Bellenden

Mark Glover MCIPR

Managing Director

Mark is a nationally recognised consultant with 25 years political experience. He founded Bellenden at the beginning of 2006 and has overseen its growth into a dynamic twenty strong communications agency. Mark provides board level strategic counsel, political analysis and integrated campaign planning to a variety of public and private sector clients.

Mark is a contributor to a number of books on politics and communications as well as being a regular speaker on the topic of integrated political campaigning. He is currently the Chair of the Southwark Labour Group, and was a member of the Liberal Democrat’s Federal and English Executives in the early 1990s. He represents a council seat in Peckham and sits on the board of Groundwork South London.

Phil Briscoe MCIPR

Director

Phil has worked in political communications and campaigning for more than 20 years.  Specialising in property, planning and regeneration, Phil has managed public, political and media communications campaigns at both local and national levels. He has advised some of the largest house-builders, property developers and utility companies in the country, along with local authorities, registered social landlords and regeneration agencies. 

Phil recently stepped down as a Conservative councillor for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Greg Rosen MCIPR FRSA

Director of Corporate and Public Affairs

Greg joined Bellenden during 2006 after spells working in government, as a senior strategist in Whitehall, and subsequently as Head of Media Strategy for the London Development Agency. He provides strategic counsel and analysis to clients at CEO and Board level across a range of public policy and media issues.

A political columnist for the Scotsman newspaper, Greg has published several books on 20th Century UK politics. He is a Consultant-Director at market-orientated think-tank Reform and has co-written two of Reform’s major reports: Fit for Purpose and The Front Line. He is a former Vice-Chair of the Fabian Society. He is Chair of the Labour History Group and a Visiting Fellow in Politics at Goldsmiths, London.

Nikki da Costa

Associate Director

Nikki has an excellent reputation for developing and implementing public affairs strategies, advising senior executives, politicians, and business leaders.

Nikki was previously Head of UK Government Relations for FTSE 100 public services company Serco, special adviser to senior members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet, and earlier in her career was recognised as a finalist for Public Affairs News  as ‘UK Newcomer of the Year’ and PR Week’s ‘Young Professional of the Year’.

Charlotte Barraclough MCIPR

Associate Director

Charlotte heads up the Bellenden PR division, calling upon 15 years of experience in political communications, media and public affairs. Prior to joining Bellenden, she was Head of Communications at the Swiss Embassy in London and in 2000 she ran the media campaign for Susan Kramer’s London Mayoral Bid.

Charlotte has also worked at the European Parliament in Brussels, the European Commission in Luxembourg and has several years’ further experience in public affairs consultancy. Charlotte is fluent in French.

Ben Jeffreys

Account Director, Edinburgh Office

Ben Jeffreys heads the Edinburgh Office and specialises in clients in the energy and regeneration sectors. He is an experienced professional with over sixteen years’ experience of managing and supporting political campaigns.  Ben is an active member of the Conservative Party. 

Daniel Cremin

Consultant

Daniel has worked at Bellenden for over three years for a variety of clients including Tribal, the Association of School and College Leaders, Home Builders Federation and the Electricity Safety Council, and has developed a specialism in the education and skills sector. A strong policy analyst, he has provided intelligence and counsel to a wide variety of senior executives.