About us

Core Team

Crisis preparedness, reputational and security expert; Invensys plc, King Worldwide.
Resolution of commercial crises in China, Americas, Europe, Africa. Business continuity through Arab Spring.
Worked in every Middle Eastern and North African state, less Iran.
British Army General officer; Special Forces; MOD Director Defence Diplomacy.
Disproved Iraq WMD; negotiation with Libyan regime on WMD; reported to British Foreign Secretary on Israel/Palestine. Strategic advice to governments and companies.
Multiple TV and radio interviews on risk and security.
MPhil Cambridge University in International Relations. Diploma Kent University in negotiation and mediation. Fluent French, working level Arabic, German, Portuguese.

Spent more than 30 years in financial services with various institutions including Merrill Lynch, RBC and JP Morgan in London and Hong Kong.
Led RBC’s Global Wealth Management across the British Isles.
Held senior client relationship management and leadership positions & was listed in Spear’s Top 50 wealth management “Power Index”.
Has wide experience of resolving challenging issues and a particular interest in supporting leadership to deliver better results through enhanced employee engagement.

Values Based Leadership as a basis for improving organisational performance and one-to-one leadership mentoring
Creating a shared sense of joint enterprise between contractors and hiring organisations
Think-tank developing Defence Capability out to 20-year horizon
Crisis management at tactical and strategic level including extensive support to COBR
British Army Brigadier, extensive operational and training expertise
Negotiated with Libyan regime during post-WMD period and ran NATO team that trained and equipped the Afghan Army

Expert in reputational resilience and crisis management.
25 years advice to governments and leading global companies on structural reform, complex financial transactions, crises and corporate disputes.
Significant experience in the Middle East.
CEO Woodstock Leasor: a London-based strategic communications consultancy.
MA Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.