“Richard transformed the way the department communicated externally and internally. He won the trust of successive Secretaries of State with his shrewd counsel, and his work was assessed by his peers as
best in class in Whitehall. A consummate professional.”

“Richard has been a loyal and distinguished executive.
I thank him for his passionate defence of our company and staff, and especially his astute counsel during the Leveson Inquiry. He is a steadfast colleague and one I have been glad to have fighting our corner.”

“Richard worked really effectively with the British Embassy and the Omani authorities to establish the
country’s first Government Communications Unit on multiple social media channels. He used his considerable experience to develop their strategy, and provide guidance as the Unit launched. It was a great success.”

“With Richard’s expert help we have been able to train spokespeople and present the communications grid to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet bi-weekly. Witnessing such success, we look forward to the next engagement.”

“We’ve had excellent feedback about the ministerial communications project led by Richard - we can’t recall anything as effusive about any other programme we’ve run in the country.”

“He actually enjoys the challenge of a good storm. I found Richard highly effective at getting
a big team organised and getting things done.”

“Richard quickly elevated the Commission’s ambition for communications. In just weeks he mastered a wide policy brief, launched a consumer campaign and showed the team how to win significant national media coverage.”

“Richard is a vigorous communications professional whose relationships with the media are hugely impressive. He is well able to defend a position but also quick to spot opportunities for proactive interventions. And he manages all this with a quickly assimilated understanding of the intricacies of an issue.

In short, Richard did a great job setting up our external affairs team against a tight deadline.”

“Richard was a fantastic support to our organisation in our set-up phase - establishing the external affairs team and delivering many vital strands of work that have put us on a great footing for the future.”

“Richard formulated the arguments in ways that have allowed me to use them with renewed force and vigour. He’s a gifted writer, a brilliant tactician and total godsend.”