Best Startup
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 Transportation 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.
Scott Behrens
CEO of Superbike Factory
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About Superbike Factory: Superbike Factory is a digital-first business which combines retail and sourcing online with a physical showroom operation in Macclesfield.
Nicolas Brusson
Co-Founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar
Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer in October 2016, Nicolas oversaw BlaBlaCar’s global operations and international growth as Chief Operating Officer since 2011. He led the company’s corporate development, overseeing eight acquisitions, expansion to twenty markets, and three successive rounds of fundraising. Nicolas is a strong advocate of agile structures that allow quick iterations in fast-growing environments. He is also a supporter of autonomous local teams and acqui-hires, a strategy he implemented to expand BlaBlaCar’s footprint on a global scale. Nicolas is a regular speaker at leading international conferences and in the media, where he comments on the European startup scene, innovative growth strategies, and mobility. Prior to joining BlaBlaCar, Nicolas worked for several startups in Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom, before moving on to executive and investor roles, including spending time as a Venture Capitalist at Amadeus Capital Partners in London. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Masters in Optics from Ecole Supérieure d’Optique and a Masters in Applied Physics from Paris XI University. Nicolas is also an active angel investor and tweets @nbrusson. Nicolas holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in Optics from the Ecole Superieure d’Optique and an MSc in Applied Physics from Paris XI University.
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About BlaBlaCar, Deliveroo, Doctolib, SIDE Capital, Stripe, Zenaton: BlaBlaCar is a long distance carpooling platform that connects drivers with empty seats and passengers to share travel costs.
Henri Moissinac
Co-Founder & CEO of dott
Henri Moissinac runs Consumer Partnerships at Uber EMEA,in London.Previously, he led Mobile Partnerships at Facebook, based in California. Before that, he led eBay mobile.
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About dott: Dott offers dock-less, shared electrical scooters and bikes as alternatives for short-distance travel.
Anton Chirkunov
Founder & CEO of Wheely
Anton Chirkunov is the Founder and CEO at Wheely.
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About Wheely: Wheely is a luxury ride-hailing service, allowing customers to book chauffeur-driven journeys both on-demand and pre-booked through an app.
James Swanston
Founder & CEO of Voyage Control
James is the founder of Voyage Control, a technology business focused on making freight deliveries. James is an advisor to Lord Mawson OBE for the St Paul’s Way Transformation Project, one of the UK’s biggest regeneration projects based in East London, with a focus on encouraging students to look at science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and enterprise. James is the chair of the Transport Working Group of the Energy Managers Association, founded by Lord Redesdale to help major UK businesses to help address the challenges of energy scarcity and climate change. He was recently listed in the Tech City Almanac as one of the 100 key figures helping to redefine digital business in London. He is a director of Green and Tonic, a fast growing networking group for sustainability leaders in London and has previously assisted the Sustainable Development Commission on smart mobility and was awarded the Greenbang award for smart transport in 2011. James regularly speaks at events on sustainability and entrepreneurship topics. He has been granted the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, one of the City of London’s oldest livery companies and has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He has served as an officer in the Australian and British Armies, including tours of duty in Malaysia, East Timor, Iraq, Falkland Islands and Afghanistan; he currently commands the City of London Fusiliers Company of the London Regiment. He spent several years in Australian military intelligence, where he established a multi-discipline team working on the fusion of intelligence collection and analysis across different technical intelligence sources, for which he was awarded the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation’s Outstanding Service Award. He was awarded the United States Bronze Star Medal and the Australian Joint Operations Command Commendation for service in Iraq. James completed three bachelor degrees concurrently from Griffith University in Law, International Business and Modern Asian Studies, a Diploma in Export Management and a Masters in International Relations and Asian Politics (University of Queensland). James is a qualified Justice of the Peace.
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About Voyage Control: Voyage Control is a cutting-edge ‘Air Traffic Control’ for inbound logistics management. Powerful, efficient, and easy to use.
Shai Weiss
Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Atlantic Airways
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About Gevo, Virgin Atlantic Airways: Virgin Atlantic Airways is a British airline serves over 30 fabulous destinations worldwide.
Irfon Watkins
Founder and CEO of DOVU
Irfon co-founded Coull in 2008 and has led its growth from a small office in Bristol, UK, to a global data-driven video advertising platform with offices in London, New York and San Francisco. Earlier in his career, Irfon worked as Sales Director at Dell, before moving to Florida, where he led the acquisition and running of six software companies across Africa and Europe. Following this stint Irfon decided to set up his own company. Realizing online video was the next great medium, and recognising its potential as a platform for brand engagement and publisher revenue, he founded Coull with Aden Forshaw, CTO. Coull’s platform, which processes 15bn+ video ad requests every month, dynamically validates inventory against brand safety, viewability and fraud metrics and enriches it with IAB-standard content categories. This inventory is made available to the programmatic video marketplace via a variety of ad formats across desktop, mobile and in-app environments, giving advertisers access to validated, highly-targetable audiences and enabling media partners to realize the full value of their inventory.
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About DOVU, Personal Privacy Solutions (Tapmydata): DOVU is a global rewards platform for smart travel, powered by cryptocurrency.
Stephen Fitzpatrick
CEO and founder of Vertical Aerospace
Stephen Fitzpatrick is the CEO and founder of OVO energy and Vertical Aerospace.
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About Kaluza, OVO Energy, Vertical Aerospace: Vertical Aerospace builds technology to revolutionize how people fly, by making air travel personal, on-demand, and carbon-free.
Dave Pflieger
CEO of Flybe
Dave Pflieger is the CEO at Flybe.
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About Flybe, Island Air, Ravn Air Group: Book cheap & budget flights from Europe’s largest regional airline carrier.
Pasi William Sachiti
Founder & CEO of Academy of Robotics
William Sachiti is a UK based serial entrepreneur best known for creating a UK driverless car manufacture company competing with multinational incumbents such as Google, Uber and Tesla. The company designs and builds the autonomous vehicles in their UK warehouse. William has started and exited three previous tech start-ups in row, the latest MyCityVenue, an A.I. driven experiences platform serving 1.6 million users was acquired in 2015 by Secret Escapes. Before MyCityVenue, William was the the BBC Investment program Dragons Den, where he pitched a start-up, digital outdoor advertising on bins. The Dragons famously said he needs to be wheeled out of the bin. The company he pitched subsequently was licensed in several countries before being acquired. One of William’s first start-ups he started at 19, was called 123-registration. This company was also acquired for an undisclosed amount.
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About Academy of Robotics: The Academy of Robotics is a technology institute with an extraordinary technical team of engineers, scientists, and researchers.
David Keene
CEO of Aurrigo
BSc. (Electronics Electrical Engineering) MIET. CEng. FRSA. 39 years in the Automotive industry, including 29 years ownership of RDM Group. Full member of the UK Automotive Council and Niche Vehicle…
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About Aurrigo, RDM Group: Aurrigo’s self-driving pods offers mobility within urban areas, shopping malls, airports, university campuses, and other areas.
Adi Ben-Ari
Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain
Adi has over 20 years of enterprise experience, working as a solution architect for blue chip companies and leading major deliveries of blockchain solutions is widely recognised in the industry. Adi is a noted speaker at major industry conferences, experienced in educating the C-suite on blockchain, and acts as an advisor for a number of early blockchain startups. His work has also been noted by the UK Government, where he was invited to represent the industry at the Blockchain Round Table at the House of Lords. Additionally, Adi has co-invented and designed a number of patents within the blockchain and mobile payments space. Adi holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA.
