Team

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  • Henrietta Hirst

    Founding Partner

    Henritta Hirst
  • Alex Evans

    Consultant

    Alex Evans
  • Erin Burke

    US Partner, PEPR

    Erin Burke
  • Marina Jane-Sanchez

    Account Executive

    Marina Jane-Sanchez
    • Henrietta Hirst

      Founding Partner

      Henrietta HirstHenrietta is a seasoned PR practitioner with more than 25 years' experience of advising companies on their international media relations activities, corporate profile raising, and issues management. Prior to founding Par Excellence PR, Henrietta was Managing Director of Group Corporate Communications at UPC, at the time Europe's leading cable infrastructure company with responsibility for the listed group's public and media profile across 17 countries. Before that she was a Board Director of Ludgate Communications, a financial media and investor relations consultancy, working for Ludgate in both the Americas and Europe. Henrietta's clients have included Royal Bank of Canada, Mellon Trust, Arthur Andersen, Baring Private Equity Partners, Cemex, Mittal Steel, Corus and the Law Society of New South Wales in Australia. She is an MBA graduate from Cranfield School of Management.

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    • Alex Evans

      Consultant

      Chris EvansAlex brings a long history of City expertise to Par Excellence PR. He was formerly Head of Public Relations for ABN AMRO's global investment banking division with operations in 40 countries. Previously he worked at Financial Dynamics in the financial services and technology, media and telecommunications teams for clients including Schroders, Royal Bank of Scotland, Norwich Union, ARM Holdings, Parthus Technologies, QXL and TrafficMaster. He has also worked as a journalist and was stock market reporter as well as small business correspondent at Sunday Business newspaper, having begun his career as a resources and emerging markets analyst at T Hoare & Co Stockbrokers. He has an MA in European Politics from the University of Newcastle..

    • Erin Burke

      US Partner, PEPR

      Erin BurkeAs a financial media relations professional for the past decade, Erin has helped clients gain visibility in trade, financial and national press, including The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Forbes, Pensions & Investments, Investment News and Smart Money, among many others. Erin is also an experienced professional in direct Investor Relations marketing. Erin previously worked at Ludgate Communications in New York assisting clients with communication in support of IPOs, corporate reorganizations, shareholder communications and financial reporting for both U.S. and international companies. Prior to her work at Ludgate, Erin worked for Citibank and Merrill Lynch on Wall Street. Erin is a graduate of Rutgers University where she received a BA in Economics and Accounting.

    • Marina Jane-Sanchez

      Account Executive

      Marina Jane-SanchezMarina joined Par Excellence PR in June 2011 from Abantia T-Cuento in Barcelona where she worked as a professional Spanish/English/German translator. Marina previously worked in Germany for 18 months as a translator and foreign language teaching assistant. She is a graduate of University of Westminster with a MA in Public Relations and also has a Bachelor in Translation & Interpreting from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain.