George Hutchinson
Founder and CEO
The best advice in a crisis isn’t what you want to hear, it is what you need to hear, and to deliver that you have to be trusted.
Throughout his career, George has advised on landmark issues and change, ranging from the FSA investigation into RBS’ Global Restructuring Group, the BSE crisis and McLibel trial, the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry for the Police Federation, the Charity Commission’s inquiry into Oxfam, as well as the Tube Lines response to the 7/7 London bombings. He has also worked on one of the world’s most international, protracted and difficult SEC/DOJ/SFO investigations.
The Expert Panel - Unrivalled Risk and Crisis Expertise
River Effra has built a panel of the best reputation risk and crisis response experts in the business. The panel brings together collective experience of more than 10 people from the world’s of communications, media, law and the emergency services. These individuals cover risk and crisis ranging from major incidents, global aviation disasters, global investigations, regulatory inquiries, litigation, behavioural issues through to industrial relations and geopolitical risks.
Our People
With active recruitment ongoing River Effra is building a core team of advisers, client handlers, project managers and risk leaders to help navigate the challenges ahead.