on international expansion – setting up offices in Denmark, France and the United Kingdom. Morten has served as Vice Chair of the Marketing Centre for GlobalPlatform, an organisation responsible for the standardisation of smart card technology, from 2003-2005. Prior to joining Cryptomathic Morten Landrock worked in marketing in USA. Morten Landrock holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University of Aarhus and supplemented studies with graduate economics courses from the University of Leuven.
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About Cryptomathic: Cryptomathic is one of the world’s leading providers of security software solutions to businesses across a wide range of industry sectors.
James Marland
Global Vice President and Centre of Excellence for Spend Management of Ariba
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About Ariba: Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions.
Jeni Tennison
Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser of Open Data Institute
Jeni Tennison is a Technical Director & Deputy CEO at Open Data Institute.
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About Open Data Institute: Open Data Institute is an organization thats works to lead the movement of the open data in the web.
Andy Nicholson
Senior Vice President of CIBER
Andy Nicholson is the senior vice president for the international client care organization. He is also a member of the Ciber Operating Committee and he leads the international market-facing sales force. His teams are responsible for identifying and developing segmentation strategies and solutions that will best serve our client’s needs. Before joining Ciber, he was founder and CEO of Hortor, an IT managed services company. Mr. Nicholson has more than 25 years of business and leadership experience across the technology sector. He is also non-executive director of K2C, which provides a full suite of fully integrated channels to market including Web, contact centers, mobile devices and social media. Prior to Hortor, he was the group managing director at ECS Group, an IT managed services company operating across the UK, India and South Africa. Mr. Nicholson has significant global experience from BT Global Services where he managed a £1.6b global services business. He was a member of the Global Services Board of Directors and has held numerous senior leadership positions including president of their Global Banking and Financial Markets Business.
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About CIBER, Hortor: CIBER, Inc. is a global information technology consulting, services and outsourcing company applying practical innovation through services