It starts with us

Charles is deputy head of Maitland/amo’s Sustain team, advising clients in the financial, energy and industrial sectors on their ESG strategies and media messaging. During his time at Maitland/amo, Charles has worked with companies on the full scope of their ESG journeys including reporting, materiality assessments and investor relations. 

Karen oversees Conran Design Group’s corporate reporting and communications practice. She works closely with the FRC Reporting Lab Steering Group and has a background in FTSE-100 investor relations and extensive experience of corporate comms, both client-side and as an adviser. Karen provides guidance to companies on regulation, best practice and development of their communications and integrated and sustainability reporting.

Charlie has worked in insight, branding and design for over 20 years. He’s worked on B2B and B2C brands for clients such as Merck, Microsoft, Diageo and EFL. A passionate advocate of brand purpose, he believes that brands should carry meaning for employees and customers. He sees ESG/ Sustainability as playing an important complementary role alongside brand purpose.

Adaora leads our Transformation & Change practice. She advises global clients through structural and cultural change – from strategy communication to culture change, M&A, or restructuring – and over a wide range of sectors, including Healthcare, Finance, Logistics, and Consumer Goods. She is a specialist in change communications, focusing on leadership enablement and measures that involve and mobilise employees across the organisation.

Jen leads the Gate One sustainability team and has worked with clients to produce, plan and implement sustainability strategies and build capability. She is an active content contributor and thought leader in the sustainability space and has spoken on BBC Breakfast about driving greater sustainability in retail.

Sophie is passionate about creating and leading purpose-led campaigns that deliver real impact 
for clients. She devises and implements strategic, creative, award-winning integrated ESG-focused consumer communications campaigns for clients including Nestlé, Sky and Reckitt. She is an expert in understanding how to make a story fly and land big national media coverage for clients such as Visa Europe and the Institute for Economics and Peace.