Leadership & Advisory
Senior Practitioners.
Wallbrook is led by senior practitioners with deep experience across intelligence,investigations, law, policy, and private markets. The firm's leadership combines judgment,discretion, and global fluency, reinforced by an advisory capability drawn fromgovernment, diplomacy, and industry.
Leadership
Ian Barclay
Partner
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London
Ian Barclay is a Partner at Wallbrook, advising private markets investors, corporates, and legal teams on strategic intelligence, reputational risk, and complex investigations across Europe, Asia, and emerging markets. He has led numerous sensitive mandates involving politically exposed individuals, regulated sectors, and cross-border transactions. Ian is recognised by Chambers & Partners for business intelligence and investigations work.
Ian Barclay
Partner
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London
Ian Barclay is a Partner at Wallbrook, advising private markets investors, corporates, and legal teams on strategic intelligence, reputational risk, and complex investigations across Europe, Asia, and emerging markets. He has led numerous sensitive mandates involving politically exposed individuals, regulated sectors, and cross-border transactions. Ian is recognised by Chambers & Partners for business intelligence and investigations work.
James Hunt
Partner
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London
James Hunt is a Partner at Wallbrook with extensive experience leading high-stakes investigations, governance reviews, and advisory work for investors and large corporates. He is frequently engaged on matters involving misconduct, regulatory exposure, and reputational threat where defensibility and discretion are critical. James is ranked by Chambers & Partners for investigations and business intelligence.
James Hunt
Partner
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London
James Hunt is a Partner at Wallbrook with extensive experience leading high-stakes investigations, governance reviews, and advisory work for investors and large corporates. He is frequently engaged on matters involving misconduct, regulatory exposure, and reputational threat where defensibility and discretion are critical. James is ranked by Chambers & Partners for investigations and business intelligence.
Jake Lipton
Partner
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New York
Jake Lipton is a Partner at Wallbrook and advises private equity firms, infrastructure investors, and alternative asset managers on reputational, governance, and geopolitical risk. He works closely with deal teams and investment committees on pre-transaction diligence and complex cross-border investments, with sector experience spanning financial services, infrastructure, energy transition, and regulated industries.
Jake Lipton
Partner
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New York
Jake Lipton is a Partner at Wallbrook and advises private equity firms, infrastructure investors, and alternative asset managers on reputational, governance, and geopolitical risk. He works closely with deal teams and investment committees on pre-transaction diligence and complex cross-border investments, with sector experience spanning financial services, infrastructure, energy transition, and regulated industries.
Jonathan Friedman
Partner
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London
Jonathan Friedman is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads intelligence-led investigations and advisory engagements involving complex stakeholder environments and cross-border risk. He has significant experience managing multi-jurisdictional mandates for investors, corporates, and counsel, with a focus on influence, informal networks, and reputational exposure.
Jonathan Friedman
Partner
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London
Jonathan Friedman is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads intelligence-led investigations and advisory engagements involving complex stakeholder environments and cross-border risk. He has significant experience managing multi-jurisdictional mandates for investors, corporates, and counsel, with a focus on influence, informal networks, and reputational exposure.
Claire Soon
Director
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Singapore
Claire Soon is a Senior Manager at Wallbrook, supporting private markets investors, corporates, and legal teams on investigative due diligence and cross-border intelligence assignments.
She began her career as a Foreign Service Officer with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working on key bilateral relationships in the Southeast Asia I Directorate before serving as a political secretary at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing. While posted to China, she focused on foreign policy analysis, particularly ASEAN–China relations, and received the Ministry's S. Rajaratnam Award for excellence in political reporting. She later served as a research analyst at the Singapore Ministry of Defence, covering regional and geopolitical developments.
Claire Soon
Director
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Singapore
Claire Soon is a Senior Manager at Wallbrook, supporting private markets investors, corporates, and legal teams on investigative due diligence and cross-border intelligence assignments.
