About Us

Ben advises business leaders how to present themselves in front of investors, clients and the media.  He specialises in investor pitches and leadership talks.

Over the last 12+ years Ben has trained entrepreneurs, senior managers and leaders of major corporations. Clients he has trained include Permira, ECI, Microsoft, Worldpay, AXA and the FCA as well as many private equity firms. Previously Ben was a corporate financier at dot com specialist Durlacher following senior roles at Pearson, Cable and Wireless and the BBC. He is a regular speaker at financial conferences including Super Return and GAIM.

Jane Renton is an experienced media and presentation trainer. She has worked with many international blue chip companies, to train those in the public eye, including senior executives at Swiss Re, BNP Paribas, PwC, Absolut Vodka and CSC. She was a presenter of The Money Programme, BBC2’s economic and business current affairs flagship.

She has also written extensively for national newspapers, including The Sunday Times and Observer, where she was a senior staff writer for seven years. Jane is also the author of the best-selling Economist book, Coaching and Mentoring.

James is an experienced Fund advisor. His experience as an investor means he’s evaluated over 1000 fund and company presentations. Recent clients he has supported including Wainbridge, ID Invest, TPRE, MENA IF and European Capital. Previously he was a Director of fund-of-funds Auriga, a credit analyst for Sal Oppenheim & Cie, brand manager for Seagram, and M&A for Downer & Co. He’s a graduate of Wharton and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

David is one of our top financial presentation experts.  He began his career as a fund manager at Merrill Lynch Asset Management.

Clients he has trained include Reuters, ECI, IDInvest, HSBC, UK Finance, Goldman Sachs, Kone, Legal and General, Bank of America, Slaughter and May, Penguin Random House, Credit Agricole and EY.  David is also an award-winning film maker.

Alexandra has been coaching senior executives of global companies for most of her career.  With 27 years of international leadership experience across all disciplines of communications and public affairs, she is a valued mentor, advisor and trainer to leaders around the world on strategic communications, reputation building, leadership positioning, and stakeholder management.

Alexandra has spent most of her career with Dow Chemical, most recently as Senior Director of Public Affairs and Government Affairs. Alexandra is based in Switzerland and speaks English, German, and French fluently.