The Walpole Team & Board

Walpole Team

Helen Brocklebank

CEO

Nick Carvell

HEAD OF CONTENT & EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Isobel Coombes

Strategic Partner and Membership Executive

Jessica Day

Head of Membership (on maternity leave)

Ed Dragusin

Corporate Affairs and International Executive

Harriet Gilbert Savage

Community Executive

Charlotte Keesing

Director of Corporate Affairs and International

Olivia Lowdell

HEAD OF EVENTS

William Matthews

Community Engagement Lead

Anna Maude

Executive Assistant & Programme Manager

Madeline Somers Eve

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Isabel Stewart

Head of Engagement (maternity cover)

Bethanie Summerfield

MARKETING and EVENTS MANAGER

Carly von Speyr

HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS

Julia Woolley

HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Walpole Board

Michael Ward

CHAIRMAN, WALPOLE
MANAGING DIRECTOR, HARRODS

Michael Ward is Walpole’s Chairman and heads up the board of esteemed industry experts from a breadth of different luxury sectors. Michael is Managing Director of Harrods.

Helen Brocklebank

CEO,
WALPOLE

As well as CEO of Walpole, Helen is a Member of the DIT Trade Advisory Group; Chair of Consumer Goods Advisory Group, APPG for International Trade; and serves on the Duke of Edinburgh's Women in Business Committee.

Richard Carter

Former Director of Global Communications, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Richard Carter served as Director of Global Communications for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from 2009 to 2022.

Gillian de Bono

FORMER EDITOR
FT HOW TO SPEND IT

Gillian de Bono spent 25 years building up How To Spend It into a multi-award winning magazine, website and app and a major profit centre for the FT. She now consults for luxury lifestyle brands and media.

Mark Harvey

Managing Director, Sales & Marketing, The Oxford Artisan Distillery

Formerly Chief Marketing Officer at English winemakers, Chapel Down, Mark is currently helping a number of British wine and spirit brands in building to scale. Prior to this he held various marketing and commercial roles at Cartier, Moët Hennessy and L’Oréal.

Michael Morley

Independent Non-Executive Director // Global Financial Services
DEUTSCHE BANK

Michael was previously CEO of Coutts & Co. and CEO of Deutsche Bank’s UK wealth management business. He is a board member of Deutsche Bank SAE, DB’s Spanish franchise, Senior Independent Director of PIMFA, the UK wealth management industry’s trade body, and Deputy Chair of the Centre for Mental Health.

Lewis Cohen

PARTNER
MISHCON DE REYA

Lewis Cohen is a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya. He heads the Commercial, Technology, Sport and Data division and is co-head of the Retail and the Hospitality & Leisure sector groups.

Sarah Sands

journalist & author

Sarah Sands is a former editor of The Sunday Telegraph and The Evening Standard and of Radio 4’s Today programme. She is a board director of Hawthorn Advisors, chair of Bright Blue think tank, on the board of the Berkeley Group and of London First, and a trustee of Index on Censorship.

Matthew Slotover

Co-Founder // Frieze, Murmur, Toklas

Mathew co-founded the art magazine, Frieze, in 1991, and in 2003 launched the Frieze Art Fair in London. In 2021 he launched Toklas, a Mediterranean restaurant and bakery in London, and in 2022 opened Fort Road Hotel, a small hotel and restaurant in Margate. He was a founding member of the Gallery Climate Coalition, and in 2022 co-founded Murmur, an organisation to mobilise the arts to combat climate change.

Pamela Batty

Strategic Advisor on Corporate, Responsibility & Sustainability

Pamela has over 20 years of experience in corporate responsibility and was the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Burberry for 10 years. During her tenure there she forged Burberry’s ambitious, industry-leading environmental and social programmes, launching Burberry’s climate positive ambition and served as Trustee to the Burberry Foundation. Pamela is also a Trustee of the British Fashion Council Foundation.

Marianna Nitsch

Global Chief Legal Officer, Chanel Limited

Marianna Nitsch is the Global Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Chanel, where she heads up Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs. She has over 30 years of broad experience in both private practice and as Head of Legal in a number of different industries, as well as a former board member of Fondation Chanel and member of the boards of other industry associations and companies.

Walpole Programme Chairs

Nick Temperley

CHAIR, WALPOLE PROGRAMME IN LUXURY MANAGEMENT AT LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

Nick Temperley is currently Managing Director for UK and Ireland at Edrington and Suntory Global Spirits UK. He was previously Head of Reserve Brands at Diageo.

Balthazar Fabricius

CHAIR, WALPOLE
BRANDS OF TOMORROW

Balthazar Fabricius co-founded turf accountancy Fitzdares in 2005. In 2007, Fitzdares became an inaugural Walpole Brand of Tomorrow and is now proud to be bookmakers to the British luxury sector.

Luxury Strategy Council members

Helen Brocklebank

Chief Executive

Helen Brocklebank

Chief Executive

Helen Brocklebank

Chief Executive

Helen Brocklebank

Chief Executive