Co-Founder and Director play a crucial role in any startup. It takes an extraordinary person to fulfil the Co-Founder and Director role. We have selected these Co-Founder and Director’s for this list as they are inspiring for a variety of reasons – whether that’s pushing boundaries, creating groundbreaking products, or doing their bit to save the world.
Our analysts did their best to select be best, and most innovative Co-Founder and Director’s. The list is in no particular order!
John Levin
Co-Founder and Director @ Certua
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John has a keen eye for identifying opportunity and talent, and has more than 25 years’ experience in both insurance and technology. He has been a significant shareholder and held senior positions in several companies including, Chairman of Amtrust Europe Limited (AEL), founder and Non-Executive Director (NED) of Telecom Plus PLC (TEP), CEO and NED of IGI Group Limited, Chairman of Quanis, Chairman of Rocketer, Chairman of Surely Group and NED of Money Dashboard.
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Jose Maria Carbajo
Co-Founder and Director @ Nucoro
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Nucoro enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale. Read more about Nucoro on Crunchbase…
Terry Rhodes
Co-Founder and Director @ Eaton
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Eaton is a telecom tower company that has the most diversified geographical tower portfolio in Africa. Read more about Eaton on Crunchbase…
Vikas saluguti
Co-Founder and Director @ Fourth Partner Energy
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Vikas’ early career was spent as an investment banker with ABN Amro in Europe for over 10 years. Since his return to India, he has been a serial entrepreneur and investor in a variety of ventures in the area of water treatment, healthcare, IT and education. Vikas brings with him extensive experience in setting and scaling-up of businesses successfully.
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Amelia Harvey
Co-Founder and Director @ The Collective Dairy
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The Collective Dairy Their quest was simple… create an extraordinary yoghurt with an unbeatable taste!. Read more about The Collective Dairy on Crunchbase…
Jonathan Farnell
Co-Founder and Director @ Arro Money
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With over 17 years’ experience working in the UK banking sector, Jonathan specialises in regulatory & operational risk management, compliance and the development of business performance and management information systems. He has undertaken a number of directorships and senior roles, including Risk Management Director at a UK based money remittance consultancy and Director of Management Information at a General Insurance Brokerage.
Learn more about Jonathan Farnell on Crunchbase…Arro Money is a fast-growing provider of personal and business accounts. Read more about Arro Money on Crunchbase…
Nisha Singh
Co-Founder and Director @ TRANSPER
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Transper is a fintech platform that provides liquidity and transparency in deep tier supply chain reducing costs and credit risk. Read more about TRANSPER on Crunchbase…
Matthew Hickey
Co-Founder and Director @ Hacker House
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Hacker House provides offensive security solutions to the information security industries. Read more about Hacker House on Crunchbase…
Ollie Jerome
Co-Founder and Director @ BestX
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Ollie Jerome was most recently European Head of FX at Morgan Stanley in London, responsible for Sales, Trading & Structuring. Oliver joined Morgan Stanley in 2010, performing a number of roles including Head of FX & Emerging Markets Sales for EMEA & the US, and Head of FX & EM in Europe. He was a member of the MS Global FID Management Committee. Oliver began his career in FX Sales at Chase Manhattan in 1998, and was promoted to Managing Director in 2007. He remained at the institution through the merger with JPMorgan until 2009, when he left to work for Standard Chartered. Oliver has a BA in Economics from the University of Manchester.
Learn more about Ollie Jerome on Crunchbase…BestX is provide independent trade technology and analytics that enable clients to define, achieve & demonstrate Best Execution. Read more about BestX on Crunchbase…
Anders Christian Wilhelmsen
Co-Founder and Director @ Black Sheep Coffee
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Black Sheep Coffee is a coffee shop chain. Read more about Black Sheep Coffee on Crunchbase…
Liam Brooke
Co-Founder and Director @ Lendy
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Liam co-founded Lendy Ltd in 2012. He is responsible for the operational performance of the company such as underwriting, disposals, legals and other key professional services, while also overseeing the commercial broker relationships. Liam has a background in corporate finance, private banking and investment management. He developed his early banking career with Barclays Corporate before moving on to United Trust Bank as a property development manager before moving to Ahli United Bank in Bahrain to head up the UK mortgage investment proposition. On his return from the Middle East, Liam worked as an Investment Director for a small asset manager in Switzerland.
Learn more about Liam Brooke on Crunchbase…Lendy is Europe’s leading peer-to-peer secured property lending platform Read more about Lendy on Crunchbase…
Adam Maurice
Co-Founder and Director @ Fusion Consulting
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Fusion is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that offers end-to-end solutions for private individuals and fast growth businesses. Read more about Fusion Consulting on Crunchbase…
Daniela Paredes
Co-Founder and Director @ Gravity Sketch
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Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D. Read more about Gravity Sketch on Crunchbase…
Andrew Vincent
Co-Founder and Director @ BJSS
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BJSS is an award winning delivery-focused IT Consultancy. Read more about BJSS on Crunchbase…
Nick Whitehurst
Co-Founder and Director @ Watneys
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Watneys and Home Ales brands and they are hell-bent on returning them to their former glory. Read more about Watneys on Crunchbase…
Julian Gough
Co-Founder and Director @ Genetrainer
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Julian is a biotech entrepreneur and world expert in bioinformatics. He graduated his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Cambridge and was a research fellow at Stanford University. He is now a Programme Leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge and Professor of Bioinformatics at the University of Bristol. He has successfully started a number of biotech companies.
Learn more about Julian Gough on Crunchbase…Genetrainer is a website that provides a personalized fitness plan for users based on their genes. Read more about Genetrainer on Crunchbase…
Joshua Ratilal
Co-Founder and Director @ Zentivo
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Nick Charalambous
Co-Founder and Director @ Few&Far
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Few&Far helps companies stand out, build teams, and set the foundation for growth. Read more about Few&Far on Crunchbase…
Nikolajs Smirnovs
Co-founder and Director @ LandlordInvest
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Nik holds a BSc. in Accounting and a MSc. from CASS business school. He is also a Chartered Management accountant (ACMA, CGMA) and holds an Investment Management Certificate (IMC). Nik has since graduation been employed as an in-house financial advisor at single family offices. He is currently the CFO of BILI Management, a Mayfair based single family office with substantial real estate investments.
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Alistair Murrell
Co-Founder and Director @ Riz Boardshorts
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Riz Boardshorts designs and produces sustainable boardshorts and swim shorts for men. Read more about Riz Boardshorts on Crunchbase…
Muhammad Asim
Co-Founder and Director @ Arro Money
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Awarded the Youngest Successful Business Entrepreneur by the Ministry of Information, Government of Pakistan, Muhammad Asim is a business start-up expert having previously established and developed a number of successful companies. With a particular expertise in strategic planning, brand development and marketing, Muhammad Asim has undertaken a number of senior roles, including Finance Director and General Manager of Administration at AA Exchange Company (PVT).
Learn more about Muhammad Asim on Crunchbase…Arro Money is a fast-growing provider of personal and business accounts. Read more about Arro Money on Crunchbase…
Daniel Siden
Co-Founder and Director @ Lightvert Ltd.
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Daniel is a Business Director, Designer and Engineering with 18-years of professional experience, 12 of those spent as an design and technology entrepreneur in London. He builds teams, digital and physical technology products, services and businesses. As a founding director of design and engineering company Haberdashery, he lead the growth of the company from 0 to 20+ employees with a turnover of £1.6M on £2M of sales. Clients includes Nissan and CREE LEDs, Changi Airport Group and British Land, and world leading luxury interior and architecture firms. From Haberdashery Daniel spun out Lightvert Ltd., an out of home media technology company utilising proprietary patented technologies to merge the power of the spectacle of out of home media with the engagement of mobile. At Lightvert Daniel successfully raising seed funding and building an outstanding operational team and supply chain partnerships, and launched Lightvert’s core products within 6 months of closing the funding round. Originally from San Francisco, with and engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Daniel moved to the UK in 2002 for his Masters in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art.
