Our team
Hannah Barlow
Founder & CEO
Sinéad Paton
Director
Rishi Patel
Associate Director
Amy Leach
Associate Director
Claire Hoffman
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Rich Bell
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Lisa Perrin
Event Specialist
Julia Harris
Senior Consultant
Ludo Orlando
Senior Consultant
Tommy O’Donnell
Senior Associate
Zoe Kantorowicz Pike
Senior Associate
Charlotte Goodfellow-Foster
Senior Associate
Kabir Dave
Senior Associate
Tommy Pia
Associate
Harry Davies
Associate
Founder and CEO
Hannah Barlow
Hannah is a political communications and campaigns specialist.
She has over a decade of experience creating and delivering on campaigns to improve legislation, build movements, raise public awareness, and galvanise funding on UK and global development issues.
Before setting up her own advisory, Hannah was a Director at Portland Communications.
She is a former elected Councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham and served as elected President of King’s College Students’ Union.
Director
Sinéad Paton
Sinead is a political communications specialist.
Sinead was previously a Director at Freuds, where she led a series of campaigns for the Cabinet Office, including the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, alongside campaigns for Meta focused on online safety protocols for children and young adults.
Alongside her work at BB, Sinead advises the British Red Cross on media relations, policy and causes.
Associate Director
Rishi Patel
Rishi is a public policy and strategic communications advisor with expertise in insight-driven campaigns for NGOs.
He previously worked as an adviser to politicians, think tanks and private sector organisations on UK, EU and international politics and policy.
Rishi is a keen linguist and speaks four languages, including his mother tongue Gujarati.
Associate Director
Amy Leach
Amy is a strategic communications specialist who has advised donors, government, civil society and international organisations on the Sustainable Development Goals across five continents.
She has built and grown communications functions across the international development sector, at organisations including Global Health Partnerships, the UN Foundation and ODI.
Amy is passionate about broadening access to the global development sector. She is a facilitator at InvestIn Education and is part of the Advocacy Steering Group for the International Broadcasting Trust.
Senior Consultant
Julia Harris
Julia is a seasoned PR professional with over a decade of experience in impactful communications campaigns across a range of sectors – from global corporations to NGOs.
She specialises in creative activations which drive mass cut-through, as well as global and national strategic media relations.
Julia is proudly based in Liverpool, in the North-West of England.
Senior Consultant
Ludo Orlando
Ludo is a campaigns and communication specialist whose experience spans from media to public affairs.
She has worked for high profile politicians, both on election campaigns and supporting their comms when in office.
Ludo is a graduate of the Jo Cox women in leadership scheme.
Senior Associate
Tommy O’Donnell
Tommy is a specialist written and digital content producer.
He has authored opinion pieces for global leaders, run social media accounts for leading NGOs and drafted internal communications assets for global organisations and politicians.
Tommy speaks Spanish and Portuguese. Prior to joining BB he worked for a British publication covering current events in Latin America.
Senior Associate
Zoe Kantorowicz Pike
Zoe is a political communications specialist, with expertise in campaigns, social action projects and lived experience participation.
She has worked across the charity sector on gender equality, refugee rights and economic justice for young women.
Senior Associate
Charlotte Goodfellow-Foster
Charlotte is a public affairs specialist, having worked in both agency and the charity sector.
She has a breadth of experience in building political communications, policy creation pathways, extensive desk research, writing political speeches and briefings, and organising political campaigning events.
Senior Associate
Kabir Dave
Kabir is a strategic communications specialist with a background in global development and thematic expertise across gender, health and philanthropy.
Prior to joining BB he worked on grassroots development projects in contexts including rural north-western Peru, where he led a project analysing how renewable energy in hospitals could support women and girls.
He holds an MA in International Development from the University of Sheffield.
Associate
Tommy Pia
Tommy is an experienced writer and researcher, with expertise in data analysis and political speech writing.
He has worked in parliament and the third sector, both in the UK and abroad. He holds an MA in investigative journalism, from City University.
Associate
Harry Davies
Harry is a public affairs specialist with a background in UK politics.
He has worked across the House of Commons, the House of Lords, the Labour Party and on national campaigns such as Our Future Our Choice and the People’s Vote Campaign.
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Claire Hoffman
Claire has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic, creative and brand communications in health, human rights and development.
Having worked for a range of NGOs including Save the Children and Malaria No More UK, she has extensive experience understanding political systems. This has included providing communications strategy and support for a range of departments within WHO, UNAIDS, UNFPA and UN Women.
Claire has developed and led award winning campaigns including one attached to a global summit co-hosted with the UK Government that featured 15 Heads of States, 2 British Royal Princes, Bill Gates and global talent such as David Beckham which secured unprecedented political support from The Commonwealth and funding for malaria.
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Rich Bell
Rich has led successful influencing drives and campaigns aimed both at amending legislation and raising issues such as community ownership and teacher professionalisation up the political agenda.
He was previously a special advisor to the Chair of the British Medical Association and played a key role in coordinating the trade union’s political and media engagement throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event Specialist
Lisa Perrin
Lisa is a highly skilled events specialist with over 20 years’ experience delivering high-profile national and international events. She has extensive experience in end-to-end event production, including concepts, strategic planning, creative design, production and direction.
Over the years she has worked with Heads of State, members of the Royal Family, politicians, royalty, businesses, high-profile celebrities and VIPs, delivering successful results at the very highest level.
Our Senior Advisory Council
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