an introdution ADVISORY SERVICES an introduction 1 an introdution Today, we face an overwhelming array of information. At Avonhurst, we authenticate it, Insights, Authenticated at every level, and deliver specific advice with precision and conviction. We focus on real insights, not wishful thinking, and we know where, how and when, before anyone else. After all, when you combine the best strategic relationships in the fields of politics, economics, law and Executed. and capital, you bring a perspective that is truly unique. Our clients come to us for access to all areas, at the highest level, on the ground, and Avonhurst Advisory Services is a London-based advisory firm, supporting the strategic everywhere in between. We deliver the right relationships with everyone in the constellation. interests of sophisticated capital with practical, outcomes-focused consulting. We work This isn’t downside-risk-orientated advice, either. We’re a facilitator, we’ve got your back and with companies and investors to anticipate, understand and navigate the economic, we only concern ourselves with workable solutions. political, commercial and regulatory challenges they face, so that they can thrive. Our services can be defined within three key areas:- Based in London, and boasting a network from Washington to Brussels and beyond, // INSIGHTS // we work with clients globally across multiple sectors, notably Financial Services, Law, Global Political Strategy + Economic Analysis and Modelling + Scenario-Mapping + Trend Energy & Infrastructure, Technology, Telecoms and Real Estate. Forecasting + Human-source Intelligence + Lateral Thinking and Ideation + Horizon-Scanning Our hand-picked team has extensive experience in analysing geopolitical risk, macro- economic outlooks, political affairs and deal-specific transactional risk, but there’s // AUTHENTICATION // more to it than that. Move over predictive (and predictable) thinking, we talk to our Access Solutions and Intelligence + Expert Dilligence + Asset Tracing + Regulatory and clients about preparedness and opportunity. Governance Frameworks + Artificial Intelligence + Data and Analysis A truly holistic approach means that we don’t stop at spotting and highlighting issues. We provide economic solutions, intelligence solutions and access solutions. You get // OUTCOMES // best of breed research and scenario analysis of macro themes, risk events and the Network Activation + Influence Programmes + Capital Services + Legal Service Delivery signposts that move markets. In turn, that is balanced with imaginative ideation and a unique talent for spotting fascinating adjacencies, interesting outliers and hidden Inspiration and ideas can be applied to situation, too. Introductions have a defined purpose but building real networks is a creative process. We provide fresh thinking when conventional influences. All designed with one thing in mind - to make deals flow. wisdom gets in the way. Put simply, we deliver real business advantage, helping you understand the big picture Above all, our whole firm is designed to offer complete integration to make deals happen. by framing and contextualising trends, whilst mapping and assessing risks (and We concentrate on the lifecycle of insights, moving to authentication, then to outcomes. Our opportunities) along the way. As such, you can anticipate what’s coming, plan for the wider services in legal and capital gives us a unique advantage you won’t find anywhere else. long term, decide where to go next and define how to get there. As such, we can complete any deal for you, regardless of complexity. 2 3 an introdution Value-Added Services Our Advisory Team QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS We help your internal team keep up with global risks and opportunities through exclusive quarterly conference call briefings, with our most relevant senior advisors. CRISIS CALLS AND UPDATES We provide team access for breaking-events calls. We will also mobilise experts within our network to brief you on topics that go beyond our Jonathan Bloom Tina Fordham M: +44 (0) 7703 739 125 M: +44 (0) 7764 975 586 internal capabilities, where relevant. DD: +44 (0) 207 856 2550 DD: +44 (0) 207 856 2553 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Jonathan Bloom is the Chairman and CEO of Tina Fordham is a Partner and Head of Global CRISIS RESPONSE AND PR Avonhurst. Long recognised as a leading capital Political Strategy at Avonhurst. She is a leading We provide access to world-class PR and communications capabilities markets and funds lawyer in the UK, Jonathan thinker and practitioner in the field of global established Avonhurst to provide funds with a political analysis for financial markets, with over should events warrant a response or strategy. range of peerless