CAMARCO - Key Persons
Alex joined Camarco in 2021 having graduated from the University of Durham with a BA in International Relations. Alex works across a range of financial, industrial and support services clients, including a series of FTSE 100 and 250 companies, advising them on financial calendar, crisis issues, media engagement and corporate events.
Amrith joined Camarco in 2022 and has over 7 years' experience in Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, working with clients across financial services, fintech, government, policy, sustainability, and business; for media markets across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Amrith is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with an MSc in Media & Communications and holds a Bachelor's in Journalism from Madras Christian College.
Andrew has a decade of experience in communications, public affairs and financial communications, advising clients across the oil and gas, energy transition, infrastructure and renewables sectors.
His specialisms include crisis and issues management, political engagement, investor relations and market entry work, Andrew has worked extensively with international CCS and nuclear technologies, oil and gas projects and infrastructure along with supporting the nascent hydrogen economy.
Before joining Camarco. he spent a number of years working for Viridor as part of the Pennon Group and worked for Newgate Communications and more recently Madano.
Annabel has over three years' experience in communications across the financial services and property sectors. She joined Camarco from Rostrum PR where she worked on the Legal & General Protection account. Current clients include Brewin Dolphin, MJ Hudson, Polar Capital and Mattioli Woods. Annabel provides support to her clients in the financial services sector and ensures proactive media relations.
Anushka joined Camarco in 2023 having graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences with a Global Master's in Management. Anushka works with a range of financial clients across the private equity, investment fund and investment trust industries. Since Anushka has completed her BA in Business Management from Durham University, she has previously worked at a start-up management consultancy for two years.
Ben Woodford has over 30 years' experience in corporate and financial communication. He has worked across a range of communication activity including media relations, issues and crisis management, investor and government relations. As well as many years of working in consultancy with Bell Pottinger, Ben has also run the in-house communications for a leading investment bank (Morgan Grenfell) and a Big Four clearing bank (NatWest Group). He has extensive experience of IPO's, M&A and also specialises in corporate positioning and brand building.
Billy has worked in strategic communications for 24 years, having advised a wide range of international companies in the FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE all share and on AIM. Billy has particular experience advising companies on financial calendar communications, crisis communications, investor relations, IPOs, complex M&A and on shareholder activism situations.
Prior to joining Camarco, Billy spent nine years at FTI Consulting's Strategic Communications division, formerly known as Financial Dynamics prior to which he spent six years at Bell Pottinger Financial. Billy is a Fellow of the Geological Society.
Charlie works across Camarco's financial services, resources, and sustainable economy sectors. Charlie joined Camarco in 2022 after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in History and Politics. Since starting Charlie has worked on a number of deals, transactions, and product launches.
Ed has worked in the financial services sector for 24 years. He has advised high profile global clients on all aspects of communications within the financial markets, including large scale M&A, IPOs, restructuring, legal and regulatory investigations and governmental defaults.
Eddie has worked in financial communications for 8 years, joining Camarco in January 2018 from Tulchan Communications. He has a wide range of investment trust experience, having worked with a range of FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE all share listed companies and funds. Eddie has significant IPO experience and has advised on multiple M&A situations over his career.
Elfie joined Camarco in 2022 and works in the energy, resources and sustainable economy team. She has specialist experience in natural resources and emerging markets, working with a number of major listed and private companies, managing financial, regulatory and corporate newsflow, as well as advising on sustainability communications. Elfie speaks Russian and German and graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in Modern Languages.
Emily has four years' experience in financial communications working in the energy, resources and sustainability team at Camarco, where she joined having graduated with a BSc in Business Management and Communications, Media and Culture from Oxford Brooks University. Emily is a resources specialist and is focused on the day-to-day account management and support in the sector. Emily has advised on several IPOs and multiple M&A situations, some of which have been hostile. Emily sits on the Communications Committee of the global charity Women in Mining.
Fergus joined Camarco in 2022 where he works in the energy, resources and sustainable economy team advising companies on their financial communications and investor relations. Prior to joining Camarco, Fergus worked for three years at Novella Communications where he was involved in the researching, planning and execution of communications strategies for a variety of listed companies. Fergus has considerable experience advising companies on IPOs and on complex M&A situations. Fergus has a degree in Ancient History from the University of Bristol.
