SIMON BROCKLEBANK-FOWLER 

Founder & President

Former diplomat and investment banker, with over 20 years’ communications experience.  Client experience include: 3 Nato/EU governments; 15 FTSE 100 companies, 3 top 20 global law firms.  Past Chair Corporate and Financial Group of the Chartered Institute for IPR, Founding Fellow, Investor Relations Society; Honorary Visiting Fellow, Cass Business School; Honorary Visiting Fellow, Confucius Institute, London School of Economics.

JOHN ELDREDGE

Chairman, Middle East 

Former Senior Global Financial Markets Executive (Managing Director) with Global and Regional Financial Institutions, Senior Adviser to Faber and Co, a leading Asia/ME investment bank.  Impeccable financial services, financial media, and regulatory contacts.

SIMON HOWSON-GREEN

Partner

Former head of digital, with Sky, the UK’s leading cable and broadcast television network.  Specialist in digital communications, media training, crisis communications, and broadcast media placement.  Client experience includes BNP Paribas, Microsoft. Has trained expert witnesses for court appearances and worked on a confidential project on the sector on internal communications. He has a BA in Journalism and International Relations from London College of Communication.

ROBIN KERMODE

Partner, Presentation

Robin Kermode is a best-selling author, popular keynote speaker and respected media commentator. He is the leading body language expert for The Guardian, The Telegraph and the Daily Mail. As one of Europe’s leading communication coaches he works globally with senior business leaders, government ministers and corporate teams.

He originally trained as an actor and is a well-known face to audiences on television and the London stage. He is a recognisable voice-over artist and is the MC for the ATP World Tour Finals at The 02 Arena in London each November.

ANDREW MILLS 

Senior Adviser, EMEA 

Andrew Mills was CEO of Virtualstock until November 2018 where he trebled revenue, raised £8.5m of funding, and increased the valuation by 4x. He is also an adviser to the UK Board of Trade, and the former Head of the B2B Division for Samsung Europe, where he built a $4.3bn enterprise. Andrew has also successfully built new international businesses and spin offs. He has an MBA from Cass Business School.

CATHY NORBURY

Partner, Investor Relations

Cathy Norbury worked at Credit Suisse for 20 years, initially working in Equity Research and then the EMEA Corporate Access Team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Cathy spent two years in the Equity Sales team at Henderson Global Investors. Co-founder of InterAxS Global which is a break out of what was a top rated corporate access team at Credit Suisse.

IAN BAHARIE

Senior Adviser, Middle East & Africa

Former career diplomat, principally in Middle East and African posts.  Adviser to Inter Mediate, founded by a former 10 Downing Street Chief of Staff to resolve conflict internationally.  Ian has a digital perimeter and memetic campaign business, is a fluent Arabist and works on government clients directly and via Firehouse.  He is currently engaged via Firehouse on a Big 4 accounting firm mandate in the Middle East.

JEFFRIES BRIGINSHAW

Partner, Regulatory & Trade

Jeffries leads Firehouse’s Trade and Regulatory work. He is currently CEO of Transatlantic Business Britain and former CEO of BritishAmerican Business Council and BritishAmerican Business. He provides strategic and technical advice to a wide range of clients including multinationals and trade associations on policy, regulatory, market entry and FDI and trade policy challenges and opportunities. He has wide experience and strong networks linking London, Brussels, and the Americas and a background in multinational business, law and international trade association leadership. Jeffries has extensive experience in devising and running high-profile regulatory and communications campaigns through all stages from thought leadership, position drafting, industry consensus and standards formation, to outreach and communications, both domestically and across multiple geographies.

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SUSAN MEARS

Partner, Publishing & Film

Over 25 years’ experience in the publishing, publishing agency and digital industries. Ex-global deputy editor at Random House. Extensive head of state and media networks in the Middle East including UAE. Working on clients including the Financial Times [publishing], Versace, a leading global airline services provider, and UAE state. 

DEANE PENNICK

Partner, Investor Relations

Former investment Banker with over 30 years City experience including 12 years at Merrill Lynch,  10 at Societe Generale and lately Natixis . Extensive management and experience in European Equities, fund raising, marketing, finance and legal governance, relationship building and the regulated environment. Currently a consultant to InterAxs, a senior consultant to Firehouse Communications, and a Board Director of EAM , an offshore funds administration platform.

LUCY RICHARDSON

Partner, Investor Relations

Lucy Richardson worked at Credit Suisse for 15 years, initially working in Equity Sales and then the EMEA Corporate Access Team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Lucy spent five years at Citigroup as a European Press Officer. Co-founder of InterAxS Global which is a break out of what was a top rated corporate access team at Credit Suisse.

ANDREA PEREZ-BERTOLOTTO

Consultant

Formerly Film Finance and Investor Relations Manager for Saradan Media. She has experience in Strategic Account Management for finance and accounting strategic clients including Emerson, Allianz, etc, as well as experience in innovation, technology transfer, funding, and start-ups. She graduated with two degrees from UC Berkeley: Political Economy (Power of Government over Technology and Innovation) and French Language and Literature.

LUCY VON GOETZ

Consultant

Formerly Cubitt Consulting and Finsbury with account experience on L1 Technology, Sky, and Telefonica. Former Ralph Lauren PR intern for Europe. Analyst support work on CMS, Zaiwallah, and Gibson Dunn. Former Gallerist and curator with extensive art-world and cultural experience. Journalism experience with Sussex Life and the Brighton Argus, the leading regional daily.  English BA Hons, University of Sussex.