advisory services, focusing two decades’ experience advising institutional on law, legislative and political risk analysis and investors, corporate boards and international capital introduction. organisations. MONTHLY EVENTS Most recently a partner with global law firm Previously she was at Citi for 17 years, where Clients receive priority access to our exclusive monthly strategy Jones Day, Jonathan was one of the founding she was the first Chief Global Political Analyst on partners of Ropes & Gray in London, and a Wall Street and published her groundbreaking webinars, white-paper updates and monthly podcast. leading partner in the high yield team at White research on “Vox Populi” risk, an alternative & Case. framework for assessing the impact of political and socio-economic risks on the investment Jonathan has represented private equity funds environment. She also led Citi’s gender UNIQUE CONTENT and their portfolio companies, alternative economics work stream. capital providers, corporate borrowers and Our monthly reports chart the impact of global events on markets and issuers, underwriters, arrangers, and secured In 2016, Tina was appointed to the first United investments. Updates exclusively for our clients cover the impact of lenders. In addition to his work in high yield Nations’ High-Level Panel on Womens’ Economic debt, he has extensive experience in structuring Empowerment, twice addressing the UN General prevailing events and nascent trends on investments. and negotiating acquisition, bridge and Assembly. She has served as Senior Adviser mezzanine financings, and debt restructurings. in the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, and in 1999 she founded Eurasia Group’s financial markets research business, leading the creation PERSONAL APPEARANCES of the firm’s emerging markets political stability We offer tailored presentations from our Head of Global Political index and European expansion. Strategy or specific senior advisors at events and investor conferences. An alumni of Columbia University’s graduate School of International and Public affairs, Tina is a dual US-UK citizen, based in London, and a frequent public speaker and commentator in the international press and financial services industry events. 4 5 an introdution Our Advisory Team (continued) Gavin Barwell Pippa Malmgren Audrey Koh Tor McLaren M: +44 (0) 7710 385 949 DD: +44 (0) 203 995 6423 DD: +44 (0) 207 856 2555 DD: +44 (0) 203 995 6445 DD: +44 (0) 203 995 6435 E: [email protected] M: +44 (0) 740 785 4911 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Pippa Malmgren is a Senior Advisor to Tor McLaren is a Senior Advisor at Avonhurst. Gavin Barwell is a Senior Advisor to Avonhurst. Avonhurst. She served President George W. Audrey Koh is a Partner at Avonhurst. He has a wide range of experience across media He served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Bush in the White House as Special Assistant She specialises in cross-border investigations and communications, finance, intelligence and from June 2017 to July 2019 during one of to the President and on The National Economic focused on anti-bribery laws, including the strategy and is a founder of Tiller, a trusted and the most turbulent periods in British political Council, serving on the President’s working US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK connected network with recourse to hard-to- history. As the Prime Minister’s senior political group on corporate governance and financial Bribery Act, sanctions, money laundering and access information and authenticated insights. adviser, he was intimately involved in both markets. Before joining the White House, she financial fraud, and represents clients in US, the conduct of the Brexit negotiations and the ran the Bankers Trust Asset Management UK and multinational regulatory investigations. He is a former partner of Nash Capital Group, efforts to secure Parliamentary support for business in Asia as the Global Chief Currency She regularly advises on anti-bribery, anti- which provides funding, M&A and corporate the deal, giving him outstanding contacts in all Strategist and served as the Deputy Head of corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-tax finance advisory services, alongside direct British political parties, the EU institutions and Global Strategy at UBS. evasion, sanctions and corporate governance investment access to rapidly growing private a number of European governments. compliance, due diligence and related training, companies. There, as an appointed member Pippa is the best-selling author of The Infinite and has represented clients across sectors of the Trade Policy Research Centre’s Strategic Prior to his appointment, he was the Member Leader, Geopolitics for Investors and Signals: