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 CIO’ operating in the Advertising space. If you think a CIO’ 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.
Tom Duke
CIO of TVSquared
For two decades, Tom has worked with fast-growing companies to design and develop products that meet and exceed the needs of rapidly evolving industries. As CIO, Tom leads TVSquared’s technical strategy and roadmap. He manages an EMEA and U.S.-based team to ensure the TVSquared vision becomes a reality – building the most innovative products for measuring and optimizing TV. Prior to TVSquared, Tom was the operations director at Brandwatch and CTO at iBAHN, where he managed a global team to provide market-leading network and video products to the hospitality industry. He has also held senior-level positions at Memex, Orbital Software and Vision Consulting. Outside of work, Tom is an avid rower and recently won two gold medals at the 2016 Henley Masters Regatta.
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About TVSquared: TVSquared is the global leader in TV attribution.
Nigel Leigh
Chief Information Officer of XLMedia
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About XLMedia: XLMedia is a provider of digital marketing services. They use proprietary tools and methodologies to drive high value traffic.
Dave Lowe
Chief Information Officer of Croud
Dave Lowe is the Chief Information Officer at Croud. He is a former Director of Development and Operations at TruRating. Mr. Lowe received a bachelor of science in Chemistry at The University of Sheffield.
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About Croud: Croud is a digital marketing agency that provides services including SEO, PPC, content, programmatic, paid social, and analytics
Dave Lowe
Chief Information Officer of Croud
Dave Lowe is the Chief Information Officer at Croud. He is a former Director of Development and Operations at TruRating. Mr. Lowe received a bachelor of science in Chemistry at The University of Sheffield.
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About Croud: Croud is a digital marketing agency that provides services including SEO, PPC, content, programmatic, paid social, and analytics
Toby Hoon
Chief Information Officer of Immediate Media Co.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Andrew Nappin
CIO of Lumen Research
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About Lumen Research: Lumen is a specialist eye tracking research agency based in London, who help optimise advertising across a number of platforms.
Ubbo Maagdenberg
CIO/Founder of EMARK
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About EMARK: Marketing and Ad Technology company
