BRUNSWICK - Key Persons
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- Partner, Tokyo Office Head
- Strategic Advisor
Akiko is a seasoned strategic advisor with extensive experience in professional services. For almost two decades, she has advised companies across a range of sectors on their most pressing issues.
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- Partner, Milan Office Head
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- Office Lead
- Partner, Lisbon Office Head
Alexandra is a former award-winning broadcaster and international journalist. She is a guest lecturer on crisis and leadership, a graduate from the European Business School in London and Catolica University Political Science School in Lisbon (MA) and is fluent in 5 European languages.
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- Partner, Technology, Media & Telecoms Global Lead
- Strategic Communications Advisor
Ash is a strategic communications advisor with 20 years of global experience. Currently serving as global co-head of Brunswick's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) group, he specializes in advising clients on corporate reputation, financial situations-such as M&A, IPOs, shareholder activism, and debt restructurings-and issues and crisis communications.
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- Partner
- Founding Member of Brunswick 's India
Azhar is a founding member of Brunswick's India practice and has lived and worked in the UK, India and the Gulf. He remains a core member of the firm's India group and previously served as Chief of Staff to the firm's UK Managing Partner.
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- Partner, Shanghai Office Head
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- Managing Partner of the Americas
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- Partner
- Partner, Chicago Office Head
Dave is a Partner at Brunswick Group. He joined the firm in 2017 as a Director, was promoted to Partner in 2021, and now leads the firm's Chicago office, working to grow and develop the team in Chicago and expand the firm's client base across the Midwest. His practice areas include Leadership & Transformation, Financial Situations, and Crises & Litigation.
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- Director of Domestic Policy Studies
- Fellow in American Public Policy Studies at the Hoover Institution
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- Partner, Berlin Office Head
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- Partner, Hong Kong Office Head
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- Partner, Consumer Industries Global Lead
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- Partner, Munich Office Head
Fiona joined Brunswick in 2001 as one of the founding staff members of the first German office in Frankfurt and moved to the newly established Munich office in 2011. Prior to joining Brunswick Fiona worked for Edelman PR. She is a Certified Investor Relations Officer (CIRO) and holds a Master degree with distinction from Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany, and Université de Bourgogne in Dijon, France.
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- Partner, Washington DC Office Head
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- Partner, Paris Office Head
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- Partner
- Member of Brunswick 's European
Hugues joined Brunswick's Paris office in 2011, having begun his career in finance. He worked in the M&A department of French retailer Casino, prior to which he was an auditor at EY.
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- Partner, Johannesburg Office Head
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- Senior Partner, Head of Global Strategy & Transformation
Jayne is Head of Global Strategy & Transformation at Brunswick Group. In this role, she works closely with Brunswick's CEO Henry Timms in delivering the firm's strategic growth plans across its network of 27 offices.
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- Partner, New York Office Head
Jonathan is frequently cited as an industry leader. He was ranked by MergerLinks as the "Top PR Consultant in North America" in 2024 and has been ranked in the top 10 every year since 2021. He was featured in Observer's "PR Power List" in 2025 and 2023, and Insider's "Top 15 Financial PR Pros" in 2020.
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- Member of the AMTRAK Board of Directors
- Partner, U.S. Public Affairs, Policy and Regulatory Co - Lead
Lanhee is currently a member of the AMTRAK Board of Directors and has served as a senior appointee across four U.S. presidential administrations, including at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush administration and a member of the Social Security Advisory Board during the Obama and Trump presidencies. He's also been a policy and strategy adviser to three Republican presidential candidates, including service as the Policy Director to 2012 nominee Mitt Romney and a senior adviser to 2016 candidate Marco Rubio.
Additionally, Lanhee is the David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies at the Hoover Institution and Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University. He is a contributing writer to the Opinion Page at the Los Angeles Times and is an NBC News Contributor, appearing regularly on Meet the Press.
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- Operations Leader
- Partner, Chief of Operations, Americas, Dallas Office Head
Lauren is a seasoned operations leader with over 15 years of experience in communications, operations, strategy, and organizational management.
Lisa joined Brunswick in 2018, having served as Chief Operating Officer, Asia at two international law firms. Prior to this, she held key senior positions in the areas of Finance and Operations in commercial organizations with a focus spanning the Asia region.
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- Partner and CEO, Asia - Pacific
Michaela has served as CEO for Asia Pacific since April 2024, driving strategy for the firm in-region while overseeing client engagement and advisory.
Michaela was previously Vice President and the Regional Head of Government and Public Policy for Asia Pacific at Google, across all its business groups, managing the company's interactions with governments, institutional and corporate policy partners and civil society stakeholders in the region. She also sat on the Asia Pacific Operations, Global Affairs and Risk leadership committees.
Michaela is a Prime Minister-appointed Australian representative to the APEC Business Advisory Council where she chairs the Finance and Economics Working Group, and a Non-Executive Director of the board of Singtel Optus. She also sits on the board of the US-ASEAN Business Council, the Australia Japan Business Co-Operation Committee, and Asia Society Australia.
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- Partner, Brussels Office Head
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- CEO of the Americas, U.S. Senior Partner
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- Partner, U.S. Public Affairs, Policy and Regulatory Co - Lead
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- European Managing Partner
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- Partner, Stockholm Office Head
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- Chairman, Emerging Markets & Regional Head, IMEA
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- Partner, São Paulo Office Head
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- Senior Partner, Head of Brunswick Gulf
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- Partner, Frankfurt Office Head
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- UK Managing Partner and Head of Office
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- Partner, Madrid Office Head
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- Partner, Singapore Office Head
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- Buhosi Partner, Riyadh Office Head