Frank is an ESG and sustainability leader with more than 10 years' in-house and consultancy experience. He has advised boards, leaders and executive teams of leading global companies on all aspects of ESG and sustainability, focusing specifically on the role that communications play in developing successful strategies, delivering engaging communications and organising for systemic change.
Frank was previously Director of Consulting & Communications at Salterbaxter and Brunswick/MerchantCantos. Before that he was the Head of Sustainability at Dentsu Aegis Network. Frank has been recognised with more than 10 awards in ESG and sustainability including the Best Sustainability Disclosure for a FTSE 250 company.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Executive Director
- Chairman, APCO UK
Geoffrey is one of the most experienced consultants in financial PR and investor relations. With over 35 years of experience, he has advised numerous clients on maximising their valuations and corporate reputations across a wide range of areas, including IPOs, M&A and an on-going financial calendar basis. Client experience includes advising Quilter on its £2.8 billion listing, Grainger on its strategic repositioning, CMC Markets on its £0.7 billion IPO, Thomas Cook in its transformation and £1.6 billion capital refinancing, ABN Amro, Zurich Insurance Group, Northern Rock (post government ownership), Aegon, Allied Irish Banks, Friends Provident and Fortis as well as many others.
He was previously Global President of FTI Consulting's Strategic Communications division, formerly known as Financial Dynamics, which he joined in 2000. Before that he was Head of Investor Relations at NatWest, where he led the bank's defence against The Royal Bank of Scotland's and the Bank of Scotland's hostile bids, having joined the bank in 1990. He began his career as a buy side investment analyst with Leopold Joseph in 1985.
Georgia has been advising companies on their financial and corporate communications since 2009. She has strong experience in the energy, resources and sustainable economy sectors and has advised on a number of complex M&A situations, IPOs and capital raising transactions, alongside financial calendar work.
Prior to joining Camarco, Georgia was a Director at FTI Consulting. Before this she worked in New York in a marketing role and studied for the Certificate in International Business Practice.
Georgia joined Camarco's growing digital practice at the start of 2023 with over 5 years of experience in digital marketing, across a range of sectors from retail to corporate.
Georgia has significant experience advising clients on their digital communications strategy for private and publicly listed companies on AIM, LSE and Aquis.
Georgia has advised on digital strategy for multiple successful IPOs and M&A situations. Georgia has a BA Hons in Business & Management from University of Portsmouth.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the the 30% Club
Georgina has a decade of experience working for investment and financial services firms across pension funds, banking, alternative assets, and law. She advises both private and listed companies on stakeholder engagement, internal communications, corporate responsibility positioning and reputation management. Her experience is international, having worked with some of the world's largest asset management consultants and investment groups. She has also worked across the clean tech, health tech, mining and blockchain sectors.
Georgina is also a committee member for the 30% Club, the global business campaign to increase gender diversity at board and senior management levels.
Ginny has over 30 years' experience in advising companies on their corporate reputations, crisis management and special situations alongside a wide range of capital market communications including IPOs, secondary fundraisings, placings, M&A, restructurings and shareholder activism as well as financial calendar related investor relations and media relations campaigns.
Amongst her successful M&A transactions, Ginny has led high profile international campaigns, such as Ferrovial's £10.4bn takeover of BAA, ABB's US acquisitions of Thomas & Betts and Baldor Inc, Colfax on its US$1.2bn bid for Charter against Melrose as well as Hyder's two sided bid defence from Arcadis and Nippon Koei and May Gurney plc's defence from Costain and Kier.
From 1988 to 2014 Ginny co-founded and was a senior director on the board of Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
Ginny has an established track record within the industrials, support services and real estate sectors. Client experience includes Babcock plc, VT Group plc, Shanks, Indra Sistemas, Alere, Grainger plc, Miller Homes, Lakehouse and Nexus Infrastructure.
Prior to entering financial communications, Ginny worked in corporate finance at N.M.Rothschild and foreign exchange at Bankers Trust.
Gordon has over 15 years' experience in the communications and capital market sectors, advising international clients on their financial and corporate communications.
Gordon has particular experience advising mining and resource companies on their financial calendar communications, developing integrated engagement programmes, investor relations, IPO, international M&A and crisis communications.
Gordon was previously a Director at Buchanan where he advised companies such as Centamin, Endeavour Mining, Sinarmas Group, Aureus Mining, Mineral IRL, Azonto Petroleum and Archipelago Resources. Prior to Buchanan Gordon was a practising solicitor at Boodle Hatfield.
