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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Food Delivery space. If you think a Manager 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.
Dave Lewis
TitleGroup Information Security & Cyber Investigations Manager of Tesco
Dave Lewis joined the Board and Executive Committee as Group Chief Executive on 1 September 2014. Dave has significant experience in brand marketing, customer management and general management. Prior to joining Tesco, he worked for Unilever for nearly 30 years in a variety of different roles across Europe, Asia and the Americas. He has experience across many sectors in the UK and overseas, and has been responsible for a number of business turnarounds. He was previously a non-executive director of Sky PLC. Dave is also a member of the Governance Committee of the Consumer Goods Forum and Chair of Champions 12.3, a UN programme seeking to add momentum to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Target 12.3 by 2030.
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About Tesco: Tesco PLC is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.
Ian Towell
Senior Manager Multi-channel GM Operations & Returns of Tesco
Ian Towell serves as Business Head of General Merchandise Returns for Group Tesco, a role which has evolved over the past 6 years as Tesco has expanded its GM business online, into broader and more complex product categories, and into international markets. Mr Towell was a founding member of Tesco Direct, and has been instrumental in developing strategies which have driven improvements in the customer aftersales experience, whilst reducing the impact to the bottom line through more effective back end process management. Prior to Tesco Mr Towell worked at Argos for 4 years in Business Change, and before that 10 years at Sainsbury’s Supermarkets.
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About Tesco: Tesco PLC is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England.
Miryka Rule
Principal Delivery Manager of Just Eat
During Miryka’s career she has worked in different industries from universities to ecommerce. Miryka is now at Just Eat leading delivery for key parts of the platform. Miryka’s passion is to help people at all levels work better together. She has used her 10 years experience in the technology industry to support teams to be happier, more focused and increase their productivity. Starting as front end engineer Miryka saw gaps for change and made it her mission to cultivate environments and ways of working which work for the “do-ers” not the HIPPO.
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About Just Eat: Just Eat provides convenient and easy access to a huge variety of delivery restaurants and order food online.
Damian Hind
Marketing Manager of Farmdrop
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About Farmdrop: Farmdrop: the online supermarket that delivers fresher, fairer food & home essentials directly to your door.
Will Latus
Operations Manager of Whey Box
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About LATUS Training, Whey Box: Whey Box is a food and beverages company that specializes in providing protein powder.
Angela Cearns
Chief eCommerce Officer & General Manager of Pizza Hut UK
Angela Cearns is the Chief eCommerce Officer and General Manager for Pizza Hut Digital Ventures, leading Pizza Hut International through the digital transformation journey from a traditional casual dining restaurant to a leader in online ordering and delivery. Angela came from Amazon in Seattle where she served as the Executor Director of International Expansion of their Fulfilment by Amazon business; GM of Amazon Global Selling marketplace business; and the Head of Prime Technology Platform that powers Amazon global Prime membership and Prime benefit offerings including Prime Videos and Prime Music. Prior to Amazon, Angela spent a decade in California Silicon Valley with Symantec and the Norton Anti-Virus brand in a number of leadership positions from IT-Business Director, eCommerce Director, and finishing as Sr. Director of Customer Retention, Worldwide eCommerce. Angela has a Master of Software Engineering degree from the University of Colorado and Advanced Project Management from Stanford University. She is currently a guest professor at the European Institute for e-Commerce Management at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
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About Pizza Hut UK: Pizza Hut UK is a franchise of an American restaurant chain known for Italian-American cuisine including pizza and pasta.
Jemma Cheung
Regional Manager of 7Bone Burger
I believe in controlling your professional and personal life. Taking controlling and making it your own, I believe if you work hard you will achieve what you want in life. I have learnt many things in the companies I have been involved in, but I have much more to learn, more that I want to learn!
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About 7Bone Burger: 7Bone Burger is a fast casual restaurant concept focused on bringing high quality burgers to the UK regions.
Ben Walton
Marketing Manager of Provenance Butcher
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About Provenance Butcher: Provenance Butcher is a butcher shop that also provides online delivery services.
Stephanie Bradley
Product Manager of Caterforce
Stephanie Bradley is the product manager of Caterforce.
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About Caterforce: Caterforce is a foodservice buying and marketing consortium in the UK.
