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 CEO’ operating in the Stock Exchanges space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Buchi Okoro
CEO and founder of Quidax
Buchi is the CEO and Co founder of Quidax, one of the world’s simplest digital assets exchange that enables users on ramp and off ramp from digital assets in a seamless way.
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About Quidax: Quidax is a digital assets exchange that allows users seamlessly buy and sell cryptocurrency with their local currency.
Clem Chambers
Co-founder and CEO of ADVFN
Clem Chambers is a technology entrepreneur and CEO and co-founder of ADVFN plc, which operates global stocks, shares and cryptocurrency website ADVFN.com. He is also co-founder and CEO of the UK’s blockchain research and development incubator Online Blockchain plc. Chambers has been involved in the software industry for approximately 40 years as a pioneer of computer games, massively multiplayer games, multimedia and the internet. Chambers became CEO of ADVFN in 2002 and is credited with steering the company from likely dot.com failure to a thriving and profitable market leader; the ADVFN website boasts 36 million users with large investor communities in the US, UK, Brazil and Italy, and a wide global userbase. Clem is also an award-winning columnist, author and financial commentator widely known for his television appearances and columns for Forbes, Seeking Alpha and IET.
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About ADVFN, Online Blockchain plc, PlusOneCoin: An award-winning global stocks, shares and crypto information website providing market-leading financial tools and data to retail investors
Ran Aroussi
Founder & CEO of Tradologics
Ran Aroussi is entrepreneur, software developer, and the founder of Tradologics – a cloud platform for trading.
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About Tradologics: Cloud platform for programmatic trading
Barbara Spurrier
Founder and CEO of CFPro Ltd
Barbara is a qualified certified accountant (FCCA) with over 30 years finance experience in numerous sectors including Healthcare, Technology, Oil & Gas and FMCG. Recently Barbara has successfully concluded 2 IPO’s, 2 RTOs and multiple fundraising on LSE/AIM. She has also secured VC funding for growth businesses and completed several M&A transactions.
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About CFPro Ltd: Providing scale-up support to high-growth businesses, CFPro delivers financial & operational support to help you grow faster & further.
Hirander Misra
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of GMEX Technologies
Hirander is a Co-founder of the Group and also Chairman of GMEX Technologies. He is also Chairman of Forum Trading Solutions and Managing Director of Misra Ventures, a consultancy providing specialist senior level advisory services and helping firms deliver change in market structure, trading and regulatory compliance. Previously, he was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Chi-X Europe Limited, instrumental in taking the company from concept to successful launch. At the time of his departure in February 2010, Chi-X Europe was the second largest equities trading venue in Europe, just behind the LSE Group and was subsequently sold to BATS Global Markets in November 2011 for US$365m.
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About GMEX Technologies: GMEX Technologies is a provider of multi-asset exchange trading and post trade technology through a unique partnership driven approach.
Thomas Palmer
Co-Founder & CEO of Zenstores
Thomas R. Palmer is Executive Chairman and co-founder of iModules Software. Tom’s experience includes being a Managing Director and General Partner with two venture capital firms, AH Ventures and Kansas City Equity Partners. In these capacities, he led investments in the areas of information technology and communications, serving on company boards and through to successful exits including IPO and acquistions. Tom was also a Kauffman Fellow with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, with KCEP as his resident firm. He also served as a Manager of Business Analysis at Trans National Group, where he performed strategic planning, international expansion, investments, and divestitures. As a Lecturer at the University of Missouri, Tom taught Venture Capital Finance for six years. He holds a MBA in Entrepreneurial Finance and Marketing from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in Economics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
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About AH Ventures, iModules Software, Zenstores: Zenstores is a platform to propel online sellers to ecommerce greatness.
Nandini Sukumar
CEO of World Federation of Exchanges
Nandini Sukumar is CEO @ World Federation of Exchanges
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About World Federation of Exchanges: World Federation of Exchanges is a trade association of 64 publicly-regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges.
Dave Murphy
CEO of Equiduct
David Murphy is the CEO of Equiduct.
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About Equiduct: Equiduct is a trading platform offering premium Best Execution services and a lit central limit order book.
