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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based VP’ operating in the Blockchain 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.
Peter Wilson
VP Data & Growth of Blockchain.com
Peter Wilson is the Vice President of Engineering for Blockchain.com, a financial technology, and data company that has empowered millions of users across the globe to store and transact digital value quickly and without costly intermediaries. Peter is responsible for leading and growing the engineering team that has helped Blockchain become the market leader in digital currency and distributed ledger technology, with 25M wallets. Prior to joining Blockchain, Peter lived and worked in the US, in engineering leadership roles at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. Peter was the co-founder and CEO of Rel8tion, a mobile advertising company acquired by Facebook. He is an avid musician and consumer of the arts. If you are working on something hard and want to be in touch – please get in touch, but include a book recommendation.
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About Blockchain.com: Blockchain.com is a platform that offers ways to buy, hold, and use cryptocurrency.
Janina Lowisz
Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Cashaa
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About Auxesis Group, Cashaa: Next Generation Banking Platform
Omar Haque
SVP, Chief Product Officer, Merchant Services of Nets
Omar Haque is Nets MS’ Chief Product Officer and over 17 years of experience in managing digital and technology-driven transformation at global organizations. He has helped companies exploit and develop market and technology trends. Before joining Nets he has been with e.g. Worldpay, Vestas, Cisco.
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About Nets: Nets is a provider of payments, card, and information services with an ambition.
Harvey Sahdra
SVP -EMEA of Heliocor
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About Heliocor: Heliocor is a regulatory technology company.We are building a global anti fraud ecosystem based on our Robolitics and Dokstor SaaS products.
Alexander Gorelik
CoFounder,CTO & VP Product of Zamna
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About Zamna: Award-winning blockchain-powered data verification platform improving airport security while delivering a seamless passenger experience
Robert Brown
VP Marketing of Jitsuin
Robert Brown is an independent marketing strategy consultant specialising in IoT, device security technology and identity. With a degree in Electronic Engineering he is rooted in hardware having worked at ARM to create market need for TrustZone and smart card security technology. ARM, Gemalto and G&D later formed a JV – Trustonic where he led marketing, drove demand for the partner ecosystem and more recently scoped the role of Trusted Execution Environments in IoT. From the UK, he helps companies navigate the complexities of IoT, identify product development opportunities and strategic partnerships.
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About Jitsuin: Continuous Assurance as a Service for Shared Data and Assets
James Monaghan
VP Product of Evernym
James Monaghan is the VP Product at Evernym.
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About Evernym: Evernym is a software company that develops decentralized, self-sovereign identity applications in order to form more trusting interactions
Jeff Slack
EVP Business Development of TOK.tv
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About Aston Martin F1 Team, JS3 Sports Ltd, TOK.tv: TOK.tv is a sports social network that allows millions of fans to talk to their friends, while watching a game on TV.
