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I am the partner overseeing international agriculture, food and trade. I have over 30 years’ experience working in the UK Civil Service, with the last nine years spent in the UK Mission to the EU working on agri-food, trade and Brexit issues, including the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) negotiations and the Northern Ireland Protocol.
As Senior Director in International Financial Services at Penta, I work with high-profile financial services clients to provide strategic communications, political and tactical regulatory advice across key markets. My focus is on understanding client objectives and designing and delivering campaigns to meet their business needs, with due consideration to the political and regulatory environment in which they operate.
I currently hold a position as a Senior Director with public affairs expert in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. I work mostly with the Duty Free and Travel Retail industry and also support the public affairs team with regards to transport and agri-food topics. I joined the Penta team in 2016 after over 5 years’ experience lobbying in Paris.
I joined Penta over five years ago and currently work as a Managing Director, where I lead our Brussels office’s Energy & Environment Team. Since joining the company, my focus areas have been on energy, environment, transport and circular economy policies.
My client work tends to focus on planning and executing public affairs campaigns, with a specific public policy or legislative target to work towards. Advising major MNCs, innovative start-ups and EU trade associations, we analyse the business implications of a legislative proposal and then leverage political, third-party and media engagements for the clients’ policy goals.
I am the Managing Director of Penta’s Hong Kong office and also the firm’s financial services practice lead in Asia. With close to 20 years of experience in corporate communications, I specialise in strategising communications programmes for MNCs and international financial services and professional firms operating in the region, as well as for local semi-government bodies and NGOs.
I am currently serving as Managing Director of Public Affairs. I am responsible for advising a wide range of organisations about how best to tackle reputational, political and regulatory issues. I work with the Technology, Energy, Healthcare and Business Services sectors and possess 30 years of relevant experience.
I currently serve as Vice President Finance and Operations, Europe and Asia for Penta and I am responsible for finance functions across the group. I came to Penta with more than thirty years business experience in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the US and am a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
I am the Partner of Penta’s Dublin business and have almost 20 years’ experience in public affairs and corporate campaigns. My expertise lies in managing campaigns for Irish, European and global brands in the financial services, agri-food, energy, sustainability, technology, and healthcare sectors.
I am the Partner leading Penta’s international financial services practice focussing on providing clients with a borderless offer across London, Brussels, Asia and the United States. This is vital as the issues facing financial services are often international in nature and need to be considered on a cross-border basis. I have 20 years public policy experience as civil servant, regulator, diplomat and in industry.
I currently serve as the Partner of Penta’s Singapore office. With close to 20 years’ experience in corporate communication, public affairs and digital engagement, I am primarily involved in the financial services, professional services and technology sectors.
I am Penta’s Managing Partner, Europe and Asia, and also a strategic communications and government relations consultant specialising in Anglo / Irish affairs and UK EU affairs. I have extensive international corporate strategy, crisis communications, international and integrated campaigning experience in the disruptive technology and energy sectors as well sustainability adaptation.
I became Non-Executive Chairman of Penta in April 2021 and Chair our Main Board. I use 35+ years’ experience of running award winning media companies to help guide the future direction, strategy, governance and management of our business to create a world class company that that employs talented & highly motivated staff; executes impactful and effective work for our clients and provides financial rewards for our shareholders.
I co-founded Hume Brophy (now Penta) in 2005 with John Hume Jnr. Since we launched the company 17 years ago, we have expanded to become one of Europe’s most successful independent regulatory, public affairs and campaigning agencies