Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager play a crucial role in any startup. It takes an extraordinary person to fulfil the Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager role. We have selected these Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager’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 Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager’s. The list is in no particular order!
Marco Casassa Mont
Principal Cyber Security Consultant and Manager @ BMT Group
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I am a results-driven senior manager, principal cyber security consultant and an enthusiastic technologist with over 20 years of experience and leadership in: cyber security; cloud & enterprise solutions and architectures; consulting and trusted advisory; strategy; research and innovation. Business development, coordination of bids and proposals. I lead teams and large projects / programmes for cloud security, threat detection and cyber data analytics, risk assessment and security controls. I worked in large corporations and medium-large organisations in various business sectors, including: private, public, defence, financial, energy and telecommunication. (ISC)2 CISSP, (ISC)2 CCSP, MSc and BSc Computer Science, IEEE Senior member, CIISec member. Lead and delivery of complex projects, software solutions, architectures and digital transformation for: enterprise and cloud security (Azure, AWS); big data for security, SIEM, UEBA; cyber threat detection (advanced use of AI/ML); threat intelligence; cyber security operations; risk analysis; situational awareness; IAM; privacy. Lead of technology strategies and roadmaps for: cloud and enterprise security solutions; cyber security controls; SIEM; big data for security; IAM; Network Traffic Analysis & Management; privacy. Lead of business development through innovation. Shaped and developed new business opportunities in the context of big data for security, security analytics, IAM and privacy. Coordination of bids and proposals. Director of multi-party, interdisciplinary, international R&D security programmes: TSB EnCoRe; EU PRIME; HP IAM / Federated Identity Management. Lead of multiple technology transfers into HP/HPE software and security products. Inventor and innovator (HP Labs, HPE CTO Office) with strong background in cyber security, cloud, big data, security analytics, software architectures, IAM and privacy. Named inventor of 50+ patents with 31 granted patents. Speaker and presenter at many public events, trade shows, conferences. Cited author of scientific publications. Published 60+ referred articles and papers. Effective communicator at all levels (e.g. CTO, VP, Director) in large organizations, including acting as trusted advisor. Proficient in cyber security, cloud security (Azure, AWS, etc.), protective and detective security controls, cyber attacks, kill chain, APT threats, security risk management and incident response. Proficient in cyber security standards and frameworks, e.g. ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST controls & risk guidelines, MITRE ATT&CK, NCSC CAF, CSA, OWASP, CIS. Proficient in security operation centers (SOC), incident response and cyber security defense.
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Jamie Oborne
Owner & Manager @ Dirty Hit
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Jamie Oborne is the owner of Dirty Hit Records, founded in 2010, and located in London, United Kingdom. Jamie also heads up All on Red Management, where he has served as the Manager of the 1975 for the past 8 years, and has worked to support and lead the band to the immense success it sees today.
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Ilyas Vali
Co-Founder , Assistant Project Manager @ rLoop Incorporated
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Ilyas Vali is the Co-founder and APM at rLoop. The company is a SpaceX Hyperloop award winning team and globally distributed organisation with over 1300 engineers from more than 59 countries. rLoop is a decentralised crowdsourced research and development organisation, engineering solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges. rLoop’s mission is to develop and launch innovative technology fuelled by a genuine desire to improve the world and humanity.
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Sajid Sabir
Investment Manager @ Maven Capital Partners
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Simon King
Assistant Manager @ Travis Perkins
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Travis Perkins plc, a FTSE 100 company, is one of the UK’s leading companies in the builders’ merchanting and home improvement market. Read more about Travis Perkins on Crunchbase…
Jessica Pedroni Thorell
Investment Manager @ Kinnevik AB
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Johannes Lenhard
Investment Manager @ NFQ Capital
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Johannes Lenhard is an ethnographer of venture capital and homelessness and currently teaching and researching at the University of Cambridge (as the Centre Coordinator of the Max Planck Centre Cambridge for the Study of Ethics, the Economy and Social Change). Having worked towards a better understanding of survival practices of homeless people in London and Paris for his PhD, he has spent the last four years researching the ethics of venture capital investors. His monograph ‘Making Better Lives – Hope, Freedom and Home-Making among people sleeping rough in Paris’ will be published later this year and so will his co-authored book ‘Better Venture’ focused DEI in tech and VC. He contributes regularly to journalistic outlets, such as Techcrunch, Prospect, Sifted, Aeon, the Conversation and Crunchbase.
