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 Associate operating in the Social space. If you think a Associate 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.
Antonia Bonello
Associate Creative Director of BuzzFeed
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About BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
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Martin Wolf
Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator of Financial Times
Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”. Mr Wolf is an honorary fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, an honorary fellow of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy (Oxonia) and an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham. He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos since 1999 and a member of its International Media Council since 2006. He was made a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, by Nottingham University in July 2006. He was made a Doctor of Science (Economics) of London University, honoris causa, by the London School of Economics in December 2006. He was a member of the UK government’s Independent Commission on Banking in 2010-2011. Martin’s most recent publications are Why Globalization Works and Fixing Global Finance.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Annika Small
Co-founder & Associate of CAST
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About CAST, Here We Are: CAST is growing the supply and demand of technology for social impact.
Michael Wilkinson
Associate Director for Digital and Innovation of RNID
Michael is an experienced digital and technology leader, having worked in multiple sectors over the past 13 years.
He is Associate Director for Digital and Innovation at RNID and has been a director at the organisation since May 2019 where he has led on a digital-first strategy and introduced a product mindset and Agile working practices.
Previously he was Head of Digital Change at Young Lives vs Cancer and, prior to that, Head of Digital Content at the Liberal Democrats. He was previously a key player in the digital transformation of The Telegraph, where he was a digital editor and political correspondent.
At The Telegraph, he supported the rollout of the new Telegraph.co.uk, delivered digital coaching for 500 journalists and his own editorial content was viewed 105 million times.
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About RNID: RNID provides funding, assistance, and support to people with hearing loss.
Iain Thackrah
Esteemed Associate of Agility Scales
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About Agility Scales: Crowdsourced Business Agility: a platform for peer-to-peer guides making jobs better and easier. The Spotify of Processes. The Waze of Work.
Joseph Harrington
Senior Associate of Rockwool Fonden
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About Innovation Unit, Rockwool Fonden: Rockwool Fonden provides independent research and innovative solutions to societal challenges through practical interventions.
Katerina Fernandes
Associate Director and Digital Specialist of Citigate Dewe Rogerson
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About Citigate Dewe Rogerson: Citigate Dewe Rogerson is one of the most recognised and well-respected names in corporate and financial public relations consultancy.
