Senior Team

FD has a strong and vibrant culture built around intellectual rigor, sound judgment, outstanding technical skills and a total commitment to our clients. This has always been a defining factor in our development enabling us to attract the best people.

Drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds - journalism, law, accountancy, banking, marketing, management and in-house PR positions - they are attracted by the challenges and incentives offered by FD and our commitment to investment in their continuing development.

Click on a name below for a biography:

Jon Aarons Developing Markets Ben Atwell Financial Communications (UK) Sage Baker Managing Director (USA) Robert Bailhache Financial Communications (UK) Michael Bayer Chief Client Officer (USA) Guy Bellamy FD Consumer Dynamics (UK) Nic Bennett Managing Director (South Africa) Raoul Bhavnani Consulting Services (USA) Eric Boyriven Industrials (USA) Jonathan Birt Financial Communications (UK) Markus Breidenstein Financial Communications (Germany) Ben Brewerton Financial Communications (UK) Edward Bridges Special Situations (UK) Jonathon Brill Financial Communications (UK) Sue Brown Corporate (UK) Debra Cabral FD Dittus (USA) Christopher Clark Corporate (UK) Billy Clegg Retail (UK) Jennifer Cohen Managing Director (South Africa) Lou Colasuonno Reputation Management(USA) Tony Danaher Corporate (UK) Dan Dent Managing Director (US) Gloria Dittus FD Dittus (USA) Doug Donsky Financial Services & Special Situations (USA) Andrew Dowler Financial Communications (UK) Simon Elliott Public Affairs (UK) Edward Firth Investor Relations (UK) Diana Footitt CEO (Asia) Ben Foster Financial Communications (UK) Guillaume Foucault Managing Director (France) Ed Gascoigne-Pees Financial Communications (UK) Wolfgang Glabus Financial Communications (Germany) Camilo Granada Managing Director (Colombia) Kal Goldberg Special Situations(USA) Mark Gold Managing Director (Australia) Lutz Golsch Managing Director (Germany) Julia Harrison Partner - Blueprint Partners (Belgium) Louise Harvey Partner - Blueprint Partners (Belgium) Jonathan Hawker Corporate (UK) Alastair Hetherington Managing Director/COO (Asia) Stephanie Highett Financial Communications (UK) John Hobday Managing Director (Gulf Region) Sanjay Jawa Group COO & CFO Paul Keary Director of Development (USA) Declan Kelly Chairman (USA and Ireland) Jim Kelly Managing Director (Australia) Mark Kenny Managing Director K Capital Source (Ireland) Tom Leigh Group Controller (UK) Ivo Lingnau Financial Communications (Germany) David Lloyd Corporate (UK) Harlan Loeb Litigation (USA) Andrew Lorenz Financial Communications (UK) Ben Lucas Public Affairs (UK) Andy Maas Corporate Communications (USA) Brian Maddox Financials (USA) Sarah Marsland Financial Communications (UK) Vikram Mathur Managing Director (India) Mark McCall President & COO (USA) Gordon McCoun Vice Chairman Capital Markets (USA) James Melville-Ross Financial Communications (UK) Paul McSharry Managing Director (Ireland) Nina Mitz Chairman (France) Richard Mountain Financial Communications (UK) Christine Mohrmann Industrials (USA) Dominic Morgan Corporate (UK) Jonathan Neilan Managing Director K Capital Source (Ireland) Betsy Neville General Manager (Chicago - USA) Dick Newby OBE Corporate (UK) Cara O'Brien Managing Director (USA) Juanita Ochoa Managing Director (Colombia) Charles Palmer Financial Communications (UK) Andreas Panayi Managing Director (Design & Digital Media) Leigh Parrish Investor Relations (USA) Debbie Parriss Partner Blueprint Partners (Belgium) Oliver Pawle Group Chairman (UK) Geoffrey Pelham-Lane CEO (FD UK) Julia Phillips Financial Communications (UK) Linda Press Managing Director (USA) Greg Quine Financial Intelligence Unit (UK) John Quinn Chief Financial Officer (USA) Ed Reilly Chief Executive Officer (USA) David Roady Special Situations (USA) Giles Sanderson Financial Communications & Business Development(UK) Ricardo Santamaria Managing Director (Colombia) Deborah Scott Financial Communications (UK) Liz Shanahan Managing Director FD Santé (UK) Miguel Silva Managing Director (Colombia) Jon Simmons Financial Communications (UK) Evan Smith Life Sciences (USA) Leonid Solovyev Senior Vice President (Russia) Tim Spratt Financial Communications (UK) Lindsay Thomas Public Affairs (UK) Mark Thompson Corporate (UK) Ross Thornton Managing Director (Australia) Jose Villarino Managing Director (USA) Andrew Waterworth Financial Communications (UK) Fergus Wheeler Corporate (UK) Andrew Walton Financial Communications (UK) Charles Watson Group Chief Executive Sherrie Weldon Managing Director (USA) David Yates Financial Communications (UK) Wendy Yeung Managing Director (Hong Kong & China)