Director of corporate and financial communications consultancy, Caroline Cecil Associates, founded in 1991. Vice chairman of the Reform Club Media Group. Previously director of Valin Pollen and public relations manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Caroline Cecil Associates
30 Poplar Grove
London W6 7RE

Tel: 020 7610 4110
Email: ccecil@carolinececil.co.uk
Website: www.carolinececil.co.uk

Simon Thompson has over twenty years experience in corporate and reputation management, both in agencies working for clients such as Microsoft, and in-house.

ICAEW
One Moorgate Place
London
EC2R 6EA

Tel: 020 7920 8515
Email: simon.thompson@icaew.com

Managing Director of Abchurch Communications. Previously at financial PR agencies Weber Shandwick, Valin Pollen and Alex McCallum & Associates in New York. Four years as Head of Corporate Communications at Capital & Regional plc. Member of the London Stock Exchange Regional Advisory Group.

Abchurch Communications
West One
Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 1BA

Tel: 0113 203 1341
Fax: 0870 762 7015
Mobile: 07764 947137
Email: sarah.hollins@abchurch-group.com
Website: www.abchurch-group.com

Head of Public Relations Skandia Investment Group (SIG). Previously, Media Relations Director Legal & General Group Plc and PR manager NatWest Bank plc. John is a qualified journalist who has been associated with City, business and personal finance PR and journalism for the past 25 years.

Skandia Investment Group
Skandia House,
Portland Terrace,
Southampton
SO14 7EJ

Tel: 02380 729759
Mob: 07834 499867
Email: john.morgan@skandia.co.uk

Dow Jones & Company
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9PR

Tel: 0207 842 9684
mob: 07748 323 628
Email: kate.dobbin@dowjones.com

A Managing Director at corporate communications consultancy, MHP Communications, founded in 2010 through the merger of Mandate, Hogarth and Penrose (she was a co-founder of the latter). Previously was a director at Ludgate Communications and prior to that was at Charles Barker City.

MHP
60 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7RT

Tel: 020 3128 8584
Switchboard: 020 3128 8100
Mobile: 07798 626284
Email: shona.prendergast@mhpc.com

A communications practitioner with 20 years' experience in corporate, financial, reputation and crisis management communications, Adrian is currently for HSBC's global communications team. Previous roles include Head Of Communications for Citigroup's UK business, and senior roles at HSBC and Barclays.

BlackRock
12 Throgmorton Avenue
London
EC2N 2DL

Tel: 020 7743 3013
Mobile: 07827 358330
Email: adrian.russell@blackrock.com
Web Site: www.blackrock.co.uk

A senior member of College Hill's TMT team and a former journalist, she has 18 years' experience in financial communications. Kay worked for more than 10 years as a financial journalist. Prior to joining College Hill, Kay worked for City PR consultancies Powerscourt and Penrose Financial.

Senior Executive
College Hill
The Registry
Royal Mint Court
London
EC3N 4QN

Direct line: +44 (0)20 7457 2052
Mobile: +44 (0)7854 368227
Email: Kay.Larsen@collegehill.com

Global Head of Media Relations at international law firm, Salans, since 2010. Previous roles include Head of Public Relations at First Direct and UK Head of Communications at RSA.

Global Head of Media Relations
Business Development and Marketing
Salans LLP
Millennium Bridge House
2 Lambeth Hill
London
EC4V 4AJ

Tel: 020 7429 6029
Fax: 020 7429 6001
Mobile: 077 3977 4873
Email: aspencer@salans.com
Web: www.salans.com

Corporate Communications Consultant, currently at F&C Asset Management, previously Head of Communications at GAM and Vernalis plc and has also worked for UBS, Salomon Brothers and Valin Pollen.

Maitland
Orion House 5 Upper St. Martin's Lane
London
WC2H 9EA

Direct line: +44 20 7395 0423
Mobile: +44 7841 801947
Email: agilding@maitland.co.uk

Director at Abchurch Communications, an award winning corporate and financial communications consultancy, which she joined in 2006. Joanne graduated with a first class honours degree in English from the University of Durham, and her previous experience within the media and PR industries includes Saatchi & Saatchi and The Communications Group.

Director
Abchurch Communications
125 Old Broad Street
London
EC2N 1AR

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7709 (d)
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7700 (s)
Email: joanne.shears@abchurch-group.com
Web: www.abchurch-group.com

Director Of Communications And Investor Relations at Chemring Group, previously Managing Director of Corporate and Financial Communications Consultancy Cardew Group, founded in 1991. He has advised clients, both public and private companies, across the spectrum of communication including M&A, flotations and crisis management. Prior to this he was an Officer in the British Army.

Rupert Pittman, Director Of Communications And Investor Relations
Chemring Group PLC
Chemring House, 50 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5JH,
ENGLAND

TEL: +44 (0)207 484 2370
FAX: +44 (0)207 484 2399
Email: rupertp@chemring.co.uk
www.chemring.co.uk

Jill Pearcy is a senior public relations consultant, specialising in crisis management and business to business communications. She is the former Head of Media Relations for NATS, the UK's air traffic controller, and has also led communications at Unisys and SWIFT.

Email: jill.pearcy@btopenworld.com
Mobile: +44 7900 468335

Administrator for the Corporate and Financial Group since 1999. In addition she also administers a senior executive group and is Chair of Governors for a large Primary school and Children's Centre and on the steering group for the Woking Schools Confederation.

2 Greenways
Pembroke Road
Woking, Surrey
GU22 7DY

Tel: 01483 771932
Fax: 01483 771932
Email: sueowen@corporate-financial.com