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About APPII, Applied Blockchain, Nuggets: Applied Blockchain builds private and secure business applications
Aaron Gowell
Co-Founder and CEO of SilverRail Technologies
Aaron Gowell, Company Founder and CEO, SilverRail Technologies Prior to founding SilverRail in 2009, Aaron built one of the largest travel technology and distribution companies in the US: National Leisure Group (NLG), a $1 Billion ecommerce leader in vacations & cruise. NLG pioneered several early online travel technologies including the cruise industry’s first online booking platform and one of the first dynamic packaging systems. Previously, Aaron honed his survival skills in US Army’s 82nd Airborne and at global management consultancy Bain & Company. Aaron was also a founding member of General Catalyst Partners, a leading venture capital firm in Boston where he was most recently an Entrepreneur in Residence.
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About SilverRail Technologies: SilverRail offers best-in-class technical solutions that help railways and travel distributors easily connect with each other.
Amer Hasan
CEO of minicabit
Amer Hasan is Founder & CEO at minicabit.
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About minicabit: Smart marketplace to connect customers & business with all types of cab service providers of today and those in the mobility future
Sam Ryan
Co-Founder & CEO of Zeelo
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About Zeelo: Zeelo is the smart bus platform for organizations, providing flexible turn-key, plug-in and SaaS transportation programs.
Philipp Mintchin
Co-Founder & CEO of Splyt
CEO & Founder of Splyt
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About Splyt: Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Bola Adegbulu
Co-Founder and CEO of Predina Tech
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About Predina Tech: Building the Location Risk Intelligence platform for the future of Auto Insurance and Mobility
Azmat Yusuf
Founder / CEO of Citymapper
Mr. Azmat Yusuf is a Founder at Citymapper Limited.Yusuf previously worked at Google, as well as in the venture capital and equities fields for international banks. He started the app in 2011 as a guide for Londoners to navigate the city’s bus network. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in both Electrical Engineering and Economics and received his MBA from INSEAD in 2009.
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About Citymapper: Citymapper is a transport app for cities.
CEO & Co-Founder of Trafi
Martynas Gudonavičius is CEO and co-founder of Trafi. Joining the company at an early stage, Martynas has since then spearheaded global expansion and focused on the commercial side of the business. Before joining Trafi, Martynas was Head of Emerging Markets at InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network and tech platform. Previous to that, Martynas acted as Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe for Adform.
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About Trafi: Trafi is a mobility-as-a-service platform for shared transportation solutions, helping cities and corporates to reach their goals.
Iain Ross
CEO of Golar LNG Partners
Chief Executive Officer, Golar Management Ltd. Iain Ross has served as Chief Executive Officer since August 21, 2017. Between 2002 and joining Golar, Iain held various executive level positions with project delivery firm WorleyParsons Limited. Positions included Group Managing Director, Development, an ExCo position with responsibility for leadership of the Global Hydrocarbons, Iain has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and certified International Director from INSEAD.
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About Golar LNG Partners: Golar LNG Partners is an owner and operator of LNG carriers and floating storage and regasification units.
Akin Arslan
Founder, CEO of TIRPORT
Akin Arslan is the founder and CEO of TIRPORT.
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About AB PLUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, TIRPORT, TTT GLOBAL: End-To-To-End Logistics Operation Management, Digital PODs, Instant Vetted Truckers
Clive Richardson
Chief Executive Officer of V.Group
Joined V.Group in July 2009 after holding various senior management positions in the defence and commercial aerospace industries including QinetiQ, Insyte, Royal Ordnance, and BAE Systems.
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About V.Group: V.Group is a provider of maritime services to the commercial shipping, cruise, energy and defence industries.
Michael Conroy
Chief Executive Officer, EV Cargo Express Division, Chief Executive, Palletforce of EV Cargo
Michael Conroy is the CEO at Palletforce and CEO of the Express division EV Cargo.
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About EV Cargo: EV Cargo is a privately-owned logistics business.
Clyde Buntrock
Chief Executive Officer, EV Cargo Global Forwarding Divison, Chief Executive Allport Cargo Services of EV Cargo
Clyde Buntrock is the Chief Executive Officer at EV Cargo Global Forwarding Divison and Chief Executive at Allport Cargo Services.