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Andy Lunness
Senior Program Manager @ Blu Wireless
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Nicole Pretorius
Senior Product Manager @ Emitwise
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Nicole was born and raised in South Africa, educated at St. Andrews University in Scotland, and is currently immersed in the tech industry having cofounded SheCanCode – a career consulting and coaching platform that aspires to bridge the digital skills gap by empowering diverse technologists to enter and remain in the tech industry.
Learn more about Nicole Pretorius on Crunchbase…Emitwise empowers businesses to automatically measure, report, and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time. Read more about Emitwise on Crunchbase…
Evelina Olago
Investor Relations Senior Manager @ Helios Investment Partners
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Evelina Olago is previously in Helios’ Portfolio Operations Group and rejoined in September 2018 from McKinsey in London, where she was an Associate. Prior to joining Helios in 2014, she was an Assurance Associate in the Oil & Gas team at Ernst & Young in London.
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David Tweed
salesforce manager @ Coracle Online
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Sarveen Chester
Global Expansion Manager @ Revolut
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Chester is the Growth Launcher for Revolut, responsible for growth launching Europe’s fastest-growing FinTech in Singapore. He also oversees aspects of data analytics, operations, and diversity and inclusion. He was involved in the creation and launch of start-ups in Singapore before completing his undergraduate and postgraduate at Hult International Business School in London, Shanghai, and San Francisco. He started the university’s start up incubation programme called the ‘Hult Founders Lab’ which has worked with various partners, including the Prince Andrew, the Duke of York’s Pitch@Palace Global Initiative, and also worked with the Hult Prize – the world’s largest social innovation competition for youths which awards the winners USD 1 million through President Clinton’s global initiative. He is also an advisor to the United Nations International Telecommunications Union’s start-up accelerator programme.
Learn more about Sarveen Chester on Crunchbase…Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange. Read more about Revolut on Crunchbase…
Sean Stiefel
Portfolio Manager & Founder @ Navy Capital
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Sean Stiefel founded Navy Capital in 2014, where he manages a long/short portfolio structured to minimize beta to the overall market by using bottom-up and fundamental analysis. Prior to founding Navy Capital, Mr. Stiefel was a research analyst and trader for Northwoods Capital Management Partners, a global long/short fund with a fundamental value and special situations investment strategy. Mr. Stiefel had previously served as an associate within an equity long/short fund at Millennium Partners, and he began his career as an equities trading analyst for Barclays Capital. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
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Corentin Selz
Publishing Manager @ Voodoo
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Corentin joined the team 8 months ago and has since then actively solidified its position by publishing multiple hit games and innovating on it’s processes and creativity.
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Xavier Collins
Co-Founder & Business Development Manager @ Nexus Notes
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Amelia Zins
Industry Manager – Marketplaces @ Google
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Paul Rous
Project Manager @ Yara International
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Paul Rous has over ten years’ experience as an entrepreneur, investor and active supporter of early stage businesses. His professional background spans the military, tourism, hospitality, finance, asset management and technology. He has worked with Goldman Sachs, Freeman, and Generation Asset Management a $1.4billion asset management business. Paul co-founded Fuel Ventures, a London-based seed venture capital fund and active accelerator focusing on early stage digital businesses, which he exited in 2016.
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Ella Goldner
Co-founder and General Manager @ Zinc.VC
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Ella is one of the Co-founders of Zinc, a new Social Innovation programme aimed at building scalable and commercial businesses that help solve the developed world biggest social problems. She’s also the Co-founder of NewCo UK, an innovation festival that provides a behind-the-curtain-view into the most exciting, innovative and mission-led organisations in a city. As a marketing strategist Ella worked with leading global brands such as Unilever, Wimbledon and EY. Ella is a London Business School alumna and studied engineering in Tel Aviv.
