Best Startup
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 VP’ operating in the Retail Technology space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Nick Stone
VP Engineering of Bink
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About Bink: Bink develops a mobile application that links card payment to loyalty schemes.
Samuel Heather
VP, Chief Technology Officer of KodyPay
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About KodyPay: Revolutionising in-person payments to grow your business with a trustworthy and innovative solution.
Michael Patterson
SVP of Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa of DynamicAction
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About DynamicAction: DynamicAction is an analytics solution designed specifically for eCommerce, store, and omnichannel retail teams.
Michael Patterson
SVP of Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa of DynamicAction
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About DynamicAction: DynamicAction is an analytics solution designed specifically for eCommerce, store, and omnichannel retail teams.
Stuart Pick
VP of Sales of Brightpearl
Stuart leads the UK sales team, responsible for onboarding new customers, supporting and growing Brightpearl’s network of channel partners, and the provision of new and additional services to existing clients. Stuart has worked in cloud technology since 2005, split between vendors such as intY and Oracle, and managed services organisations such as Specialist Computer Centres. Since joining Brightpearl in 2011, Stuart was initially responsible for new business sales supporting both the UK and US, and now acts as VP Sales in the UK. Stuart enjoys meeting new and existing clients and partners, and can often be found supporting and speaking at local ecommerce events.
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About Brightpearl: Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Anthony Payne
VP of Global Marketing of Brightpearl
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About Brightpearl: Brightpearl is the omnichannel retail management system that puts your orders, inventory, financials, POS and CRM in one place.
Gemma Brooks
VP Marketing of Dropit Shopping
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About Dropit Shopping: Dropit provides a digital handsfree shopping solution for malls and central shopping districts, delivering bags from store to door.
Olivier Kerckhove
VP / Founder of Storm5
Olivier Kerckhove is the VP and Founder at Storm5.
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About Storm5: Storm5 are global RetailTech recruitment experts, connecting organizations with the talent to drive their mission.
Nicky Koopman
SVP Business Solutions of AEVI
Nicky is a pioneer in digital innovation and is responsible for bringing together AEVI’s digital business solutions. She has over 15 years’ experience working in broadcast media, eCommerce and FinTech industry – developing digital business & growth strategies and scaling these across markets and customers.
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About AEVI: AEVI provides a platform for merchant-facing businesses that enables them to upgrade to more agile, more data-driven propositions.