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About EV Cargo: EV Cargo is a privately-owned logistics business.
Craig Sears-Black
Chief Executive Officer, Technology of EV Cargo
Craig Sears-Black is the Chief Executive Officer, Technology at EV Cargo.
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About EV Cargo: EV Cargo is a privately-owned logistics business.
Tom Stables
CEO National Express UK of National Express Group
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About National Express Group: National Express is one of the most recognised brands in the UK.
David Shaffer
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of EnerSys
Shaffer was appointed Director, President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 2016. He served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2014 through March 2016, and our President – Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) from January 2013 through October 2014. From 2008 to 2013, Shaffer was President – Asia. Prior thereto he was responsible for EnerSys’ telecommunication sales in the Americas. Shaffer has worked in various roles of increased responsibility in the industry since 1989. Shaffer received his Masters of Business Administration degree from Marquette University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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About EnerSys: EnerSys is the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We complement our extensive line of motive power,
Tazio Puri Negri
CEO of Blue Bus Innovation
Tazio Puri Negri is the founder and chief executive officer at B.Bus.
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About Blue Bus Innovation: B.Bus is a transportation company that provides a private shuttle that connects hotels to airports in Luton and Stansted Area.
Randel Darby
CEO of AirPortr
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About AirPortr: AirPortr is a Software and Service company developing and delivering innovative baggage services for passengers, airlines and airports.
Jamieson Christmas
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Envisics
Founder and CEO of Envisics, Jamieson Christmas has over 300 patents and was awarded the prestigious SID Ben Sturgeon Award in 2013 for his significant contribution to the field of displays. An inspirational and passionate leader with a wealth of experience managing and developing teams. His unique multidisciplinary background in science, engineering and design has enabled this world-leading expert in the field of holographic technologies to push forward the commercial realisation of cutting edge technology. In 2009, Dr. Christmas founded Two Trees Photonics where he further developed holographic technology for the automotive industry. In 2018, Dr. Christmas founded Envisics with the intent to completely transform the in-car experience with its holographic technology.
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About Envisics: Envisics develops a dynamic holography platform for cars, providing enhanced dashboards of information to drivers.
Liam Griffin
Founding Family & CEO of Addison Lee
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About Addison Lee: Addison Lee is a private hire services company that provides services through its vehicles for passengers and couriering needs worldwide.
Tim P. Buchan
Chief Executive Officer of Zenith
Tim manages the corporate direction and strategy for Zenith and is responsible for directing our proposition, our leadership team, our innovative approach and our new business growth. Under Tim’s leadership Zenith has moved 24 places up the Fleet News 50 list of top leasing and fleet management companies, led the company to the successful integration of Zenith and Leasedrive, introduced the organisation into a European market and propelled the company to being placed in The Sunday Times Top 100 companies to work for.
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Andrew Kirby
CEO, Rental of Zenith
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Ian Hughes
CEO – Car & Van division of Zenith
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Bill Holmes
CEO of Radius Payment Solutions
In 1990, Bill founded UK Fuels, a new diesel bunkering company after previously working for Esso Petroleum. The company developed rapidly over the next 20 years, supplying fuel cards and associated services direct to customers as well as major international oil companies. During the same period the evolving group extended its geographical coverage, initially to Ireland in 1996 and then into mainland Europe in 2004. In March 2013 after over 20 years of growth, Bill then led a merger of over 20 European Fuel Card companies and resellers to form Radius Payment Solutions a new major player in the European fuel card market.
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About Radius Payment Solutions, The Helvellyn Foundation: Radius Payment Solutions operates as a service provider to the fleet and logistics market.
