INFLECT PARTNERS - Key Persons


Alex Otway

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Aoife Doherty

Job Titles:
  • Communications & Marketing Manager
  • a Communications and Marketing Manager
Aoife has joined Inflect as a Communications and Marketing Manager. After graduating with a first class honours degree in International Business from the University of Liverpool, she completed two digital marketing internships in Valencia and Seville respectively, followed by a year spent working as a Marketing and Events Coordinator for a charitable organisation, in a role dedicated to facilitating increased representation for under-represented student groups within top universities and leading industries in the UK. Aoife has a strong interest in communicating and promoting opportunities for development in the business sector regionally, nationally and internationally, and looks forward to working on projects that contribute to achieving this aim. Aoife will be working closely with the Trade Association Forum, as well as working on campaigns including the northern Transport Summit, the Northern Powerhouse Education, Employment and Skills summit, and Progressive Britain.

Carli Harper-Penman

Job Titles:
  • Housing Adviser

Debbie Caine

Job Titles:
  • Political Adviser

Emily Wallace - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Fabian Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager

Gill Morris - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Fellow of the CIPR
Founder of Connect Communications and described as "the most influential woman" in public affairs, Gill has over 30 years' experience and is widely recognised for her achievements in redefining public affairs, increasing lobbying transparency and improving public affairs practices in the UK. ​Gill is a Fellow of the CIPR, was the first winner of the Public Affairs Awards for Outstanding Contribution and Douglas Smith Lifetime Achievement Award. There are few, if any, communications professionals who have been acknowledged by the industry in this way. ​Her experience and passion for both politics and the public affairs industry have made her one of the most well-known figures in Westminster. Ever since she led a management buyout of Connect in 1998, she has overseen the growth of the company, including dedicated events, training and political intelligence teams, while maintaining its innovative and unique ethos. The daughter of Lord (Alf) Morris of Manchester she has a wealth of northern experience including establishing the Regional Policy Forum, supporting the English Region's Network and securing clients from across the private and public sector in the north including Mexichem and pteg.

Harry Shackleton

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jane Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Yorkshire Adviser

Jonathan Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Youth & Skills Adviser

Karen Newman

Job Titles:
  • Design & Creative

Karen Potter

Job Titles:
  • Sustainability Adviser

Louis O'Halloran

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager

Lucy Grove

Job Titles:
  • Account Manager

Phil Hope

Job Titles:
  • Health Adviser

Rhianna Riley

Job Titles:
  • Account Executive

Steve Barwick

Job Titles:
  • Policy Adviser