Learn more about Ella Goldner on Crunchbase…Zinc.VC is a London-based business builder that runs 9 month mission-led programmes to build scalable commercial impact-led businesses. Read more about Zinc.VC on Crunchbase…
Rachael Young
Office Manager @ Wayve
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Morten Sondergaard Pedersen
Manager @ PeopleFund
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Born and raised in Denmark, Morten’s innate talent for entrepreneurship overpowered his academic desire to finish business school and over the past 30 years he has been involved in over 200 companies globally. A rare entrepreneurial professional with personal experience of several complete business cycles. 20 years of board and shareholder level experience, yet still capable of hands-on execution of projects. Created, managed and monetized over U$ 750 Million of enterprise shareholder value. Real-world expertise in creating and directing highly effective strategies and their execution. Proven track record of business formation, fund raising, incubation, revenue development, growth, territorial expansion, capital realization and exit strategies. On top of the usual corporate experience, Morten combines personal entrepreneurial experience and invaluable international commercial skills, guided by a clear vision and a passion for creating value. Experienced in both emerging and established markets. He possess strong social and motivational skills resulting in very strong team performances. After selling his first business within the chemical industry he moved into hightech telecommunications in the late 80’s creating various companies in Europe, United Kingdom, Hong Kong & Brazil. In the late 90’s, ventures from within the telecommunications market lead to the creation of various Internet startups and digital TV companies. In 2005 Morten reassessed his business strategy and over the past years has taken on a role as a VC, sharing the opportunity of success with talented, likeminded people. Currently residing in London, projects now include multi family property development within the UK market Neighbour.co.uk
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Lucas Stoops
Investment Manager @ Force Over Mass Capital
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David Lloyd
General Manager, UK, Netherlands & Nordics @ Alibaba Group
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John Vary
IT Innovation Manager @ John Lewis & Partners
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John Vary is IT Innovation Manager at John Lewis having taken up the position on 6th January 2014. John heads up the in-house innovation studio, ‘Room Y’ where he oversees the development of early stage idea generation and rapid prototyping, bringing to life a variety of emotive and fully immersive experiences. John joined John Lewis from Burberry where he held the position of Innovation Architect.
Learn more about John Vary on Crunchbase…John Lewis is a retailer that operates department stores, home stores, supermarkets and convenience stores in the U.K. and internationally. Read more about John Lewis & Partners on Crunchbase…
Will Gibbs
Investment Manager @ Octopus Ventures
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Will joined the team in 2013 and focusses on identifying new seed, series A and growth deals in the UK. He also works with a range of portfolio companies and is involved in fundraising. He was previously based in the New York office of Octopus Ventures, helping portfolio companies looking to internationalise to the US. Prior to joining Octopus, Will set-up and scaled an organic spirits company and a rare breed pig farm, and holds a degree in Ancient History from the University of Oxford.
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George Whitehead
Venture Partner Manager @ Octopus Ventures
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Myles Dawson
UK Country Manager @ Adyen
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Myles Dawson is the UK Country Manager at Adyen. Myles came to Adyen from Rackspace in the first half of 2012. Myles holds a Masters of Science in Operational Research from Lancaster University, along with a Bachelors of Science (honors) in Mathematics from Sheffield University. Myles has over 10 years experience in successfully leading sales and business development teams within the managed services area. Myles is now in charge of Adyen UK.
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Steve Babbage
Distinguished Engineer, Security Research Manager & Chief Cryptographer @ Vodafone
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Tomer Strikovsky
Investment Manager @ ETF Partners
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Adam Twiss
Engineering Manager/Director – Ads & Commerce SRE @ Google
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High tech serial entrepreneur with a strong track record of starting and running ventures in the software and networking space. Specialties: IT, Software, Internet, High-tech startups, Computing, Networking, Management, CDN, Mobile
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Abhijit Mehta
Principal Technical Product Manager @ Impala
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Abhijit is Principal Technical Product Manager at Impala Travel Technology Ltd, a technology startup HQed in the United Kingdom with vision to make every trip in the world perfect and every traveller delighted. Prior to Impala, Abhijit was the Sr. Technical Product Manager at Twilio working on Customer Engagement. He was the first PM on the CEM team, and led the CEM Team’s vision. Previously he led Twilio Flex’s Integrations and Twilio Flex SDK products.He was a long-time Solutions Architect before moving to Product Managed and has worked with many of Twilio’s European customers. Abhijit is also advisor to multiple startups for their tech and product strategy.
