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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 CEO’ operating in the Machinery Manufacturing 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.
Warren East
CEO of Rolls-Royce
Appointed to the Board in January 2014 and Chief Executive in July 2015 Warren joined ARM Holdings in 1994 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2001. Under his leadership the company became the world’s leading semiconductor IP licensing company. He retired from ARM Holdings in 2013. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Distinguished Fellow of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. He was awarded the CBE in 2014 for services to the technology industry. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Warren had been appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 2014 and was Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee. Warren is a non-executive director of Dyson Ltd. In July 2015, he was appointed as a member of the UK Government’s business advisory group.
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About British Computer Society, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce, Royal Academy of Engineering: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Alex Caccia
Co-Founder & CEO of Animal Dynamics
An entrepreneur with start-up experience in, media, technology, manufacturing and a background in finance and investment banking. After a career in the City as a fund manager, and subsequently in investment banking, Alex founded a successful sports equipment business called WaterRower Ltd. In 1999 Alex joined Sportal, a European dotcom start-up, where he was head of advanced technology development. In 2003 Alex was involved in forming The Cloud (WiFi Aggregator, sold to Sky in 2010). From 2005-2010 Alex was CEO of Marmalade Technology Ltd, a leading mobile applications cross platform software SDK. In 2012, Alex founded an exercise technology business called Muoverti Ltd.
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About Animal Dynamics, iNeed: Animal Dynamics is a spinout company from the Department of Zoology at University of Oxford
David Cooper
Chief Executive Officer of FPE Global
Dave joined FPE Global in March 2016 and is leading the company through its current phase of growth. Before joining FPE Global, Dave was instrumental in the transformation of Matcon in various positions, including Operations Director and Managing Director. A Mechanical Engineer and MBA graduate, Dave’s expertise comes from more than 15 years of supplying capital goods into various process industries including food, pharmaceutical and many others. Dave is now working with the team at FPE Global to deliver significant and unique value to the firm’s customers and shareholders. During his time so far Dave has redefined FPE’s Strategic Plan, which focuses the business on key industry sectors where the firm’s expertise is best aligned with value creation. In addition, Dave is spearheading the roll out of many other strategic priorities, including relocation of the firm’s UK based operations and development of a brand new state of the art Test Facility.
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About FPE Global: FPE Global are experts in bulk material handling and pneumatic conveying, bulk handling, FIBC filling and discharging.
Linda Bell
CEO of MIRICO
Linda holds a DPhil in Chemistry from Oxford University and an MBA, she has had extensive experience of leading and growing science-based international businesses in a range of industrial and process industries. She served as managing director of Servomex Group Ltd, part of Spectris, where she was involved in the supply of gas analysis instruments to blue-chip companies in petrochemical, chemical, laboratory, environmental and healthcare fields.
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About Downing LLP, Fera Science Ltd, MIRICO: Transformational gas measurement
Kostas Karachalios
Co-Founder and CEO of Perceptual Robotics
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About Perceptual Robotics: Perceptual Robotics is creating intelligent automation to make wind turbine and other infrastructure inspection simple and fast
Charlotte Wiles
Chief Executive Officer of Chemtrix
Dr. Charlotte Wiles has been actively researching within the area of micro reactor technology for ten years, starting with a PhD entitled `Micro reactors in organic chemistry`, which she obtained from The University of Hull in 2003. In the past decade she has authored many scientific papers and review articles, recently co-authoring a book on the subject ‘Micro reaction technology in organic synthesis’. More recently, she has tailored her experience to the development and evaluation of commercially available continuous flow reactors, systems and peripheral equipment.
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About Chemtrix: Chemtrix supplies complete and customized microreactor systems for R&D and commercial manufacturing.
Gavin Griggs
Chief Executive Officer of XP Power
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About XP Power: XP Power is a developer and manufacturer of critical power control components for the electronics industry.
David McNicholas
Chief Executive Officer of AFI-Uplift
David McNicholas is the chief executive officer at AFI-Uplift. He is a former corporate finance director at Deloitte UK.
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About AFI-Uplift: AFI-Uplift supplies and rents powered access solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Joseph Crabtree
Founder and CEO of Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Joseph Crabtree is the Founder and CEO of Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
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About Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing technology company dedicated to unlocking 3D printing as a viable alternative to traditional manufacturing.