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Michael O’Neill
Co-Founder and Director R&D @ Inflection Biosciences
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Michael O’Neill has more than 20 years’ experience working in the pharmaceutical industry. He was a Senior Research Scientist and Portfolio Manager at Eli Lilly for much of this time where he was responsible for developing project plans for the selection of projects and for their progression from discovery through to important development milestones. He established his own consulting business, Eolas, to help early stage companies to organize their research along commercial lines, becoming accomplished at building highly streamlined development plans. He has built consortia of commercial and academic groups to apply for major EU grants. Previously Dr. O’Neill was Head of Laboratory at Almirall and a Research Neuroscientist at Merck. He has authored over 80 papers, book chapters, patents and abstracts and is Honorary Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. He holds a BA Psychology from UCC and a PhD from QUB Belfast.
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Shankar Balasubramian
Co-Founder and Director @ Cambridge Epigenetix
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Sir Shankar is Founder of two companies and the principal inventor of the leading next generation human genome sequencing technology core to all Illumina sequencing platforms, estimated to be worth >$30BN. Sir Shankar’s technology has made routine, accurate, low-cost sequencing of human genomes a reality, has revolutionised biology and accelerated the development of genomic personalised medicine. Sir Shankar is the Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and Senior Group Leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. His awards include the Royal Medal (2018), the RoyalSociety Mullard Award (2009), The BBSRC Innovator of the year (2010) and the Tetrahedron Prize (2013). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences and a member of EMBO.
Learn more about Shankar Balasubramian on Crunchbase…Cambridge Epigenetix is using epigenetics to reduce several routine & important diagnostic tests for common cancers to a simple blood draw. Read more about Cambridge Epigenetix on Crunchbase…
George Fowkes
Co-Founder and Director @ BasePower
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George Fowkes is co-founder and director of BasePower, an award-winning Combined Heat and Power (CHP) developer to industrial sectors such as automotive and plastics, food manufacturing and pharmaceutical. Tailoring world-class technology and service to the specific needs of each customer, its projects create significant cost savings and carbon reductions for high-energy users at no capital expenditure or operational risk. George’s career has spanned the development of clean power, water and waste technologies in the UK and Europe. Prior to founding Basepower he was Head of Business Development at biogas developer, Tamar Energy, where he led the team overseeing five projects into construction and fifteen into development.
Learn more about George Fowkes on Crunchbase…BasePower designs, develops and finances CHP systems for intensive energy users, delivering energy security & savings. Read more about BasePower on Crunchbase…
Mahmood Kamran
Co-Founder and Director @ Arro Money
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A former Inspector of financial institutions for the State Bank of Pakistan, Mahmood Ali Kamran’s areas of expertise include finance, audit and business administration. He has held a number of senior leadership team roles in different multinational companies in United Arab Emirates and Pakistan.
Learn more about Mahmood Kamran on Crunchbase…Arro Money is a fast-growing provider of personal and business accounts. Read more about Arro Money on Crunchbase…
Matt Smith
Co-Founder and Director @ Black Tomato
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Matt Smith set up Black Tomato Ltd with Tom Marchant and James Merrett in 2005 and to date have had a broad strategic and operational remit across all areas of Black Tomato. Central to Matt’s role is the responsibility for both driving forward the day to day business operations and Business Development / Sales processes that have underpinned the Group’s commercial success and significant growth. I also oversees a number of critical areas of the business including, Office Infrastructure, Company /Staff Culture, IT, Security, Data Protection/GDPR, HR, H&S / F&S, Insurance, Legal Contracting , Procurement, Staff / Business expenses, Staff Reward / Engagement, Staff Training and Staff Meetings and Events. Alongside this, he leads critical strategic projects including those that increase profitability and productivity across the business in line with the constant reinforcement of BT’s ‘purpose’ and company culture both internally and externally.
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Sameer Vartak
Co-Founder and Director @ Printsum Ltd
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Cloud based information management system for the print industry Read more about Printsum Ltd on Crunchbase…
Karen Ng
Co-Founder and Director @ Carnaby Fair
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Carnaby Fair produces exclusive hat wear collections. Read more about Carnaby Fair on Crunchbase…
Gary Robins
Co-founder and Director @ Growthdeck
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Gary has been in the private equity arena for 30 years. After an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, he spent 15 years with 3i plc as an Investment Director. He went on to found two high profile private investor businesses (Hotbed and Rockpool Investments) which specialised in EIS investments.
