We help leaders and institutions navigate complex, high-stakes moments when clarity, trust, and moral authority are needed most.
Offers high-trust insights for leaders navigating complexity—delivering actionable, values-aligned analysis in real time.
Problems We Solve:
- Executives, diplomats, and global leaders are overwhelmed by noise and lack principled intelligence
- We deliver real-time rapid-response dispatches on global developments to assist the executives who need to move fast
- Strategic decisions are made in isolation, without trusted analysis grounded in values, not ideology
- There's a need to understand emerging risks, align trends with purpose, and think geopolitically with discernment
We help high-level leaders reclaim their voice and restore trust through strategic storytelling and moral clarity.
Problems We Solve:
- When Leaders feel misunderstood, misrepresented, or misquoted
- Organizations need help writing a keynote, legacy message, or turnaround narrative
- A pivotal speech or communication moment is approaching, and the words don’t yet match the weight of the moment
- There’s a crisis of trust—internally or externally—and language must lead the way to restoration
Offers high-trust representation and backchannel engagement when stakes are high and silence is golden.
Problems We Solve:
- There may be a fractured relationship between suppliers and customers, institutions, communities, and governments that needs careful repair
- We are often deployed on special projects - to secure the interests of our clients and support their personnel
- Leaders or organizations need a trusted emissary to act on their behalf in sensitive, non-public engagements
- Formal diplomatic channels are unavailable, and quiet, principled bridge-building is the only way forward
Provides retained counsel and board-level wisdom to help leaders act decisively, ethically, and with lasting impact.
Problems We Solve:
- CEOs and principals are navigating transitions, crises, or moral dilemmas and need a wise, outside voice
- Boards and leadership teams are misaligned or stagnant and require ethical clarity and strategic coherence
- Visionary leaders feel isolated at the top and need ongoing, discreet support to act with integrity under pressure
- Geopolitical Advisory Government Affairs
- Guiding on Ethics and Responsibility and Corporate Governance
- Economic Development projects - delivering from 'soup to nuts'
Experience of development in multiple countries, often working with government and community leaders, coupled with experience in peace and post-conflict transformation prepared me to work in sometimes discrete and sometimes public diplomatic efforts.
Our emphasis is on truth and trust.
A lesson I was taught in the early days of the Northern Ireland peace process was the need to "keep turning up." Diplomacy - whether involving peace-making, corporate dispute resolution, or investor relations requires the investment of time and intentional relationship management.
We help leadership craft investor messaging that aligns moral authority with market credibility—building trust not just through performance, but through purpose, principle, and strategic foresight.
Where PR manages perception, our public affairs and investor communications articulate conviction—reframing challenges, articulating long-term value, and reinforcing trust with capital partners who care not just about results, but about integrity and leadership.
Some have generously described my style as that of an Irish Seanachaí, a storyteller and elder who imparts wisdom through the oral tradition. I strive to weave together Irish wit and wisdom while delivering on the "3 E's"—the essential elements of educating, entertaining, and evoking emotion.
I relish the opportunity to engage with both large and intimate audiences, and I have been fortunate to speak in a variety of unique venues. For instance, in the clip above, I was invited to deliver impromptu welcome remarks in the House of Lords in London.
My role is more often behind the scenes, where I prepare remarks for leaders to deliver. I would welcome the opportunity to assist you in preparing for an engagement or a looming critical presentation.
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