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
Founder & 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
Helen Cresswell
Associate Director
Helen
has worked in Financial PR since September 2007 and was a founding member of
the Walbrook team when it was established in April 2009. During her time at
Walbrook Helen has managed a number of clients across both Technology and
Lifesciences working on a variety of transactions supporting IPOs, M&A and
fundraisings, as well as financial calendar work. Helen has built up strong
relationships with financial journalists, analysts and investors.
Email: helen.cresswell@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8790
Nick Rome
Associate 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 Cawthorne
Associate Director
Lianne has nearly 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 graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in Economics.
Email: lianne.cawthorne@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8788
Anna Dunphy
Associate Director
Anna has over 10 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
Senior Associate
Alice joined Walbrook in 2019 having worked previously in sales and account management within the travel and hospitality industry and works on a variety of small cap AIM listed companies, but with a particular focus on Life Sciences. Alice graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Ancient History.
Email: alice.woodings@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8785
Nick Johnson
Associate
Nick joined Walbrook in 2019 after graduating with a History degree at Cardiff University. Between terms he gained Financial PR experience through a summer internship and work experience in the City. He works on a variety of AIM-listed companies in the tech, natural resources and financial services sectors.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 020 7933 8794
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
Sara Robinson
Consultant
Sara is an multi-award-winning PR and social media consultant working with clients across the UK and Europe.
A former print and broadcast journalist, she has 18 years of experience delivering campaigns for clients in a wide range of business and Government sectors. From devising and launching National Parks Week to celebrate Britain’s most precious protected landscapes to boosting adoption enquiries, she is passionate about integrated communications campaigns that make a positive difference.
Sara is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and a former Institute of Directors’ Young Director of the Year in Wales. She has led over 20 award-winning PR campaigns, and one of her proudest moments is winning a CIPR UK President's Award for a child car seat safety campaign on behalf of the Welsh Government.
She offers consultancy, training and content development services and works with Walbrook on all aspects of our digital offering to clients.
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Sam Allen
Associate Director
Sam has over 20 years’ Financial PR experience advising growth companies on AIM, beginning his career at Binns & Co working alongside both Paul McManus and Paul Vann. During his career he has covered a wide array of sectors, including leisure, technology media and telecoms, life sciences, construction and support services and has built up excellent City contacts, particularly in the financial media. Sam holds a post-graduate diploma in Journalism and worked at The Observer newspaper from 2001-2012. Sam joined Walbrook in 2014, where he has worked on a variety of AIM and Small Cap company transactions and currently focusses on life sciences.
Email: sam.allen@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Louis Ashe-Jepson
Associate
Louis joined Walbrook in 2021 after graduating with a master’s degree in Translation Studies at University College London. He has worked in a variety of businesses, including various small technology start-ups, and has further work experience in the City. He works on a variety of small cap and AIM listed companies, but with a particular focus on Life Sciences.
Email: louis.ashe-jepson@walbrookpr.com
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Owen Williams
Consultant
Owen Williams is Managing Director of Siml, a creative social media agency.
Owen has a formidable background in social media, having led Editorial Strategy at BBC Content Social, and previously as Head of Social at BBC One and BBC Wales.
Prior to the advent of social media, Owen was a Children's BAFTA-nominated television producer.
An experienced social media professional with 20 years' experience in digital innovation, content production, social media governance and post-production, Owen is a highly motivated creative leader and engaging public speaker, broadcaster and storyteller, with a strong track record of originating and managing digital projects on new and emerging platforms.
Owen combines his social media skills with Walbrook's focus on developing digital IR strategies for listed companies.
Tel: 020 7933 8780
Kiki Zaccagnini
Associate
Kiki joined Walbrook in 2021. Prior to joining she has worked in Financial and Corporate PR for a range of clients within Healthcare and Life Sciences, covering a range of disease and therapy areas. She works on a variety of small cap and AIM listed companies, but with a particular focus on Life Sciences.
Kiki has a PhD in Biomedical and Life Sciences and an MSc in Biomedicine from Lancaster University.
Anysia Virdi
Associate
Anysia joined Walbrook PR in 2021 with three years’ experience in Financial PR, covering public and private companies across a range of sectors. She works on a variety of AIM listed companies in the tech, natural resources and financial services sectors. She has a master's degree in Art History from St Andrews University.
Email: anysia.virdi@walbrookpr.com
