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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 CFO’ operating in the Asset Management space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Angelie Panteli
CFO & Board Director of LendInvest
Angelie is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser and has extensive experience in roles across both large global listed businesses and more recently, fast growth technology businesses. Prior to joining LendInvest, Angelie was at Blippar, the world leading augmented reality technology company. Angelie heads up our finance team and is a member of LendInvest’s Board of Directors.
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About LendInvest: LendInvest is the leading marketplace platform for property finance.
Lee Gainer
Chief Financial Officer of Wealthify
Lee Gainer is the Chief Financial Officer at Wealthify.
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About Wealthify: Wealthify offers effortless, transparent, and affordable investing for everyone.
Graeme Bayley
Partner & Group CFO of GP Bullhound
Graeme joined GP Bullhound in 2009 and is responsible for GP Bullhound’s Finance, Compliance, IT, HR and Operations. He started his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now PwC) where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before working in corporate finance. He then moved to HSBC Investment Bank where he ran the Growth Companies Team, later joining Noble & Co as a Director in Corporate Finance before taking on the management of Noble’s finance, compliance and operations. Graeme is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds their Corporate Finance qualification along with a BSc in Physics from Southampton University.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
John Jack
International CFO Finance of BNY Mellon
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About BNY Mellon: BNY Mellon is an investment company that provides investment management, investment services, and wealth management services.
Alan Salomon
Chief Financial Officer of CapitalAppreciation Limited
Alan has more than 35 years’ experience as a senior executive in an array of financial services and industrial sectors. Most recently Alan served as the CEO of Bidvest Bank, a subsidiary of The Bidvest Group Limited, a position he held for 8 years. In addition to Banking and Financial Services, Alan has also held executive management positions in Waste Management and Waste Recycling, Stationery, Packaging, Catering Equipment, Services, Property, Import and Export and Distribution. He also has extensive experience in various manufacturing businesses. Other directorships held by Alan include Executive Director of The Bidvest Group Limited (from 1990 to 2012), CEO of AFCOM Group Limited, Non-Executive Director of Transpaco Limited, Non-Executive Director of Voltex Limited and Non-Executive Director of Enviroserv Holdings Limited.
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About CapitalAppreciation Limited: CapitalAppreciation Limited operates as a special purpose acquisition company.
Greg Carter
CFO of Capdesk
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About Capdesk: Capdesk is an equity management platform helping companies manage cap tables, shareholder registers, and employee shares.
Jim Fish
Chief Financial Officer of Frontier IP Group plc
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About Frontier IP Group plc: Frontier IP Group plc is a specialist asset management group.
Marcus Yang
CFO of Abacas
Marcus is the Interim CFO of Abacas. He is a qualified accountant and has extensive experience in Corporate Finance. Marcus has held senior positions at global finance and banking institutions including The Royal Bank of Scotland, GE Capital and Deloitte. Marcus started his career at KPMG and Deloitte, working in their Audit, Transaction Services and Corporate Finance departments. At RBS, he worked in their Structured Finance Team, transacting private equity and corporate deals, with debt size between GBP20-300M. Marcus also worked closely with the bank’s conduit teams advising on debt structures with multi-tranches and the financing of different asset classes. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) of Canada, holds a CISI Level 3 certificate in Investment and is FCA (UK) CF30 qualified.
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About Abacas: Abacas is a digital assets company.