Learn more about Gary Robins on Crunchbase…Growthdeck provides tax-efficient and growth investment opportunities to an expanding network of private investors, partners & introducers. Read more about Growthdeck on Crunchbase…
Shaz Shah
Co-Founder and Director of Business Development @ Harry Specters
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Shaz has 18 years’ experience in the technology sector having worked with multinationals and medium sized companies. He was a founder of a technology company which he built up through partnerships. He later sold his company and stayed as adviser to develop business in the Middle East, Pakistan and USA. He has an MBA degree from Cranfield School of Management and his professional interests include value co-creation through partnerships and collaboration. He likes to mentor people from disadvantaged backgrounds in order to make a positive change in their lives.
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Samm Green
Co-Founder and Director @ Few&Far
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Few&Far helps companies stand out, build teams, and set the foundation for growth. Read more about Few&Far on Crunchbase…
Mike Laflin
Co-Founder and Director @ TotalAnalysis
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TotalAnalysis develops a digital data platform to monitor the global impact of the covid-19 pandemic. Read more about TotalAnalysis on Crunchbase…
Alex Norton
Co-Founder and Director @ Locus
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Alex Norton is the Co-Founder & Director at Locus. He is also the Co-Founder of The Bureau Group and Private debt investments at Qbera Capital LLP and also the Investor at Freetrade. Mr. Norton was a Co-founder at Poochie. Alex studied Economics and Finance at Queen Mary, U. of London.
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Andrew McLernon
Co-Founder and Director @ Interlink Group
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Interlink Group provides intent-based lead generation solutions which connect marketers and sales teams with the right customers. Read more about Interlink Group on Crunchbase…
Tansy Drake
Co-Founder and Director @ Umbrella Studios
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Umbrella Studios is a creative studio that offers consulting, design, brand strategy, and creative production services. Read more about Umbrella Studios on Crunchbase…
Christopher Barber
Co-Founder and Director @ C-Link
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C-Link is a platform for developers and main contractors, designed to streamline the process of subcontract procurement. Read more about C-Link on Crunchbase…
Maria Trechman
Co-Founder and Director @ Well&Truly
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Well&Truly is properly satisfying snacks without any artificial nonsense. Read more about Well&Truly on Crunchbase…
Daniel Nash
Co-Founder and Director @ IC Resources
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IC Resources develops and delivers insightful and relevant recruitment solutions to the technology community. Read more about IC Resources on Crunchbase…
Michael Cross
Co-founder and Director @ Rezatec
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Patrick was previously CEO of Helveta which he grew from start-up to ranking 11th in the 2010 Deloitte Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Prior to Helveta, Patrick was CEO of DACG Inc, a provider of professional services and software, which he took to a NASDAQ float in 1998 with revenues of $80mn and a 5 year CAGR of 80%.
Learn more about Michael Cross on Crunchbase…Rezatec applies data science to satellite imagery and geospatial data to deliver cloud-based analytics to its global customers. Read more about Rezatec on Crunchbase…
Michael Cross
Co-founder and Director @ Rezatec
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Patrick was previously CEO of Helveta which he grew from start-up to ranking 11th in the 2010 Deloitte Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Prior to Helveta, Patrick was CEO of DACG Inc, a provider of professional services and software, which he took to a NASDAQ float in 1998 with revenues of $80mn and a 5 year CAGR of 80%.
