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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based VP’ operating in the Autonomous Vehicles space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Graeme Smith
Senior VP of External Affairs of Oxbotica
Graeme Smith is the CEO of Oxbotica. He has held executive leadership positions in several global start-ups and Joint Ventures, building and leading international engineering teams in electronic/software product development, service delivery and customer support. In particular Graeme has held positions as Director of Ford Motor Company’s Telematics Support Services, Executive Director of Wingcast Europe (a Ford / Qualcomm JV), Managing Director of SEI UK Ltd and Vice President/COO of Connexis LLC. Dr. Graeme is also a recognised expert in Advanced Vehicle Control systems and the Connected Car, holding several patents in the areas of Adaptive Cruise Control and the application of Impulse Radar systems to vehicle systems. He has broad commercial and technical experience spanning all areas required to develop and market new products, including R&D, manufacture, outsourcing and customer support. Dr. Graeme has a BSc (Hons) in Electronic Systems and Control Engineering from Sheffield University, an MBA from Henley Management College, and a PhD in Robotic Assembly from the University of Hertfordshire. He is also a PRINCE2 accredited practitioner, a member of the Institute of Engineering Technology and a Chartered Engineer, with UK security clearance at SC level.
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About Oxbotica: Oxbotica powers the navigation, perception, user interface, fleet management, and other features needed to run self-driving vehicles.
Roy Bachar
VP of Sales & Business Development of Upstream Security
Roy Bachar is the VP of Sales & Business Development at Upstream Security. Prior to Upstream, He is a former Chief Commercial Officer at Cellwize and Founder of mnh innovations. Mr. Bachar holds an MBA from ESCP Europe and attended executive programs in INSEAD France and Red McCombs School of Business in Austin, USA.
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About Upstream Security: Upstream Security is a centralized security and analytics platform for connected vehicles and smart mobility services.
Michelle Coventry
VP People of FiveAI
Michelle Coventry is a talent advisor at Kindred Capital. People lead and team builder of multiple investor-backed tech companies. Graduate in Aeronautical Engineering.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
John Redford
Co-founder, Chief Architect & VP Perception of FiveAI
John Redford is a Co-Founder, VP Perception, and Chief Architect at FiveAI. He co-founded and was VP Software at Element 14 Inc, a DSL chipset company bought by Broadcom in 2000 for $640M where he continued to lead the DSP and high-performance software development. Previously John was CTO at Acorn Computers and is a graduate in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Ben Peters
Co-Founder and VP of Product of FiveAI
Ben Peters is a Co-Founder and VP of product at FiveAI.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Simon Walker
Co-Founder VP Engineering of FiveAI
Simon Walker is a Co-Founder and VP of Engineering at FiveAI.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Laura Brown
VP Finance of FiveAI
Laura Brown is a finance team leader at Icera (sold to NVIDIA). KPMG training. Graduate in Zoology.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
Subramanian Ramamoorthy
Vice President Prediction and Motion Planning of FiveAI
Subramanian Ramamoorthy is a research leader in prediction and motion planning. On faculty at the University of Edinburgh. PhD in Robotics.
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About FiveAI: FiveAI provides a software platform designed for providing a solution in urban mobility in public transport to complex urban environments.