Eric Masaba
Founder, CEO of Texxi Global
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About Texxi Global: Largescale Dynamic Real-Time Ridesharing + Computational-CryptoCurrency + Predicitive Analytics (AI)
Sebastian Steinhauser
CEO & Founder of Parcelly
CEO & Founder at Parcelly. Most recently building an international last- and first-mile logistics tech platform. Prior to that, Sebastian spent 7+ years in London’s City with some of Europe’s leading financial institutions.
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About Parcelly: The tech platform that enables retailers and carriers to resolve last-mile delivery and first-mile fulfilment challenges
Mathew Hassell
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of CoachHire.com
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About CoachHire.com: CoachHire.com offers group transport to festivals, hen/stag events, weddings, corporate events, birthdays & sporting events.
Adam Durant
Founder & CEO of SATAVIA
Adam Durant is CEO and Founder of Satavia. Prior to founding SATAVIA, Dr. Durant worked as a professional scientist and held posts at the University of Cambridge and Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Dr. Durant has grown Satavia to achieve global recognition in the Tällt Ventures Disrupt 100 list in 2017 and was selected to participate in the 2017 SVC2UK CEO Summit held at Buckingham Palace. In addition, he has taken SATAVIA to the finals of Pitch@Palace 6.0; Mass Challenge 2016; and Copernicus Masters 2016. He has also won over £1.5m grant funding since 2015 from Innovate UK, Aerospace Technology Institute, and the European Space Agency for Satavia.
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About SATAVIA: SATAVIA simplifies decision-making for smarter, greener aviation
Mike Gascoyne
Founder & CEO of MGI Engineering
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About MGI Engineering: MGI Engineering provides technology and engineering solutions on improving various kinds of transportation.
Ahmad Bakhiet
Founder & CEO of Sellplex
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About Sellplex: Intelligent algorithms and automated rules to help sellers maximise profits across ecommerce platforms.
Trygve P. Munthe
Co-CEO & Founder of DHT Holdings
Trygve P. Munthe is the Founder & Co CEO of DHT Holdings Inc.
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About DHT Holdings: DHT operates as an independent crude oil tanker company.
Svein Moxnes Harfjeld
CEO of DHT Holdings
Joined DHT in 2010. He has over 20 years of experience in the shipping industry. Before DHT he was a partner in Munthe & Harfjeld AS. Prior this, he came from the BW Group were he held several positions; Group Executive Director, CEO of BW Offshore, Director of Bergesen dy and Director of World-Wide Shipping. He previosly served as Managing Director with Andhika Maritime Services, Director at Coeclerici and General Manager with Mitsui O.S.K. He started his shipping career in shipping with the Torvald Klaveness Group of Norway.
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About : DHT operates as an independent crude oil tanker company.
Rory O’Connor
Founder & CEO of Scurri
Rory O’ Connor, is the founder and CEO of Scurri. Since launch Rory has focused on building and leading an impressive team of highly experienced technologists and advisors. Rory has won significant investment for the software business, raising over €7 million investment from private individuals, business angel investors and Enterprise Ireland. Prior to founding Scurri in 2010, he worked in various roles in Waterford Wedgwood, in sales, marketing and strategic project roles including being part of the team that delivered a €10m SAP implementation. Rory subsequently worked as a change management consultant with clients such as Heineken, Intel, Ogilvy and Siemens and as a project manager with AOL broadband. Rory has a number of business qualification including holding an MBA from Henley Management College.
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About QuantumID Technologies, Scurri: Scurri is a simple, effective and adaptable API and dashboard built to optimise your ordering, shipping and delivery
David Ovadia
Founder CEO, Chairman and Non Executive Director of IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd
David Ovadia is a successful Chief Executive and Chairman with a proven record of achievement in the public and private sectors. He was a Director of Blenheim Natural Resources plc, previously Coburg plc, London AIM-listed companies investing in the global natural resources sector, CEO of Avenco Ltd and Chairman of South East African Mining (SEAM) Ltd, both junior explorers for gold and other minerals in Africa. He served as a Director of Spectrum General Partner Ltd and was previously the Director of International at the British Geological Survey, from which he spun out and was the founder Managing Director, and later Chairman, of IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd.