Learn more about Michael Cross on Crunchbase…Rezatec applies data science to satellite imagery and geospatial data to deliver cloud-based analytics to its global customers. Read more about Rezatec on Crunchbase…
Darryl Morton
Co-Founder and Director @ One Team Logic
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One Team Logic provides high quality software, advisory services and training. Read more about One Team Logic on Crunchbase…
Keith Johnston
Co-founder and Director @ Urban Electric Networks
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We’re building low impact charging infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in cities and towns across the world. Read more about Urban Electric Networks on Crunchbase…
Sara Trechman
Co-Founder and Director @ Well&Truly
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Well&Truly is properly satisfying snacks without any artificial nonsense. Read more about Well&Truly on Crunchbase…
Jahanzaib Safdar
Co-founder and Director International Business Development @ Cloud Stem
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Cloud Stem provides cloud hosted solutions for start-ups and growing businesses. Read more about Cloud Stem on Crunchbase…
Marco Geninazza
Co-Founder and Director @ Fig VC
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Marco is a Co-Founder and Director of Fig. In early 2013 Marco took over the management and build of the FIG Village project and was ultimately responsible for its success. After a successful launch in May 2013, Marco took responsibility for the operations and marketing of the building. Marco leads Fig’s new venture in west London, Fig City along with other property management opportunities. Previous to Fig, Marco worked in senior roles at PR, marketing and events agencies and in 2008 he set up his own events company The Society London, which he successfully sold in 2010.
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Louise Harris
Co-Founder and Director @ Tramshed Tech
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A space designed to promote collaboration between some of the finest creative businesses in Wales. Read more about Tramshed Tech on Crunchbase…
James Galloway
Co-Founder and Director @ IC Resources
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IC Resources develops and delivers insightful and relevant recruitment solutions to the technology community. Read more about IC Resources on Crunchbase…
Alan Wilson
Co-Founder and Director @ Arro Money
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Alan Wilson is the Co-Founder and Director at Arro Money. A financial services expert with over 30 years’ experience working in the UK banking sector, Alan has undertaken a number of directorships and senior roles, including Regulatory Compliance Director & Money Laundering Reporting Officer for a large UK based Money Services Business and Compliance Director for an FCA regulated Insurance Brokerage. Areas of expertise include the European Payment Services regulations, anti-money laundering policies and training & competency schemes.
Learn more about Alan Wilson on Crunchbase…Arro Money is a fast-growing provider of personal and business accounts. Read more about Arro Money on Crunchbase…
Bilal Muhammad
Co-founder and Director Product Development @ Cloud Stem
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Cloud Stem provides cloud hosted solutions for start-ups and growing businesses. Read more about Cloud Stem on Crunchbase…
Ian Bailey
Co-Founder and Director of Operations @ Vault X
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Fleurette Mulcahy
Co-Founder and Director @ Attollo Lingerie
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Attollo Lingerie is a new D+ brand designed by D+ women, for D+ women. Read more about Attollo Lingerie on Crunchbase…
Rosalie McMillan
Co-Founder and Director @ Smile Plastics
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Smile Plastics manufactures hand-crafted panels from waste materials. Read more about Smile Plastics on Crunchbase…
Jack Davies
Co-Founder and Director @ VisionDrive
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VisionDrive is a Lincoln-based and award-winning vehicle movement and logistics specialist. Read more about VisionDrive on Crunchbase…
Philip Irwin
Co-founder and Director @ Pure Marine
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Co-founder and Director of Pure Marine Gen Ltd and co-inventor of the DUO wave energy converter. Philip has over ten year’s experience in the wave energy sector in Europe – leading start-up companies, securing grant funding & investment for development projects and design of power take off systems. Previously he led engineering development & sales teams at Shorts Defence Systems, that launched and established the S1-MAT simulator in international markets – Europe, Middle East and North America. B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Professional Studies, Queen’s University Belfast; Ph.D. ‘Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Image Understanding’, Queen’s University Belfast; MBA Specialising in Strategic Management and Finance, Open Business School.