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Olaf Siedler
Portfolio Manager @ Schroder Ventures
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Jamie Brooke
Fund Manager @ Lombard Odier
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Sebastian Shea
Portfolio Manager – Private Equity @ Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
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Nuno Meira
Project & Development Manager @ GOLDENSTONE
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Goldenstone focuses on the acquisition, design, and construction of the property. Read more about GOLDENSTONE on Crunchbase…
Stephen Lindsay
UK Business Development Manager @ SFC Capital
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Stephen is co-founder and Head of Business Development at Ixty. Before moving to the angel investing and startup world, Stephen developed his career in financial services and sales and worked in countries like Singapore and France. His main role at Startup Funding Club is introducing new investors to tax efficient investing through the Fund and angel network.
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Bertie Guard
Product Manager @ Deliveroo
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Eleonora Mantovani
Investment Platforms Manager, EMEA @ Techstars
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Isobel Hume
Executive Manager @ Global Switch
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Richard Whitehead
Principal Product Marketing Manager @ Adobe
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Jan Schuster
Portfolio Manager – Private Equity Division @ Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
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Barbara Toniut
General Manager @ Publieurope
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Barbara is the General Manager of Publieurope. Publieurope is the international sales division of Mediaset Group – the leading linear and non-linear, free and pay TV broadcaster in Italy and Spain. Publieurope internationals portfolio also includes the main and most innovative Media Companies in Europe: Pro7Sat1 Group in Germany, Channel4 in UK, Tf1 in France, SBS in the Netherlands and Belgium. We recently partnered with Rotana for the MENA region. Barbara has more than 25 years of experience in the European Media Markets, driving media deals with clients in all sectors, managing multi-lingual and multi-culture sales teams based in the main European cities:Munich,Paris,Lausanne,London ,Milan and Madrid. Barbara and her team offer a unique service and appropriate support to clients and agencies wanting to approach foreign markets as well as to multinational companies and their media agencies international departments. Coordination and constant contact with the local teams of Mediaset and our Partners give Publieurope a deep understanding of local markets.
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Jason Rolf
Business Development Manager @ Amati Global Investors
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Jason started his working career on the London International Financial Futures Exchange in 1987, trading interest-rate options for an LSE options market-maker. He became an independent trader shortly after and then founding partner of a large independent options-trading group. During this time he co-founded London Derivatives Options Software Ltd, a software firm that produced one of the first commercially available option pricing models in London. This business ultimately became the foundation of the software firm, FFastfill plc which floated on the AIM market in 2000. Jason’s work on option-pricing and trade-execution algorithms for electronic trading introduced him to the field of systematic models where he has concentrated since 2005. He joined Amati as a partner at the end of 2010. He is a current holder of the CFA Investment Management Certificate (IMC). In 2014 Jason served as a director of the London media technology business Mirriad Ltd, an Amati VCT investee company.
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Niall Santamaria
Senior Investment Manager @ Edge VC
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Niall is an Investment Manager at Edge, having joined from Exodus Ventures, a specialist firm within the high-growth, early-phase digital media sector. At Edge Niall focuses on sourcing and developing investment opportunities in the creative industries and the technologies that enable them. A holder of the CFA charter and with an MBA from the London Business School, Niall has served as an investor, board member, strategic advisor and corporate finance advisor during a decade in venture capital.
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Mark Hammond
General Manager, Cambridge; Head of Leadership Programmes; Instructor @ Ethos
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Our military power-house Mark has over 20 years of operational service with the Royal Marine Commandos receiving the Queens Commendation in 2003 and the Distinguished Flying Cross in 2006. He appeared on the BBC for the book he wrote about leading his team in Afghanistan. The unbelievable physical standard needed for such a career has been maintained, and Mark instils this into everything he does at ETHOS. His intensely challenging TRX classes work core stability, body conditioning and physical strength; all of which is a part of the ETHOS method. Book well in advance for his classes as they book out quickly!
