People
The Walbrook team is drawn from many academic disciplines and career backgrounds but all have one thing in common: the talent, experience and enthusiasm to deliver a first class service to our clients. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Paul McManus.
Click below for more information on our team:
London & Bristol Office
Paul McManus
Managing Director
Paul has over 20 years of experience working in Financial PR for growing Small Cap and AIM companies and founded Walbrook in April 2009. Paul has an MA in Theology from Oxford University and before starting in the City was an English voice presenter for Radio Vaticana in Rome.
Email: paul.mcmanus@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8787
Tom Cooper
Director
Graduating with a BA Hons in Financial Services, Tom started his career in Banking. He bought 50% of Winningtons Financial PR in 2006 and led the merger with Walbrook in 2015. He has extensive experience of supporting growth companies at IPO and across acquisitions, disposals, secondary fundraisings and shareholder restructurings. Tom lived in Sydney for three years and maintains a strong link with his Australian network.
Email: tom.cooper@walbrookpr.com
Tel: +44(0)20 7933 8780
Paul Vann
Director
Paul has over 25 years' experience in Financial PR, primarily advising small and mid-cap growth companies. He previously spent several years in corporate finance stockbroking advising on IPOs, secondary fund-raisings and M&A transactions.
Paul Vann began his City career in 1979 in Stockbroking, latterly in Corporate Finance, before moving into Financial PR in the late 80s. Paul worked for several years at Bell Pottinger before moving to Binns & Co PR, where he was a Director alongside Walbrook founder Paul McManus.
Email: paul.vann@walbrookpr.com
Tel: +44(0)20 7933 8780
Nick Rome
Director
Nick has over 10 years of experience advising growth stocks on AIM and has worked on a number of IPOs, dual listings and acquisitions. Prior to working in financial PR Nick was a financial journalist working for a variety of publications, most notably spending five years as a small cap specialist writer at the Investors Chronicle.
Email: nick.rome@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8783
Lianne Applegarth
Director
Lianne has over 10 years' experience working in the financial PR & IR industry and works on a variety of small cap AIM listed companies with a particular focus on life sciences. Lianne has extensive experience in building roadshows, providing ongoing PR plans for clients, arranging site visits for analysts / investors and dealing with daily private shareholder enquiries. Lianne has strong contacts within the media, in particular in the lifesciences sector and small cap arena, and amongst the equity analyst community and has experience working across IPOs, M&A and fundraisings. Lianne graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Economics.
Email: lianne.applegarth@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8788
Anna Dunphy
Director
Anna has over 15 years' experience in financial PR, strategic media relations and public affairs. She has previously worked at Bell Pottinger and from there, spun out De Facto Financial to concentrate on life science companies in the small cap market where her focus remains, although she has worked on a number of resources and technology clients in the past. Anna graduated with a degree in chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland.
Email: anna.dunphy@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8786
Alice Woodings
Director
Alice joined Walbrook having worked previously in sales and account management within travel and corporate hospitality. Alice works on a variety of companies and has significant experience in Annual Report project management, organising investor meetings, dealing with investor engagement and Capital Markets Days, as well as strong City connections. Alice graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Ancient History.
Email: alice.woodings@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8785
Rachel Broad
Trainee Associate
Rachel joined Walbrook from London-based investment bank Peterhouse Capital. Rachel is an accomplished writer with a BA in English Literature from the University of Bristol.
Email: rachel.broad@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Vince Nicholls
Chairman
Vince is a Chartered Accountant, having spent some 20 years running his own accountancy practice looking after the accounting, taxation and business affairs of small traders through to AIM listed multinational companies. In recent years, Vince has been active in corporate finance arranging the listings and IPOs of companies onto AIM and ISDX, as well as being director of a number of enterprises. Vince is Chairman of Walbrook and continues to be actively involved in AIM and PLUS listings, mergers and acquisitions.
Email: vince.nicholls@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Marcus Ulker
Trainee Associate
Marcus joined Walbrook having previously worked in hospitality in the City of London. Marcus has a BA in Ancient History from the University of Bristol.
Email: marcus.ulker@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Owen Williams
Consultant
Owen Williams is Managing Director of Siml, a digital strategy and governance consultancy.
With over 20 years’ experience in digital transformation, content governance and audience engagement, Owen has led major digital initiatives at the BBC, including as Head of Editorial Strategy at BBC Content Social and leading Social Media at BBC One and BBC Wales.
Beyond media, Owen advises organisations on AI adoption, crisis communications, and digital engagement strategies, working with AIM listed companies through his role at Walbrook PR. He is also a board member of the Royal Television Society Wales, Chair of School Governors, and a trustee of Ymddiried: Media Grants Cymru.
An engaging public speaker, broadcaster, and writer, Owen is known for his ability to bridge the gap between emerging technology, corporate governance and audience strategy.
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Joe Walker
Senior Associate
Joe has broad sectoral experience working with a number of growth companies across Technology, Industrials, Financial Services, New Energy, and Natural Resources. He has advised companies from £5m-£700m+ market cap and has a strong understanding of the needs of members of both the AIM and Aquis markets. Beyond management of public financial calendars, Joe is well placed to advise on long term equity story development and manage day-to-day stakeholder engagement. He started his career at Deloitte in financial compliance where he had valuable exposure to the risks presented to businesses, particularly those that can impact reputation. Joe left Cardiff University with an MscEcon in International Relations in 2018 and still maintains a strong personal interest in current affairs.
Email: joseph.walker@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
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