Founder

• Over 18 years' senior level communications and marketing expertise having worked with some of the world's leading blue chip clients and challenger brands
• Sector expertise: media, technology, entertainment, FMCG, retail, food and nutrition, telecoms, financial services, transport and logistics, property, leisure, consumer health, charitable sector
• Client experience: BSkyB, Universal, HBO, Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony, T-Mobile, Woolworths plc, Sainsburys plc, Mars, St Ivel, Anchor, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Bank of America, First Data, Lloyds TSB, FedEx, British Airways, The Crown Estate, Healthcrafts, Wellcome, Tambrands, Nobel Industries, Boots plc, ICI, Cancer Research UK
• Highly networked with contacts across leading above and below -the -line agencies and with key media
• Trained senior policy writers at the CBI in The Pyramid Principle and communication strategy

Associate - Corporate reputation; crisis and issues management and preparation; internal communications

• Over 20 years' experience, initially at leading PR agencies and for the past 10 years as a senior independent consultant specialising in corporate communications and reputation management
• Senior level expertise in strategic crisis and issues communication, business continuity communication, crisis preparation, management and training
• Wide sector experience especially across retail, food, financial services, FMCG, professional services
• Crisis work includes national press exposés, corporate image attacks, extortion attempts, accidental or deliberate contamination of food and drink products, product recalls, health scares, industrial relations problems, business purchases and closures/sales, credit card fraud, legislative issues such as the manufacturer vs. own-label product debate and targeted media and pressure group attacks on individual organisations
• Highly experienced in internal communications, helping companies communicate with internal stakeholders and partners

Associate - Strategy; change management; operations management

• 17 years experience as a management consultant at McKinsey and Co. and a managing director at Random House UK; Oxford BA and Harvard MBA
• Knowledge of a wide range of industries, notably media, healthcare, retail and the public sector
• Previous clients include: Asda, Safeway, B&Q, Comet, Woolworths, SmithKline Beecham, UK tourist agencies, the NHS, the BBC, BMI Healthcare, Avon, Citigroup, Allied Breweries

Associate - Consumer and corporate media relations; healthcare and social affairs communication; copywriting

• Over 12 years PR experience within leading agencies and currently an independent consultant providing senior counsel and media expertise
• Track record across a variety of sectors from retailers and consumer brands to healthcare promotion
• Committed to informative, educational campaigns, from awareness of legal issues to promoting social change for Government departments such as the Home Office police recruitment, Department of Health alcohol awareness, and FRANK drug information service
• Clients have included: Boots (Crookes Healthcare), Strepsils, E45, Durex, Beconase, Tesco, The National Lottery, Hallmark Cards, The Disney Store
• Also a talented copywriter, developing a wide range of literature from leaflets and corporate brochures to full websites and communications training manuals