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Guy Ward Thomas
Investment Manager @ DN Capital
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Guy joined DN Capital in 2015 as an Associate, having gained entrepreneurial experience in a Rocket Internet venture. He began his career in strategy consulting spending 4 years at OC&C advising PE Funds and large European TMT, retail and FMCG clients. Guy graduated from Cambridge with a first in Social and Political Sciences and subsequently spent a year studying Economics and Management at the Judge Business School. His sectors of focus include marketplaces, ecommerce and software.
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Jafar Soltani
Senior Software Engineering Manager @ Improbable
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Improbable is a UK-based games technology company that is dedicated to building powerful technology designed to help problems. Read more about Improbable on Crunchbase…
Doug Wolff
Business Developer Manager, Manufacturing @ Epic Games
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A 15-year veteran of the video games industry, Doug has turned his attention to evangelising the power of game engines for use in the Manfacturing industry. As part of the Unreal Engine Enterprise team, Doug shows companies in automotive, aerospace, and all other ‘heavy’ manufacturing disciplines how bringing a realtime engine into the centre of a company can institute business change.
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Arjan Blok
Investment Manager @ Three Hills Capital Partners
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Scott Friesen
Strategic Partner Development Manager @ Google
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Scott Friesen is the Industry Manager for airlines and the Strategic Partner Development Manager at Google in the UK. During his 4 years at Google, Scott has worked with travel companies to develop digital strategies to transform their success, identify their business challenges and collaboratively shape solutions using Google products. Prior to Google, he worked at BP in their marketing group. He is originally from Western Canada, where he earned an undergraduate degree in business.
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Niamh Gallagher
Marketing Manager @ Undo
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Keith Lavelle
Ecommerce Consultant and Project Manager @ CK Consultancy
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Keith Lavelle the founder and CEO of South West Mountain Sports Limited which manages a number of e-commerce websites. South West Mountain Sports has grown to be a £2m business within 12 months of opening its doors showing strong profits in year one and huge potential for further dramatic growth. In 2010 Keith took over a failing e-commerce company Webtogs Ltd after the shareholders removed its former CEO Keith put the company through a rescue process of re-negotiating contracts , changing all the management processes, and putting in financial controls. Under Keith the company turned around from carrying a total loss of £750,000 loss into profit within 2 years. Keith has used his experience in company rescue to provide rescue plans and advise for a number companies focusing on helping people manage their companies out of difficulty or restructuring the company in a way that allows it to stabilise and grow.
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Jorge Lesmes
Senior Manager – Global Head of Blockchain Banking Practice @ Everis Group
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Jorge (MSc Comp Sci) is in charge of leading and defining the group’s strategic direction and value proposition for the Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology initiative for the banking sector, overseeing industry projects the group is participating in. With over 10 years’ experience in the area of Banking Consulting (Corporate & Retail), he has acquired an expert knowledge in critical banking infrastructure and regulatory transformation including CMA Open Banking, GDPR and PSD2 having led implementations for multiple Tier 1 global banks. His current focus is on how the Internet of Value will improve our ability to make payments as quickly and efficiently as data transfers, as well as inter-ledger infrastructure to improve connectivity between different DLT platforms.
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Ambrose Faulks
Fund Manager @ Artemis
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Having graduated with a masters in chemistry from Oxford University, Ambrose joined the research department at Odey Asset Management in 2005. As an equity sector analyst he focused on banks/diversified financials/property/house-builders during 2007-2009, and more recently on software and IT services. A CFA charterholder, Ambrose moved to Artemis in 2013.
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Oliver Sexton
Investment Manager @ Midven
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Oliver manages the commercialisation of bioengineering and medical technologies from Imperial College. Prior to joining Innovations he spent five years in commercial & licensing roles at Ark Therapeutics where he was responsible for corporate deal structures and partnering with large pharma. Previously he managed a small team in a biotech investment diligence consultancy and has worked as a strategy analyst. Oliver has a BSc in Molecular Biology/Biotechnology and an MSc in Plant Science. Currently he is a director of Acublate, an HIFU spin out from the CRT.