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About IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd: IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd provides geoscientific and geodata services to the global mineral exploration sector.
Bob Skerrett
CEO, IMS, Insurance Division of IMS – Part of Trak Global Group
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About IMS – Part of Trak Global Group: IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) is a global provider of connected car solutions, services, and analytics.
Daniel White
CEO and Founder of Signol
Dan is a behavioral and environmental expert with extensive experience of devising and delivering successful innovations. Over the last 10 years, Dan has been at the forefront of applied behavioral science and has conducted several water and energy field experiments. Dan also lectures at University College London in applying field experiments to change energy consumption behavior.
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About Signol: Signol develops software which focuses on fuel efficiency by analysing operational data.
Gabriel Jacobson
Co-founder & CEO of Valerann
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About Valerann: Valerann empowers road network operators and creates certainty through data – to save lives, reduce congestion and decrease emissions
Ed Hodges
CEO of HelloDone
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About HelloDone: Automating social messaging for online retail brands
Andreas Zachariah
Co-Founder & CEO of TravelAi
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About TravelAi: We offer B2C & B2B SaaS to capture public & private mobility habits of people using our automatic multimodal detection software
Steve Evans
Chief Executive Officer of XeroE
Steve Evans founded XeroE in April 2018, since which he has been serving as its chief executive officer.
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About XeroE: XeroE is the UK’s leading emission-free, final-mile delivery provider.
Douglas Rotberg
CEO and Co-Founder of Book My Garage
Douglas Rotberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Motorists Organisation.
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About Book My Garage, The Motorists Organisation: BookMyGarage.com is the UK’s only unbiased, real-time, car servicing comparison site, serving the needs of car owners and garages alike.
Chris Jones
CEO and Co-Founder of CargoMate Technologies
Chris co-founded CargoMate with Dennis to solve the inefficiencies experienced during his 12 years of working on container ships. He spent the last five years of his seagoing career operating icebreaking container ships in the North Atlantic for OOCL.
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About CargoMate Technologies: CargoMate Technologies saves millions in fuel costs by helping container ships leave port early.
Arnaud Didey
Founder & CEO of Neoptera Aero
Arnaud Dide is the Founder and CEO at Neoptera Aero.
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About Didey Consulting Ltd, Neoptera Aero: Neoptera Aero is developing a patented winged eVTOL aircraft aimed at Public Services, Military Applications and Future Urban Air Mobility
Patrick Margetson Rushmore
CEO of Luxaviation
Patrick is Chief Executive Officer and a founding principal of Luxaviation UK, formerly London Executive Aviation. The company is one of the largest business jet operators in Europe with a wide ranging offering of fleets from transatlantic capability to small, executive four-passenger light jets. Luxaviation UK has aircraft bases in the main UK airports and also Athens, Helsinki, Moscow , South of France and Paris. Its client base covers a broad spectrum, including the arts, entertainment and media sectors, as well as government work. The company has won “Best European Charter Operator in Europe” 5 times in the last 7 years. Further information: www.luxaviationuk.com Luxaviation UK is part of the Luxaviation Group, the 2nd largest operator of corporate aircraft in the world. The Group manages 270 aircraft under the most stringent safety standards and Luxaviation’s commercial fleet is operated under the regulatory umbrella of 14 regional civil aviation issued air-operating certificates (AOCs). Luxaviation manages 25 world-class FBO facilities and 15 maintenance centres worldwide, certified to work on most business jets. Luxaviation currently employs over 1,700 staff worldwide. Patrick co-founded Luxaviation UK in 1996 with George Galanopoulos. They initially operated from a post-war hut in Stapleford with one pilot (George) and one propeller-powered aircraft. Patrick joined the aviation industry following a successful financial career in London during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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About Luxaviation: Luxaviation is setting new benchmarks for service across all customer groups jet owners, charter passengers and air charter brokers.
