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The ECF team has a track record of designing and implementing strategic communication and engagement approaches that support the objectives of our clients.
We pride ourselves as communications and engagement experts with technical experience from a diverse background. Our team has accumulated over 50 years of experience in the Property, Construction, Infrastructure and Built Environment, we have worked on some of the most major and complex projects in the UK and Australia.
In addition to their expertise, members of our team must have several key attributes to work for ECF. They must be passionate about talking to people, they must be able to write, they must have common sense, and they must have a sense of humour. Those listed below, definitely fit the bill!
Oliver Deed is co-founder and Director of ECF. Oliver is a talented communications and engagement practitioner with over 10 years of experience in the UK and across Australia. His knowledge of public and political relations as well as his expertise in strategic communications provide him with the tools to design innovative solutions for a range of projects. He has worked on small and large scale residential, construction and infrastructure projects. He has led the team in delivering on a wide range of projects for clients including BeFirst, Camden Council, CityFibre, Community Health Partnerships, Crystal Palace Football Club, Enfield Council, Haringey Council, Mid Sussex District Council, TOWN and U+I PLC.
Kathy Jones, co-founder and Director of ECF. She is one of Australia’s leading strategic communications and engagement advisors, known for her work to help CEOs, boards and senior management staff manage crises and policy change contexts. Since founding KJA in Australia in 2001, Kathy provides high level strategic advice, issues management, leadership and project delivery for some of the nation’s major transport and infrastructure projects, including Northern Beaches Hospital and Barangaroo.
Debbie is a highly experienced Operations Manager with over 20 years’ experience developing, evaluating and implementing operational measures to make a company successful. Debbie specialises in promoting company growth, preparing financial budgets & targets and executing plans designed to meet company goals. Her career started in Central Government in the early 1990s, studying Business Management, Counter Fraud Management and Counter Fraud Intelligence at University of Portsmouth.
Charlotte is a motivated and collaborative strategist co-creating and delivering projects on behalf of governments and international institutions in a range of sectors. She has a track record of delivering excellence in complex environments and experience in leading teams to support clients in delivering strategy and regulatory business plans. Charlotte helps clients to communicate complex messages to a variety of stakeholders in an engaging and meaningful way, helping to build advocacy and support for projects. Charlotte was a service lead and specialist advisor to 101 towns for HMG Towns Fund, Levelling Up programme. She has also led the design and delivery of major client stakeholder engagement programs including Heathrow, HS2 and National Highways.
John Parrott is a community and stakeholder engagement consultant with 12 years experience working on major transport and infrastructure projects in the UK. He lives in Cambridge and has previously lived and worked in New Zealand before returning to the UK in 2008. Since then John has been working in London on major projects including Crossrail, the London 2012 Games and HS2. John’s specialist experience includes relationship management, chairing consultative groups, conflict resolution, equalities issues, media relations, supporting legislative and consent processes, advocating for measures to mitigate construction impacts, project and events management and political engagement.
Megan is a Senior Account Executive at ECF and joins us with strategic communications experience within local government. Megan has supported and assisted delivery on a variety of bespoke communications programmes throughout their life cycle, including meetings with key stakeholders and providing strategic advice to a range of public and private sector clients. Clients she has previously worked with include Southwark Metals, Belmont Property and Haringey Council. Megan will continue to assist in the formulation and delivery of client tailored communications programmes across the built environment, providing thoughtful insight and analysis to meet programme goals.
Charlie is a social research specialist interested in housing, the built environment and community issues. As a reader of sociology, Charlie has an excellent knowledge of engagement methodology and a firm grasp of community issues. Since joining ECF, Charlie has exercised these skills while coding and analysing feedback responses in public consultations. Charlie also completes written tasks such as profiling stakeholders, conducting political analysis, and collating weekly media monitoring reports. He has assumed a public-facing role in community engagement projects and will continue to support ECF in this role. Clients he has worked with include Enfield Council, Haringey Council, Rydon Homes, TOWN, and U+I PLC.
Izzy is an Account Executive at ECF, having joined the team as a Researcher in Autumn 2021. Izzy has a demonstrated background in providing in-depth research and particularly enjoys attending public consultation events and talking with the local community. Before joining ECF, Izzy worked as an intern at Kanda Consulting where she supported and assisted in the delivery of a variety of local government and private sector projects. Izzy has a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Manchester and is currently studying for her master’s degree in Social Policy at the London School of Economics.