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Harriet Dickinson
Manager, Real World Data and Analytics @ GSK
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Experienced Data Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Interested in epidemiology, data analytics, personalised medicine, machine learning, cluster analysis, social media analytics, EHR/eCRF analytics, SAS and R.
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Anton Gething
Product Manager @ Google
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Iwan Bricker
Sales Team Manager @ Plum Guide
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Plum Guide is the definitive list of the world’s best vacation rentals. Read more about Plum Guide on Crunchbase…
Jake Adebayo
Senior SEO Manager @ Bucketlist
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Neth Williams
Marketing Project Manager @ CGI
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Ronan Carter
Senior Manager/ Program Leader @ Procurian Inc.
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Entrepreneurially- and commercially-minded senior manager • Started/ involved with 3 early stage businesses, as well as ‘line’, consulting and outsourcing experience in the Procurement industry • Proven skill at building capabilities from scratch, securing support and funding for future growth • Accomplished strategic thinker with persuasive negotiating ability • High level of self-confidence and integrity with the ability to influence and convince others
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BJ Eastwood
Fund Manager @ Omega Advisors
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Chris Roberts
Partner & Alliances Manager, Europe @ Megaport
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With more than 20 years of experience, Chris fosters an extensive range of expertise in selling directly to the corporate marketplace and through the partner channel.Chris has held senior positions at a number of global solutions and service providers in the past, including Pulsant where he was responsible for building a channel proposition, recruiting partners, and launching the new programme to the market. He also worked at MTI, an international provider of managed services and storage solutions, where he headed up the New Business and Channel sales teams for the Managed Services division.Prior to that, Roberts worked for iomart and Datapipe where he was tasked with building, promoting and delivering indirect programmes and revenues for the channel community, accomplishing several key wins across multiple verticals. At iomart, Chris added significant value in delivering millions of pounds in new annualised revenue for the company and assisted the team in gaining accreditation as an approved Dell managed services provider.
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Vladimir Rusaliychev
Business Development Manager @ Knowledge Train
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Knowledge Train provides professional training and online classes about project management. Read more about Knowledge Train on Crunchbase…
Alastair Majury
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager @ Alastair Majury Project Management
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Alastair Majury is a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst and Data Scientist with a proven track record of success. Throughout his professional career, Alastair has had extensive experience in a variety of sectors, including planning, developing, implementing and delivering migrations, organisational change, regulatory, legislative, and process improvements. Majury has had extensive experience working for multiple global financial organizations. Through his Senior Business Analyst and Data Scientist services, Majury has also covered the Challenger Bank, Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Life & Pensions sectors. Through his decade-long professional career, Alastair Majury has honed his skill set in business analysis and financial services to become one of Scotland’s most successful and trusted analysts. As is the case with most analysts, Majury has worked alongside several leaders and senior managers in order to create long-lasting solutions. Majury’s success throughout his professional career is a testament to his ability to devise pragmatic solutions to support operational functions. Alastair Majury had started out in the financial services industry at HSBC as a market data analyst. This experience quickly led to him becoming an expert in OTC credit derivatives, which led to business analysis. Eventually, Alastair began working with multiple high-profile organizations and financial services corporations to deliver complex requirements and solutions. Majury, as a senior business analyst and data scientist, enjoys the always-changing and fast-paced environment that the industry provides. He draws inspiration from the fact that every single day can be vastly different; he also finds this to be the most rewarding aspect of the job. Alastair Majury, as any true professional does, hopes to continue to expand his knowledge of his industry and to increase his understanding of several core concepts, such as big data and regulatory projects. In doing this, he will continue his career and reputation as one of the UK’s most well-known and respected financial services professionals. Just recently, Alastair Majury passed CISI’s level 4 Derivatives (IAD) module spectacularly. The examination is specifically designed to challenge candidates’ knowledge of the regulations and practices in financial and commodity derivatives, their underlying markets and even the principles of investment strategies. In passing the examination, Alastair has proven his innate knowledge of derivatives, their underlying assets, clearing, delivery and settlements, portfolio research and construction trading, hedging and investment strategies, investment selection and administration and any other special regulatory requirements. This is a tremendous success for Majury and a large step forward in his already storied career. Alastair Majury is responsible for providing analytical services, including data analysis, to companies. Outside of work, Alastair Majury is heavily dedicated to philanthropic work. He is very much involved with a variety of charities and philanthropic organizations, both foreign and domestic. He believes that by working together, we can help make this world a better place. Alastair does not necessarily have a charity in particular that he enjoys working with. Instead, Alastair works with as many charities as he possible can in order to gain a greater sense of fulfillment and to help as many causes as possible. He is also very heavily involved with Scotland and thoroughly enjoys traveling his home country. From its sweeping, green hills to its rocky shores and historical landmarks, Alastair believes that Scotland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and rightfully so.