Nobu Su
Owner and CEO of TMT Shipping Group
Mr Nobu Su is a businessman and technology innovator in the field of shipping and communications technology, as well as a philanthropist and vocal proponent of increased participation of Asian shipping companies in the global market. As CEO, Chairman and owner of the Today Makes Tomorrow (TMT) Shipping Group, Nobu Su has a strong vested interest in shipping communications, and is currently developing Ocean Net, which will function as a mobile network of data transmitters and receivers mounted on ocean-going ships, creating a wireless network across the ocean – an internet for ships. Inventions of Nobu Su’s that are in current commercial use include an under-deck piping system for ships, and he has registered numerous patents for innovations in the fields of cellular services, mobile networks, and anti-fraud technology. He has patented a technology called Time Stamp that is designed to prevent email fraud through a user-unique time signature. Nobu Su has led TMT Shipping Group to operate more than 20 carriers of different classes and for different types of freight, including: VLCC’s, LNG carriers, several Capesize dry-bulk carriers, vehicle freight Ro-Ro carriers, and cement carriers. The company’s business partners include Chevron and COA, the largest independent American cement producer and importer. Under his direction, TMT has also been a prominent player in the global market for freight futures (FFA’s). Nobu Su graduated from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, with a B.Sc. in economics, and has also received an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) based in Geneva, Switzerland. Outside of his professional life, Nobu Su is a philanthropist, and is the first Asian IMD alumnus to endow a chair, the Nobu Su Professorship of Global Leadership, at the institution. Professor Katherine Xin was appointed as the first Nobu Su Chair. The endowment is part of his goal of promoting Asian corporate integration into the global economy. He has stated on several occasions that he considers it his responsibility as a corporate leader to promote pan-Asian participation in global markets. He says that he believes that “that the world needs a more balanced economy with a full role for the middle classes and business leaders of Asia’s regions.”
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About TMT Shipping Group: Today Makes Tomorrow shipping group, Taiwan
Robin North
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Technologist of Immense
Building tools to support fleets and mobility. Development, implementation, field test and evaluation of complex transport systems across multiple modes. Environmental monitoring and modelling methodologies for the appraisal of transport systems and projects. Identification and development of innovation opportunities for multiple stakeholders.
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About Immense: A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Ashley Murdoch
Founder & CEO of Corethree
Ashley has extensive experience in technology sales & marketing and drives the business opportunity created from the integration of mobile and data. Before founding Corethree, he spent four years as European Marketing Manager at Sony Professional Europe and was later head-hunted to become Fortune Brands’ European General Manager for Digital, developing and launching digital technology solutions into Europe.
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About Corethree: Corethree is a fast-growing specialist data technology company, enabling businesses take advantage of the mobile-data intersection
Adam Anderson
Chairman and CEO of T. Parker Host
Adam Anderson joined the company as a boarding agent in 1998, where he gained hands-on waterfront experience, and quickly became an influential part of business development for the company. By the age of 24, he developed and negotiated Host’s first terminal operation contract. During his first 13 years with the company, he had many jobs including truck loader, stevedore, terminal manager, business development manager, marketing, and regional manager. When he became executive vice president, he was able to take his first-hand knowledge developed on the docks and grow Host’s top and bottom lines by more than 600% in eight years. In 2011, he was elected to his current role of president. In this position, he is responsible for setting the vision for the Host company and leading our team through rapid scalable growth across all of our platforms. He currently sits on several maritime board associations and has become a recognized industry expert who shares his wealth of knowledge within the maritime industry through conferences, forums, and events.
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About T. Parker Host: T. Parker Host is a solutions provider for customers’ terminal, stevedoring, marine asset, and agency needs.
Matt Seaman
CEO of GoMedia Services
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About GoMedia Services: GoMedia is the market leading provider of personal passenger infotainment services to train and coach operators.
Denis Cucek
CEO of Shuttle Planet
Entrepreneur, founder @ Shuttle Planet. Love to Travel and solve transportation and software issues.
