Previously a special advisor to Cabinet ministers. Crisis clients have included Emirates Airline, the International Cruise Line Association, Tata and Starwood.

Simon has provided counsel to high-net-worth individuals and the political office of an EU Prime Minister.

Rod chairs the EACD’s Crisis & Risk Communication Expert Group Rod and has 25+ years much at board-level positions at top-10 agencies.

His crisis experience includes advising the CEO of Malaysia Airlines following the disappearance of Flight MH370 and the airline's subsequent restructuring.

Amanda has more than 20 years’ experience in ‘blue light’ services and led the law enforcement comms response to the Manchester Arena attack.

She is the author of Crisis Communication Strategies and is an advisor for the Resilience Advisors Network, a senior associate of the Centre for Crisis and Risk Communication and the Chair of the UK’s Emergency Planning Society Communication Professional Working Group.

Tom is a brand reputation expert with more than 20 years in global agencies in London and the Middle East.

Experience in crisis began with the Inquiry into the Marchioness disaster, through General Motors Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Adidas on the pandemic impact on the European football season and Olympics.

Former head of communications easyJet UK and specialises in the travel sector handling crises from air space closures to terrorist attacks.

Katie has a particular skillset in business resilience and ISO22301 Business Continuity Management audit.

Stephen is a former investment banker whose career spans Russia, Turkey and Brazil, focusing on crisis, regulatory and sovereign state disputes along with 20 IPOs and mass fatalities.

His practice is international corporate criminal defence including sanctions non-compliance, corruption, INTERPOL Red Notice appeals and corporate killings.

He advised the Republic of Indonesia on litigation PR at an ICSID arbitration and in the first successful ICSID arbitration against China.

Sharon qualified as a solicitor before moving into banking.

Sharon worked for 13 years for NatWest, delivering transformation in culture, strategy and process and leading on external engagement with Parliament and the FCA.

Sharon spent two years as chair of the reputational risk committee within the commercial and wealth divisions of the bank.

Former BBC journalist, 15 years as political correspondent and prior to that Radio Clyde and the Daily Mirror Group.

Before launching his own practice, Tim was Director of Communications at two environmental NGOs.

Sheena began her career as a Naval officer and international assignments have included NATO, the EU, the ASEAN Secretariat and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Her crisis expertise includes aircraft accidents, political crises, cyber threats, regulatory challenges, environmental legacy and post-IPO issues.

Sheena is Board member of the International Institute of Risk and Crisis Communications Association, and member of the BSI Risk Management Study Group on sustainability.

Alisa is a crisis management leader, crisis simulation architect and coach who works with organisations to build their resilience. Throughout her career, Alisa has advised leaders on situations that threatened viability and integrity: repeat mass fatalities, sexual misconduct and harassment, natural disasters, cyber-attacks, corruption and misappropriation of funds, and operational safety incidents. As part of her work, Alisa delivered the risk and crisis management mandate for the UN Refugee Agency, coaching senior leaders, risk advisors, and communications colleagues on risk and crisis leadership.

Alisa works with some of the world’s largest companies in heavy industries: mining, oil & gas, chemical manufacturing, as well as operations in extreme remote environments. Alisa has cross-cultural fluency and is globally trained with work experience in 18 countries.