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 CTO’ operating in the Peer to Peer space. If you think a CTO’ 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.
Owen Turner-Major
Co-Founder & CTO of Fat Llama
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About Fat Llama: Fat Llama is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace which allows people to rent spare items to others nearby, fully insured.
Anj Latif
Co-Founder and CTO of British Pearl
Anj Latif is one of the founders of British Pearl and is the Chief Technical Officer. He is responsible for the design, implementation and administration of the entire IT infrastructure, including information security. Anj is a highly motivated and ambitious professional with extensive experience in IT management and networking and two decades’ experience in the SME sector. He has worked with companies in retail, legal, manufacturing, finance and health using technologies from Cisco, WatchGuard, Citrix, VMware and Microsoft. He has a BSc (Hons) in Software Engineering from Oxford Brookes University.
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About British Pearl: British Pearl is an online property investment platform facilitating share and loan-based investment in UK property.
Tuomas Hietanen
Co-Founder and CTO of Fund Ourselves
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About Fund Ourselves: Short-term credit from the people to the people.
Andrew Jones
Group CTO of Midpoint
Andrew (AJ) is a senior, results-oriented executive with over 25 years of leadership and management experience at premier investment banks across a variety of front, middle and back office functions, locations and markets. AJ was previously Global CTO at Macquarie Securities (HK), APAC CTO at Deutsche Bank, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology for FX sales and trading at Morgan Stanley. His last role was Europe and APAC CTO at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. AJ has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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About Midpoint: Midpoint is a true peer-to-peer international payments platform for any businesses or individual wanting access to fair and transparent FX.
Ronen Benchetrit
Chief Technology Officer of Zopa
Ronen is responsible for leading Zopa’s technology team and driving the overall technology strategy to support business growth. He has more than two decades of software development and management experience in start-ups, as well as large private and public companies in various sectors. Before joining Zopa in 2016, Ronen was CTO for leading online gaming operator PokerStars.
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About Zopa: Zopa offers peer-to-peer loans with low rates, flexible terms, and no early repayment fees.
Hari Ramamurthy
Chief Technology Officer of Kuflink Group Plc
Hari Ramamurthy is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of [SimplyCook](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simplycook#/entity), a food subscription business that offers restaurant-quality meals. Prior to that, he held the same position at [LendInvest](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lendinvest#/entity). Before joining LendInvest, Ramamurthy served as the head of applications at [MadBid](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/madbid-com#/entity) for over 3 years. Previously, he was employed at [Unanimis](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/unanimis#/entity), FMC Marketing, and Quazzle Telecom, serving as a senior analyst programmer, senior web developer, and junior system administrator, respectively. Ramamurthy holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from [Maharshi Dayanand University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/maharshi-dayanand-university-rohtak#/entity) and master’s degree in computer science from [Charles Sturt University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/charles-sturt-university#/entity). Ramamurthy lives in London, United Kingdom.
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About Kuflink Group Plc: Peer to Peer UK Property Investment platform, where we invest with you. Our Purpose is to Connect people to Financial Freedom.
James Pursaill
Co-Founder & CTO of Plend
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About Plend: Building a better way to borrow, where people are no longer held back by their credit history
