{"id":17829,"date":"2022-05-11T23:55:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/londons-5-most-impressive-successful-directors-in-the-politics-space\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T23:55:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:55:02","slug":"londons-5-most-impressive-successful-directors-in-the-politics-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/londons-5-most-impressive-successful-directors-in-the-politics-space\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s 5 Most Impressive &#038; Successful Directors in the Politics Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/\">Best Startup UK<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Politics space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Innovation<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Growth<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Management<\/strong> &#8211; Showing exceptional management skills. <\/li><li><strong>Societal impact<\/strong> &#8211; Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#be2e33\"><strong>Our Data<\/strong> &#8211; We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as <a href=\"http:\/\/companieshouse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companies House UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/semrush.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SemRush<\/a> and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-79031af19682971e742d0b3a6445bde4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_thumb,h_256,w_256,f_auto,g_faces,z_0.7,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/v1497516003\/nxgvc13qnhg2xzjfbj1f.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Tony Craddock<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Director General of Emerging Payments Association<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An enthusiastic business leader of the UK\u2019s most influential trade association in payments, a lively public speaker and avid networker, Tony is passionate about advancing payments innovation. He\u2019s an evangelist for the difference emerging payments can make to lives everywhere. Whether writing blogs, chairing panel sessions at conferences, writing white papers or enrolling CEOs in his mission, Tony shares knowledge derived from over a decade in payments. He is a director, investor and adviser to several payments companies and works with the UK angel and VC investment community to help them access the rising stars of the payments industry. He conceived and launched the Global Prepaid Exchange and Gx in 2004, and the Emerging Payments Association (EPA) in 2012, of which he is Director General. The EPA advances payment innovation for its 100+ members that include the likes of MasterCard, Vocalink, Amazon, Samsung Pay, and Fiserv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Tony Craddock: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/tony-craddock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tonycraddock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Emerging Payments Association: <\/strong>The EPA brings together companies across the emerging payments spectrum to help shape the future of the payments industry landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emergingpayments.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/emerging-payments-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/emerging-payments-association\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n_______\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5d90440559a1eae7973643da26d9d14f is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Kathryn Corrick<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>COO and Research Director of Represent<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Follow Kathryn Corrick: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/kathryn-corrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Represent: <\/strong>Building the tools for a better democracy.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/represent.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/represent-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/represent-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-231f595ae960a6511b6bbd939f39d0c7 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/v1450676741\/qlr5n0sivb8bf2tucqgf.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Martin Ashplant<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Digital and Social Media Director of City A.M.<\/strong><\/p><p>As Digital Director of business news publisher City A.M. Martin Ashplant oversaw the rollout of the first ad blocker blocker at a UK newspaper in October 2015. Having joined City A.M. in May 2014 he has built a digital team that has seen a tripling of audience and been shortlisted for best content team of 2015 at the British Media Awards. Martin will be returning to Metro in 2016, taking on the new role of Digital Director at the newspaper having spent 6 years there helping it to become the fastest growing UK national newspaper website before joining City A.M.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Martin Ashplant: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/martin-ashplant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About City A.M.: <\/strong>City A.M. delivers latest U.K. and World business and finance news, including breaking economic and political news, comment, and analysis.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/city-a-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/cityam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-876360525d8ec126b5599048a21f1e0a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/acux0q4uxfer3kaqacdg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Guy Levin<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Executive Director of Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy)<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Follow Guy Levin: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/guy-levin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy): <\/strong>The policy voice of UK digital startups<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/coadec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/coadec-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-coalition-for-a-digital-economy-coadec-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-876360525d8ec126b5599048a21f1e0a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/acux0q4uxfer3kaqacdg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Guy Levin<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Executive Director of Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy)<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Follow Guy Levin: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/guy-levin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy): <\/strong>The policy voice of UK digital startups<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/coadec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/coadec-com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-coalition-for-a-digital-economy-coadec-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 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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 London based Director operating in the Politics space. If you think a Director 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 &#8211; Operating as a key<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Britain.png?fit=2000%2C1000&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}