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Andrew Brown
Senior Investment Consultant & Private Equity Manager Research @ Willis Towers Watson
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Willis Towers Watson is a global advisory and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. Read more about Willis Towers Watson on Crunchbase…
Deirdre Terrins
Investment Manager @ Crescent Capital
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Deirdre has extensive corporate experience in managing new technology offerings and market creation. Her international sales background in Siemens, (Europe) and Xerox (US) is complimented by venture and change management roles in the US, UK and Asia. Deirdre has managed innovative product and process assignments in both public and private sectors. Her background in new product development includes successful introduction of ‘disruptive’ technologies and the creation of new markets. She has directed investment in start ups, high growth, MBO and IP commercialisation companies. For Crescent, Deirdre directed the investment in Speechstorm Ltd. Deirdre acts as advisor to high growth companies and as a mentor and coach to entrepreneurs.
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Nat Edington
Vice President & General Manager of Environmental Sensors Business Line @ ams
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Nat has over 20 years’ experience in fast paced technology companies, from start-ups and SMEs to global players. Prior to CCS, he was VP & General Manager at Wolfson Microelectronics for 8 years, managing their largest revenue businesses in excess of $100m with blue chip consumer customers. Previous roles include Board Directorship, General Management, Business Development, Strategic Marketing and Engineering in the semiconductor, electronic products and manufacturing sectors
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Hiwot Mendahun
Technical Product Manager (Security) @ Mimecast
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Hiwot Mendahun is a cyber resilience expert and product manager at Mimecast. Having joined Mimecast in 2011, Hiwot works closely with all areas of the organization to bring new security products and service innovations to our customers. Hiwot has a passion for security and technology and holds a master’s degree in Information Security and a bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence. When not saving the world, Hiwot shares her enthusiasm by mentoring young people on behalf of The Princes Trust.
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Alex Ley
Senior Manager & Delivery Lead UKI @ VMware Tanzu
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Charles Henri De Marignac
Fund Manager The Compounding Partnership Fund @ The Forum Finance Group
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Nzube Ufodike
Financial Inclusion Programme Manager @ Wayra
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Nzube specialises in early stage technology start-ups and their equity investments. He met over 70 companies in person last year, of which 12 were mentored and 2 went on to raise capital. His professional experience covers entrepreneurship and finance in the UK and emerging markets. He founded Amoo Venture Capital Advisory to support start-ups seeking growth capital. Previously, he worked in front office roles in global investment banking and asset management. As part of Nzube’s commitment to building strong and healthy communities, he volunteers and works with community-oriented projects that invest in developing human capital and nurturing talent.
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Horia Humaila
Information Security Manager @ BioCatch
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Horia leads the teams responsible for designing and implementing AimBrain’s network and information security solutions. He holds two Masters degrees; the first in Complex Information Systems and the second in Information Security, and was awarded his PhD in Systems Engineering in 2011. Before joining AimBrain, Horia worked in security configuration and deployment roles in organisations including Orange and IBM.
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Jeremy Heath
Innovation Manager @ Sutton and East Surrey Water
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With over 20 years experience in the Water Industry, and a background in both mechanical engineering and database applications, Jeremy is responsible for the management of innovation within SESW. This involves both the development of an innovation culture and the introduction of new technologies into the Water Industry, in particular the Smart Water Network. This innovative network will be built on enhanced sensors, a communication layer, intelligent processing, intuitive graphical displays and workforce mobilisation.
