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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 Product operating in the Asset Management space. If you think a Product 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.
Brian Carroll
Member & Head of Retail and Consumer Products – Europe of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Brian Carroll (London) is a Member of KKR. He joined the firm in 1995 and currently heads the Consumer and Retail teams in Europe. He is also a member of the European Investment Committee. Since joining the firm, he has played a significant role in many investments including Laureate Education, Sealy Corporation, Borden, Merit Behavioral Care, Randall’s Food Markets, Rockwood/Dynamit Nobel, Harman International, Wild Flavors, Wincor Nixdorf, Pets at Home, Northgate Information Solutions, SMCP Group, Cognita Schools and Afriflora. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Laureate Education, Pets at Home, Northgate Information Solutions, Cognita, SMCP and Afriflora. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Carroll was with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he worked on a broad range of high yield financing, corporate finance and merchant banking transactions. He has a B.S. and B.A.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Andrea Fernandez
Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, European Credit of Ares Management
Andrea Fernandez is the Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, European Credit at Ares Management Corporation.
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About Ares Management: Ares Management is a global alternative asset manager focusing on credit, private equity, and real estate.
Brett Pybus
Managing Director – Head of iShares EMEA Investment and Product Strategy of BlackRock
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About BlackRock: BlackRock is an investment company that offers its services to institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors.
Valeria Hodgkinson
Data Landscape Product Owner of MetLife
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About MetLife: MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
David Szabo
Product Manager of Capdesk
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About BrandVee, Capdesk: Capdesk is an equity management platform helping companies manage cap tables, shareholder registers, and employee shares.
Harry Jawanda
Group Product Manager of Allocate Software
Harry Jawanda is a young entrepreneur with a passion for technology. Harry has proven success as an athlete, and as an investment banking professional with Morgan Stanley. Harry’s role as CEO of WAMBIZ Limited is to drive technology strategy and idea generation. Formulating sales and marketing strategy are also his responsibilities in conjunction with the company’s COO, Andrew West. WAMbiz is at the forefront of social media’s user evolution developing industry specific “controlled” social networks. We believe that communities based on commonality foster loyalty and thus increased engagement and revenue generation for our clients. WAMbiz is the technological hub that enables a business to achieve closer alignment to it’s customers and provide better access to that business’ resources. Harry graduated with First Class Honours in Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) at Birmingham City University. Harry has also played field hockey for England for many years. He has won three English Premier Division titles among other accolades. In 2005, Jawanda proudly launched Youth Hockey Camps, a hockey coaching company he created to provide coaching camps for school children in England.
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About Allocate Software: Allocate Software is the leading workforce optimisation software applications provider for global organisations with large, multi-skilled
Xiang Yu
Senior Product Manager of Investment Metrics
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About Investment Metrics: Investment Metrics provides investment analytics and benchmarking software solutions for the global institutional investment community.
Alexandre Mercier
Co-Founder and VP, Product Development of Corymbus Asset Management
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About Corymbus Asset Management: Corymbus is a business risk analytics and fund development platform that uses unstructured data.
