# Steve Flavell

> Steve Flavell is the London-based co-founder and co-CEO of LoopUp, responsible for its global commercial activities. An engineering graduate of Cambridge with a Stanford MBA, he previously worked at Mobil Oil, Mars & Co, Monitor Company and GoIndustry. With fellow co-founder Michael Hughes, he built LoopUp’s conferencing business and subsequently repositioned the company around multinational cloud telephony integrated with Microsoft Teams.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at LoopUp
- **Organizations:** LoopUp, GoIndustry, Monitor Company, Mars & Co, Mobil Oil
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** Master of Engineering (MEng), St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded LoopUp in 2003 and continues to share its CEO role with Michael Hughes., Helped build the conferencing business that floated on AIM in 2016., Led commercial activities through LoopUp’s transition into multinational cloud telephony integrated with Microsoft Teams.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2003** — Worked for Mobil Oil, Mars & Co and Monitor Company, then joined GoIndustry’s founding team and served as EVP and main board director.
- **1997** — Completed his MBA at Stanford, where he met Michael Hughes.
- **2003** — Co-founded Ring2, later LoopUp, with Michael Hughes.
- **2006** — The company launched its conferencing product.
- **2007** — Following a funding round, recruited around 25 experienced conferencing salespeople; later described the rapid hiring as a mistake and rebuilt around trained graduates.
- **2016** — LoopUp listed on AIM, raising £8.5 million in new money.
- **2018** — LoopUp acquired MeetingZone.
- **2024** — LoopUp returned to private ownership as it refocused on multinational cloud telephony.

## Achievements

- Co-founded LoopUp in 2003 and continues to share its CEO role with Michael Hughes.
- Helped build the conferencing business that floated on AIM in 2016.
- Led commercial activities through LoopUp’s transition into multinational cloud telephony integrated with Microsoft Teams.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — LoopUp published a discussion of Flavell’s Business Insight Journal interview on global telephony consolidation, Microsoft Teams and operational reliability.
- **2025-12** — Discussed cloud delivery, Teams integration and global telecom consolidation on Tech Talks Daily.
- **2025-05** — Appeared in WisdomPlexus’s Extra Mile interview series to discuss LoopUp’s strategy and leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://loopup.com/us/company/executive-team/
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steveflavell

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/steve-flavell
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-22