Hugo has several years' experience in financial communications and works across a range of corporate clients and sectors, primarily within the energy, resources and sustainable economy team. Hugo's clients range from AIM to FTSE 100 where he advises on strategy, financial calendar communications, media relations and sell-side analyst engagement. He has worked on multiple IPOs and has significant M&A experience. Before starting at Camarco Hugo graduated from The University of Nottingham with a BA (Hons) in Theology and Religious Studies.
Jennifer has 17 years' experience in the communications and financial markets sectors, advising clients on a broad range of critical communications issues with a particular focus on corporate and financial communications, IPOs, M&A and equity capital market transactions.
Jennifer has extensive experience in developing integrated engagement programmes for clients with key audiences and stakeholders, investor relations and financial calendar work, internal communications, media relations, profile building, corporate responsibility positioning and reputation management.
Julia has over 12 years' experience and works across the financial services sector advising clients on M&A, special situations including litigation and restructuring, and corporate communications. Her clients include private equity, hedge funds and publicly listed FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies.
Julia joined Camarco having spent 8 years as a market analyst including at Clarksons and S&P Global. She graduated from the University of Cambridge where she studied History at Trinity Hall.
Kirsty joined the energy, resources and sustainable economy team at Camarco at the end of 2022. She supports a range of corporate clients including, FTSE 350, AIM and private companies. Kirsty joined Camarco after graduating from Bristol University with a BA (hons) in Liberal Arts.
Job Titles:
- Letaba Rimell / Senior Consultant
Lily joined Camarco in 2021 and works across a range of corporate clients, primarily in the energy, resources and sustainable economy team. Lily has worked on multiple successful IPOs and advises her clients on financial calendar communications, media relations and sell-side analyst engagement. Before joining Camarco, Lily graduated from Loughborough University with a BA (Hons) in International Relations. During her time at university, Lily undertook a placement year at Drax where she worked in the Public Relations and Press Office team.
For over a decade Lloyd has provided strategic advice and consultancy to a wide range of listed and private companies, helping his clients to create and hone effective and compelling experiences online, and ensure impactful messaging and engagement cross-channel (and gain a few awards along the way).
Lloyd has worked across a range of sectors including retail, natural resources, technology, healthcare and financial services. Key clients have included Moonpig Group, Merlin Entertainments, Hybrid Air Vehicles, Centrica, Harbour Energy, Barclays, Avast, BT and Allergy Therapeutics.
Before joining Camarco, Lloyd was a Digital Director at Emperor, which he joined in 2016, and prior to that an Account Director at Wardour and also Addison Group (now known as Superunion).
Job Titles:
- Senior Director
- Media Relations and Communications Specialist
Louise has over 30 years of media and communications experience specialising in pensions, investments and advice / wealth management. Louise started her career at National Mutual, a specialist IFA only pension firm before moving into agency life. She has worked at Polhill, Lansons and prior to Camarco, she was a Managing Director in FTI Consulting's Strategic Communications division, formerly known as Financial Dynamics which she joined in 2000.
Louise is a media relations and communications specialist and has developed a network of top tier business and financial contacts. In addition to successfully running critically acclaimed campaigns and on-going public relations programmes, Louise is highly experienced in crisis, issues and change management having headed a number of sensitive projects for global organisations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director
- Trustee of the Taylor Bennet Foundation
Marc has 20 years of experience advising technology and life sciences companies on financial and corporate communications, from earlier stage startups raising Series A funding, through to scale-ups, IPO and beyond. Marc also has significant experience advising deeptech focused Venture Capital funds, as well as Private Equity.
Prior to Camarco, Marc spent seven years at The PR Office (PRO) where he was MD of the agency, as well as building and heading-up the tech team, and leading on overall financial communications. Previously Marc worked at Kreab Gavin Anderson, FTI Consulting, Financial Dynamics and Bankside Consultants. Marc started his career at Deloitte.
Marc is a Trustee of the Taylor Bennet Foundation, and was formerly a non-executive director at UK Israel Business.
Job Titles:
- PR Specialist
- Head of Campaigns
Having joined Camarco from Grey Advertising where she led consumer PR activity, Marie is a highly seasoned PR specialist with more than 18 years' experience. In that time she has gained experience working on both UK and global integrated brand campaigns for clients across multiple sectors including financial services, sustainable economy, food & drink, travel & tourism, retail, home interiors and fashion & beauty.