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About Shuttle Planet: A 2 sided marketplace for long distance shared road transportation, where the traveller can join an existing ride or crowdsource a new trip.
Philip Callow
CEO of OAG
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About OAG: OAG is a leading global travel data provider with the world’s largest network of flight information data.
Ian Churchill
CEO of EP Morris
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About EP Morris: EP Morris is a provider of specialist integrated transport software, BSOG certification and concessionary fares consultancy.
Daniel Coleman
Founder and CEO of FTE Innovation & Startup Hub
Daniel Coleman is the founder and CEO at Future Travel Experience.
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About FTE Innovation & Startup Hub: FTE Innovation & Startup Hub is an air transport innovation network that connects corporate innovators with air transport specific startups.
Mauricio Villamizar
CEO of Pop & Rest
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About Pop & Rest: Our platform connects local workers and travellers with sleep & meditation pods. Book by the hour to recharge
Mark Briffa
CEO of Air Partner
Mark started his career with Air Partner as a Commercial Jets broker in 1996 and joined the Board in 2006 as Chief Operating Officer, becoming Chief Executive Officer in April 2010. He has direct experience of air charter broking and wide knowledge of the private aviation sector worldwide, built up over more than 30 years’ experience in the industry.
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About Air Partner: Air Partner is an aviation services group that focuses on aircraft transportation, aviation safety, and security solutions.
John McArthur
Founder & CEO of Tracsis
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About Tracsis: The Tracsis Group is a leading international provider of software and services for the planning and management of mass transit operations.
Johan Herrlin
CEO of Ito World
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About Ito World: Ito World solves transportation challenges across the globe by delivering real-time transit data feeds & a platform for agencies & operators
Rashide Carvalho
Founder and CEO of Whipgo
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About Whipgo: Whipgo.com is a platform where you can rent vehicles in seconds without the hassle of rental agreements and documents.
Marcin Piatkowski
Founder & CEO of JIVR
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About JIVR: JIVR is a hassle-free commuting bike, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of cycling, without any lifestyle compromises.
Steve Dukes
CEO of CommuterClub
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About CommuterClub, Pixsta: CommuterClub offers a software solution that enables businesses to manage season ticket schemes.
Pete Ferguson
Co-Founder CEO of Prospective
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About Prospective: Autonomous Networked Operations
Markus Kantonen
CEO, founder of Stormcharge Limited
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About Stormcharge Limited: Stormcharge provides the autonomous vehicles market with the safest, most scalable and most cost effective command and control environments.
Stewart Wingate
CEO of Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd
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About Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd: Jewel Cars Gatwick is a name synonymous with Reliability, safety & comfort! As a reliable and professional cab service provider
Stewart Wingate
CEO of Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd
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About Jewels Cars Gatwick Ltd: Jewel Cars Gatwick is a name synonymous with Reliability, safety & comfort! As a reliable and professional cab service provider
Paul Andrews
Founder & CEO of Oaktec
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About Oaktec: OakTec is an engineering research specialist with a history of world-leading innovation in low carbon vehicle powertrain technologies.
Paul Andrews
Founder & CEO of Oaktec
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About Oaktec: OakTec is an engineering research specialist with a history of world-leading innovation in low carbon vehicle powertrain technologies.
Manash Mukherjee
Founder & CEO of Stunited
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About Stunited: STUNITED is the comprehensive social networking platform for the students, educational organisations, professionals and related businesses.
Manash Mukherjee
Founder & CEO of Stunited
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About Stunited: STUNITED is the comprehensive social networking platform for the students, educational organisations, professionals and related businesses.
Baillie Barber
Founder/CEO of Shift
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About : Project 100 is the code name for a new transportation design with the goal of eliminating the need for private car ownership.
William Harvey
CEO / Founder of camono
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About camono: camono is a SaaS procurement startup that connects buyers with suppliers to save time and costs.