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Joe Marshall
Production Operations Manager @ Morrisons
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Morrisons is a retailer that specializes in supermarket chain management in the UK. Read more about Morrisons on Crunchbase…
Barry Davidson
General Manager @ Fairgrieve Compression Moulding
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Fairgrieve Compression Moulding offers industrial moulding of engineering-grade plastics for a wide range of uses and industries. Read more about Fairgrieve Compression Moulding on Crunchbase…
Dennis Engelke
Executive Director, Country Manager Switzerland & Austria @ Jazz Pharmaceuticals
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Dennis Engelke is the director of business analysis and insight at [Jazz Pharmaceuticals](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jazz-pharmaceuticals), an international biopharmaceutical company. Engelke holds an MBA from Uppsala University and an MBA from the University of Hamburg.
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Fabio Maffioli
Senior Program Manager @ Techstars
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Gianluca Forino
Project Manager @ Black Swan Equity Partners LLP
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Lili Piper
Business Development Manager @ Paysafe
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Paysafe is a global payments provider offering a range of payments solutions for businesses and consumers. Read more about Paysafe on Crunchbase…
Kieran Garvey
Policy Programme Manager @ University of Cambridge
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Mariele Runacre Temple
Casting and Production Manager @ Audible
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Gregoire Frileux
Software Engineering Manager @ Vonage
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Andrew Hall
Senior Technology Manager @ comparethemarket.com
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comparethemarket.com is a company which allows customers to save money by comparing prices in a wide range of goods and services. Read more about comparethemarket.com on Crunchbase…
Kat Knocker
General Manager @ Tails.com
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Kat’s Product and Customer Experience team sits firmly at the centre of tails.com, keeping the customer right at the heart of the business as tails.com continues to grow. A member of Management Today’s 35 Under 35, Kat is part of the founding team at tails.com and has seen the businesses rapid growth over the last 4 years, becoming one of the most advanced players in the direct-to-consumer, tailor-made pet nutrition category who today deliver more than 4 million bespoke dog meals each month. Kat and her team are driven by a passion to change the lives of dogs and their owners for the better, and are proud of their customer advocacy including a 9.6 score on Trustpilot. Tailored, personalised experiences for both dogs and owners are a core part of tails.com’s product and success – and remain as personalised today as they did at the start. Kat is passionate about creating products and services that truly engage customers, and brings her skills and experience from Innocent Drinks and graze.com to her role at tails.com.
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Dan Gurfinkel
Security Engineering Manager @ Meta
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Damian Benstead
Event Partnerships Manager @ TechCrunch
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Clemens Meyer
Senior Program Manager @ DeepMind
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DeepMind is a research company that specializes in artificial intelligence for positive impact. Read more about DeepMind on Crunchbase…
Jason Hardjosoekatmo
Co-Founder, Business Development Manager @ Hadean
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Tim Marsden
Project Manager @ Centre for Process Innovation
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Tim is a Project Manager for the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, where he has been working for the last 2years. Prior to CPI, Tim worked for the British Plastics Federation (BPF), responsible for the Federation’s UK/EU funded R&D projects. Tim is currently responsible for a number of multimillion pound UK and European Funded R&D projects, particularly active in the ‘life sciences’ field, working closely with “Big Pharma” to develop smart packaging products, seeing these through to commercialisation.
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Gregory Hough
Digital Projects Manager @ GlaxoSmithKline
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Gregory Hough is an expert in how people experience and interact with Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Currently he is the Digital Project Manager at GSK’s Shopper Science Lab, where he uses the latest innovations in Virtual Reality to conduct industry leading research into shopper insights. Previously he was a research associate at Birmingham City University, where he completed his PhD in authentic appearing AR for television in 2015 and published his work in several leading conferences and journals.
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Angela Cearns
Chief eCommerce Officer & General Manager @ Pizza Hut UK
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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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Ed Couchman
Regional General Manager, DACH, Netherlands, Nordics and UK @ Snapchat
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