Having cut her teeth as a press officer within local government, Marie has subsequently honed her competencies in both in-house roles and at leading PR and advertising agencies.
Her core skills include campaign planning and management, media relations, stakeholder management and brand activation.
Job Titles:
- Nuthara Bandara / Consultant
Owen has over a decade of experience in the City advising and investing in energy, resource and sustainable economy companies. Owen specialises in providing companies with investor relations, financial calendar communications, crisis advice and has much experience advising on IPOs and complex M&A situations.
Owen joined Camarco having spent seven years as a sell-side analyst and equity salesman at Canaccord, a buy-side analyst at Abydos Capital and having worked in the oil industry at Hague & London Oil.
Phoebe works primarily across the corporate and financial services sector, supporting a number of investment, pension and wealth management clients on their financial and corporate communications and has strong experience of advising clients on IPOs, M&A and through crisis situations. Phoebe joined Camarco in 2020 after graduating from The University of Exeter with a BA (Hons) in History and International Relations.
Poppy joined the financial services team in October 2023, and works across a range of clients including hedge funds, law firms and wealth managers. Before joining Camarco, Poppy graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in English Literature with Japanese.
Rebecca joined Camarco in 2021 and she supports a variety of FTSE 250 and AIM-listed clients across the energy, resources and sustainable economy teams. She has advised on several IPOs, M&A situations and media outreach programmes and investor activism. Becky graduated from The University of Bristol with a BA (Hons) in History.
Rosie joined Camarco in 2021 from international business communications consultancy, Instinctif Partners, where she spent six and a half years working predominantly across the real estate, construction and industrials sectors. Her experience ranges from AIM listed to FTSE 250 companies, advising clients on their financial calendar, regulatory-driven and corporate communications. Whilst at Instinctif she supported clients through various transactions including IPOs and fundraises. At Camarco, Rosie advises a number of real estate, support services and industrial clients.
Sam joined the energy, resources and sustainable economy team at Camarco in 2022. He supports a range of corporate clients including, FTSE 350, AIM and private companies. Sam graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc in Geography and an MA in International Relations.
Sean joined Camarco in January 2022 and has over 11 years of in-house and consultancy experience in corporate and financial communications. A media relations specialist, Sean spent six years at NatWest Group prior to joining Camarco. Whilst at NatWest Sean worked across their retail, commercial, and wealth divisions and has extensive experience of developing and delivering media strategies and providing strategic counsel to senior executives across a wide range of complex issues. At Camarco he advises clients on corporate positioning, reputation and crisis management and media relations. Client experience includes Bain Capital, Polar Capital, Secure Trust Bank and Stafford Capital Partners.
Tessa works in Camarco's fast growing ESG communications advisory team advising clients in the energy, resources, financial services, industrial, real estate, professional services and support services sector. Prior to that Tessa worked in financial communications advising energy, resource and sustainable economy companies on their financial communications, investor relations and crisis communications. Tessa has an MA in Human Rights from UCL and a BA Hons in History of Art from the University of Leeds.
Tilly joined the Industrials and Real Estate team at Camarco in May 2023 and has almost seven years' experience in Corporate Broking and Investor Relations. She has worked at Panmure Gordon and Zeus Capital, advising a range of FTSE100/ 250 companies and AIM listed clients across all sectors.
She has worked on a number of IPOs and secondary fundraises including the $1.1bn Conduit Reinsurance IPO which was the largest start-up company to be listed on the Main Market. Other successful fundraises include Urban Logistics REIT, Ebiquity and Marks Electrical.
Tom has nearly 10 years' experience and works across a number of sectors and has specific experience advising clients through IPOs and corporate recovery scenarios as well as financial calendar communications, crisis communication and corporate communications. Tom's current clients include a variety of International, Main Market listed and AIM listed clients.
Tom joined Camarco having graduated from the University of Manchester with BA Hons in Classical Studies. He has previous experience working for FTI Consulting in the Strategic Communications division.
Outside of work Tom is a full-playing member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Violet joined Camarco in 2018 and she provides financial calendar support, as well as corporate communications advice, to her FTSE 250 and AIM-listed clients. Violet currently advises a number of energy, financial services and sustainable economy clients and has experience of advising on IPOs and multiple M&A situations, some of which have been hostile. Violet graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in American Literature with Creative Writing and completed a year abroad at the University of Oklahoma.