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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 Principal operating in the Insurance space. If you think a Principal 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.
Johannes Natterer
Principal of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Alastair Mills
Principal & Head of European Business Services of H.I.G. Capital
Alastair is a Managing Director in the London office of H.I.G. Capital and the European head of Business Services. He focuses on both private equity and distressed investments. Alastair joined H.I.G. Capital from Gresham LLP where he was a Partner in the London Investment team focused on growth buy-out and buy and build transactions in the UK lower mid market. Prior to Gresham, Alastair worked for the UK private equity teams of RBoS and Bridgepoint Capital. A British national he has a total of nineteen years private equity experience in the UK lower mid-market. Recent transaction experience includes the acquisition of Petrochem Carless, the turnaround of Smallsteps, the MBOs of Brand Addition, Synseal and Kondor and the corporate carve-outs of Fibercore (from Cisco) and Brand Addition (from 4imprint). Alastair has an MSc in International Securities Investment & Banking from the ISMA Centre, Reading University and is a Member of the Securities Institute.
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About Brand Addition, Fibercore, H.I.G. Capital, H.I.G. Capital, Kondor Ltd, Petrochem Carless Holdings Ltd, smallsteps b.v., Synseal Group: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Stefano Giambelli
Principal of H.I.G. Capital
Stefano Giambelli is a Senior Associate in the Retail & Consumer team. He is currently based in London after having worked in the Milan office since joining Apax in 2008. His Apax deal experience includes Sisal. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Stefano was an Associate at BC Partners and an Investment Banking Analyst at Merrill Lynch. Stefano holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a degree in Economics from Università Commerciale “Bocconi” in Milan.
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Jay Lad
Azure Practice Principal of DXC Technology
Jay Lad is the Practice Principal at DXC Technology and oversees the application modernization advisory and Azure project delivery for enterprise clients. He has over 19 years’ experience in the IT industry in customer strategy transformation and has worked with leading organizations and startups across the SaaS vendor space across EMEA and North America.
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About DXC Technology: DXC Technology is a end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change.
Daniel Schoneveld
Principal of Hamilton Lane
Daniel Schoneveld is a Principal in Hamilton Lane’s Business Development Group, based in the firm’s London office. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2007, Daniel was a Senior Vice President in charge of asset owners and investment consultants in Europe and Africa at Morgan Stanley Capital International in London. Previously, he worked as an institutional advisor at the German bank, Metzler, and prior to that, he spent more than eight years at the advisory and brokerage firm, Hall International Partners in the Netherlands. Daniel began his career as a research analyst at the Dutch bank ABN Amro in Amsterdam. Daniel received an M.B.A. from Henley Management College in London and a B.S. in finance from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
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About Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a firm that provides private equity investment management services.
Carolin Blank
Principal of Hamilton Lane
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About Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a firm that provides private equity investment management services.
Mitesh Pabari
Principal of Hamilton Lane
Mitesh is a Principal on Hamilton Lane’s Secondary Investment Team, based in London office where he is responsible for due diligence of the firm’s secondary investment opportunities. Prior, Mitesh was an Associate in the investment team of Coller Capital, a global investor in the private equity secondaries market. Previously, he was an Equity Research Analyst at JP Morgan Cazenove focused on the UK small-mid cap sector, and an Associate in the Valuation Services team of KPMG Corporate Finance in London. Mitesh received a Bachelor of Science degree in International Management with American Business Studies from University of Manchester, England.
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About Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a firm that provides private equity investment management services.
David Planvig
Principal, Business Development of Hamilton Lane
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About Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a firm that provides private equity investment management services.
Andrew Stevens
Principal, Banking and Financial Services of Quadient
With nearly 2 decades of experience at one of the worlds largest banks, Andrew is ideally placed to ensure that Quadient’s product suite continues to evolve to meet the needs of today’s financial institutions. His resume covers all aspects of banking operations and technology with respect to customer communications management and customer experience, and he has built a reputation as someone that can successfully execute complex international transformational projects in these fields. He earned his law degree at Sheffield Hallam University.
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About Quadient: Quadient helps companies deliver meaningful interactions with current and future customers.
