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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 Director operating in the Politics space. If you think a Director 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.
Kev O’Connor
Director of Customer Support of NationBuilder
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About NationBuilder: NationBuilder is a community organizing software platform that helps people organize and build community-based relationships.
Ciaran Martin
Director General Cyber Security of GCHQ
Ciaran Martin is Director General for Government and Industry Cyber Security in the U.K. He is a member of the GCHQ Board and the SIRO. Prior to joining GCHQ in February 2014, Ciaran was Constitution Director at the Cabinet Office. In this role, he was the lead official negotiator for the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Scotland in the run-up to the Edinburgh Agreement in 2012 on a referendum on independence for Scotland. Previous Cabinet Office roles included Director of Security and Intelligence, from 2008 to 2011, and Head of the Cabinet Secretary’s Office from 2005 to 2008. Before that, Ciaran spent 6 years at HM Treasury and 3 at the National Audit Office, after graduating from Hertford College, Oxford in 1996.
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About GCHQ, National Cyber Security Centre, Weston Digital Imaging: GCHQ is one of the three UK Intelligence Agencies and a part of the UK’s National Intelligence Machinery.
Tony Craddock
Director General of Emerging Payments Association
An enthusiastic business leader of the UK’s most influential trade association in payments, a lively public speaker and avid networker, Tony is passionate about advancing payments innovation. He’s an evangelist for the difference emerging payments can make to lives everywhere. Whether writing blogs, chairing panel sessions at conferences, writing white papers or enrolling CEOs in his mission, Tony shares knowledge derived from over a decade in payments. He is a director, investor and adviser to several payments companies and works with the UK angel and VC investment community to help them access the rising stars of the payments industry. He conceived and launched the Global Prepaid Exchange and Gx in 2004, and the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) in 2012, of which he is Director General. The EPA advances payment innovation for its 100+ members that include the likes of MasterCard, Vocalink, Amazon, Samsung Pay, and Fiserv.
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About Emerging Payments Association: The EPA brings together companies across the emerging payments spectrum to help shape the future of the payments industry landscape.
Kathryn Corrick
COO and Research Director of Represent
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About Represent: Building the tools for a better democracy.
Martin Ashplant
Digital and Social Media Director of City A.M.
As Digital Director of business news publisher City A.M. Martin Ashplant oversaw the rollout of the first ad blocker blocker at a UK newspaper in October 2015. Having joined City A.M. in May 2014 he has built a digital team that has seen a tripling of audience and been shortlisted for best content team of 2015 at the British Media Awards. Martin will be returning to Metro in 2016, taking on the new role of Digital Director at the newspaper having spent 6 years there helping it to become the fastest growing UK national newspaper website before joining City A.M.
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About City A.M.: City A.M. delivers latest U.K. and World business and finance news, including breaking economic and political news, comment, and analysis.
Ben Barnes
Board of Directors of Roosevelt Institute
Ben Barnes is Board of Directors at Roosevelt Institution.
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About : Roosevelt Institute is a non-profit organization that engages new generations in activism.
Ben Barnes
Board of Directors of Roosevelt Institute
Ben Barnes is Board of Directors at Roosevelt Institution.
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About : Roosevelt Institute is a non-profit organization that engages new generations in activism.
Guy Levin
Executive Director of Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy)
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About Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy): The policy voice of UK digital startups
Guy Levin
Executive Director of Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy)
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About Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy): The policy voice of UK digital startups
