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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 CFO’ operating in the Transportation space. If you think a CFO’ 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.
Alex Gayer
CFO of TIER Mobility
Alex Gayer is the CFO at TIER Mobility.
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About TIER Mobility: TIER Mobility is a micro-mobility company that provides sustainable ride-sharing solutions to its customers.
Katya Akulinicheva
CFO of ZeroAvia
Katya joined ZeroAvia in July 2019 and is Group CFO. Before ZeroAvia Katya spent over 3 years at SYSTEMIQ, a leading sustainability investment and advisory firm HQ’ed in London, setting up and leading the company’s early stage VC arm, raising $30m of capital and overseeing the first 6 investments, including ZeroAvia. Previously she worked in private equity at the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a $10bn co-investment fund backed by the Russian government, working on growth equity investments in Consumer, Retail, Industrials and Healthcare. She started her career in Mergers & Acquisitions focused on the Consumer & Retail sector in Europe, first at Lazard and then at Deutsche Bank, where she advised a number of public and private companies and private equity investors, including several $1bn+ transactions. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and BA/MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford.
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About London+Acumen, SYSTEMIQ, ZeroAvia: ZeroAvia produces practical zero emission aviation powertrain targeting 9-19-passenger airplanes to start replacing dirty jet fuel.
Alizay Saeed
Co-Founder and CFO of VavaCars
Alizay Saeed is the Co-Founder and CFO at VavaCars.
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About VavaCars: VavaCars is an online used car transaction platform
Steve Gunning
Chief Financial Officer of International Airlines Group (IAG)
Steve Gunning has been serving as Chief Financial Officer at International Airlines Group since June 2019.
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About International Airlines Group (IAG): International Airlines Group allows airlines to expand their global presence and keep individual brands.
Prakash Shah
CFO of Trafi
CFO – An entrepreneurial ACA/CFA trained management professional, with strong analytical and strategic planning capability. I am experienced in financial management, strategy and fundraising. I am currently the owner and CEO of Fully Financial Ltd (www.fullyfinancial.com), co-owner and CFO/COO of Fun-Keys4Kids (www.fun-keys4kids.com), and CFO of Trafi (www.trafi.com)
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About Pivigo, Trafi: Trafi is a mobility-as-a-service platform for shared transportation solutions, helping cities and corporates to reach their goals.
Andy Hohne
Chief Financial Office of Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services
Andy is very well qualified to work in our transportation business – he’s done so much of it! Before joining Tristar in 2001, he was Commercial Manager for BMI for four years, and was Franchise Manager at Hertz UK prior to that. He is a qualified accountant with extensive experience within the airline industry, including over 13 years collective experience in the service industry. Andy understands that ours also is a service industry – our commitment to our customers is what makes us, globally, the ground transportation company of choice.
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About Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services: Tristar Worldwide Chauffer Services is a worldwide chauffeur company operating in over 80 countries.
Mark Phillips
Chief Financial Officer of Zenith
Mark has overall responsibility for the finance functions within Zenith. He also leads our risk management, treasury and legal teams. Since joining Zenith in 1998, Mark has been instrumental in designing, managing and implementing the securitisation facilities used by the group.
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Simon Oldfield
Chief Financial Officer of Radius Payment Solutions
Simon has responsibility for the group’s business planning, strategy, M&A and financing. He joined in 2014 from Green Sky Energy where he was part of a private equity backed team which created the UK’s leading energy efficiency and carbon reduction business. He is a Chartered Accountant and, prior to joining Green Sky Energy, was a partner at Ernst and Young, specialising in providing corporate finance services to high growth businesses, banks and private equity investors.
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About Radius Payment Solutions: Radius Payment Solutions operates as a service provider to the fleet and logistics market.
Nick Dunn
CFO 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