Learn more about Philip Irwin on Crunchbase…Pure Marine is a technology company focused on generating electricity from off-shore waves. Read more about Pure Marine on Crunchbase…
Matthew Ashcroft
Co-Founder and Director @ Kusaga Athletic
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Neil Dickins
Co-Founder and Director @ IC Resources
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IC Resources develops and delivers insightful and relevant recruitment solutions to the technology community. Read more about IC Resources on Crunchbase…
Kekeli Anthony
Co-Founder and Director of Operations @ Extend Ventures
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Laure Claire Reillier
Co-founder and Director @ Launchworks & Co
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Laure Claire Reillier is a Director at Launchworks Ventures and specialises in marketing, product development and e-commerce. She has 20 years experience in developing, managing and marketing products and services for e-commerce, telecom and software companies. Laure Claire has deep expertise in B2B, B2C and C2C marketing. Before joining Launchworks, Laure Claire worked for 4 years at eBay where she was head of proposition development for sellers in Europe. She was in charge of product strategy and roadmap, positioning, customer experience (online and off-line), pricing and marketing communications. Before eBay, Laure Claire managed the P&L and development of VoIP and e-commerce services at BT Retail in the UK. She was responsible for the commercial development and launch of new services as well and the management (strategy, marketing and pricing) of existing services. She was previously Marketing and Business Development Director, at Goodman Blue, a VoIP software start-up, where she repositioned the company and its suite of products prior to its acquisition by American investors in 2006.
Learn more about Laure Claire Reillier on Crunchbase…Launchworks provide strategy and innovation advisory services to companies of any size. Read more about Launchworks & Co on Crunchbase…
Heinrich Hoerber
Co-Founder and Director @ NuNano
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Heinrich is an Emeritus Professor of Nanobiophysics at the University of Bristol. His research interests are focussed on scanning probe microscopy and high resolution optical instrumentation. Previous posts have included working with Prof. G Binnig, the co-inventor of the AFM, in Munich, and working at the European Molecular Laboratory in Heidelberg.
Learn more about Heinrich Hoerber on Crunchbase…NuNano is a UK manufacturer of AFM probes and bespoke cantilever sensors. Read more about NuNano on Crunchbase…
Marc Benger
Co-Founder and Director @ Compare My Move
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Marc is a co-founder of Compare My Move and has been working with the company since day one. Marc specialises in customer relations, data analysis and human resources.
Learn more about Marc Benger on Crunchbase…Compare My Move is an online hub for all things moving home. Read more about Compare My Move on Crunchbase…
Mike Glanville
Co-Founder and Director @ One Team Logic
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One Team Logic provides high quality software, advisory services and training. Read more about One Team Logic on Crunchbase…
Dave Sayce
Co-Founder and Director @ Compare My Move
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Dave co-founded Compare My Move while running a removal company in Wales for over 5 years. Dave deals with the operational and online marketing needs of the business.
Learn more about Dave Sayce on Crunchbase…Compare My Move is an online hub for all things moving home. Read more about Compare My Move on Crunchbase…
Alice Holden
Co-Founder and Director @ Attollo Lingerie
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Attollo Lingerie is a new D+ brand designed by D+ women, for D+ women. Read more about Attollo Lingerie on Crunchbase…
Masih Alam
Co-Founder and Director @ Immundnz
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Immundnz is a CRO specialised in immunology, immune modelling, tissue damage analysis. Read more about Immundnz on Crunchbase…
Paul Elliott
Co-founder and Director @ Cerberus Security Laboratories
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Paul has 27 years of experience working in the semiconductor industry on both defense and consumer electronic projects. In his previous role at ST Microelectronics Paul began as a silicon designer working on the first fully integrated MPEG2 STB decoder in the industry before moving into a SOC architecture role where he defined several highly successful devices that have shipped globally in huge volumes. Paul then went on to become the technical lead for the STB architecture team before specializing in the security architecture domain.As the technical lead and manager of the security architecture team in the Home Entertainment and Unified Platform divisions of ST Microelectronics Paul was responsible for defining the security road map and product architecture of several generations of STB devices. These devices implement the many and pervasive security functionalities that are required in order to secure premium Pay-TV content delivery systems such as boot authentication, smart card link protection and intrusion protection as well as many other advanced features. Paul has worked closely with the end customers and conditional access partners to discuss, define and agree specifications and to ensure product compliance and has successfully gained full certification in these markets. Paul enjoys working on the complex systems that are built on top of todays highly integrated deep sub micron devices and the challenge of securing them in the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks particularly as consumer devices continue to grow in complexity and become more connected.
Learn more about Paul Elliott on Crunchbase…Cerberus Security Laboratories is a business that is focused on delivering leading edge embedded system security for connected IoT devices. Read more about Cerberus Security Laboratories on Crunchbase…