She began her career as a Foreign Service Officer with the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working on key bilateral relationships in the Southeast Asia I Directorate before serving as a political secretary at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing. While posted to China, she focused on foreign policy analysis, particularly ASEAN–China relations, and received the Ministry's S. Rajaratnam Award for excellence in political reporting. She later served as a research analyst at the Singapore Ministry of Defence, covering regional and geopolitical developments.
Ben Higgins
Partner
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Dubai
Ben Higgins is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's work across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. He advises sovereign entities, private equity firms, financial institutions, and multinational clients on integrity due diligence, strategic intelligence, and complex investigations.
Ben has extensive experience overseeing cross-border engagements involving counterparty risk, market entry, and sensitive asset and reputational matters. He is based in Dubai and brings deep regional knowledge and operational judgment to high-risk environments.
Ben Higgins
Partner
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Dubai
Ben Higgins is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's work across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. He advises sovereign entities, private equity firms, financial institutions, and multinational clients on integrity due diligence, strategic intelligence, and complex investigations.
Ben has extensive experience overseeing cross-border engagements involving counterparty risk, market entry, and sensitive asset and reputational matters. He is based in Dubai and brings deep regional knowledge and operational judgment to high-risk environments.
Pepijn van Haren
Partner
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New York
Pepijn van Haren is a Partner at Wallbrook, based in New York, advising investors, legal teams, and corporates on investigative due diligence, integrity risk, and complex cross-border matters. He formerly held senior research roles at global risk consultancies and with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Middle East.
Pepijn van Haren
Partner
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New York
Pepijn van Haren is a Partner at Wallbrook, based in New York, advising investors, legal teams, and corporates on investigative due diligence, integrity risk, and complex cross-border matters. He formerly held senior research roles at global risk consultancies and with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Middle East.
Hannah Sabin
Partner
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London
Hannah Sabin is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's global open-source intelligence practice. She oversees the delivery of OSINT- driven intelligence across complex multi-jurisdictional mandates, supporting investors, corporates, and counsel on sensitive matters where clarity and discretion are critical. Hannah speaks Mandarin.
Hannah Sabin
Partner
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London
Hannah Sabin is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's global open-source intelligence practice. She oversees the delivery of OSINT- driven intelligence across complex multi-jurisdictional mandates, supporting investors, corporates, and counsel on sensitive matters where clarity and discretion are critical. Hannah speaks Mandarin.
Veronika Andrasova
Partner
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Hong Kong
Veronika Andrasova is a Partner in Wallbrook's Asia-Pacific practice. She leads multi-jurisdictional integrity due diligence and investigations for private banks, asset managers, and private capital clients, and has significant experience supporting disputes teams with asset tracing and litigation support globally. Veronika previously held senior roles at Stroz Friedberg and Aon and has worked extensively across APAC, Latin America, and Central/Eastern Europe.
Veronika Andrasova
Partner
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Hong Kong
Veronika Andrasova is a Partner in Wallbrook's Asia-Pacific practice. She leads multi-jurisdictional integrity due diligence and investigations for private banks, asset managers, and private capital clients, and has significant experience supporting disputes teams with asset tracing and litigation support globally. Veronika previously held senior roles at Stroz Friedberg and Aon and has worked extensively across APAC, Latin America, and Central/Eastern Europe.
Jake Reynolds
Partner
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Singapore & London
Jake Reynolds is a Partner at Wallbrook, based between Singapore and London. He advises corporates, law firms, and private equity clients on complex disputes, strategic intelligence matters, and transaction- related diligence across EMEA and APAC, with particular depth in the Middle East and wider region. An Arabist by training, he speaks Arabic and Farsi.
Jake Reynolds
Partner
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Singapore & London
Jake Reynolds is a Partner at Wallbrook, based between Singapore and London. He advises corporates, law firms, and private equity clients on complex disputes, strategic intelligence matters, and transaction- related diligence across EMEA and APAC, with particular depth in the Middle East and wider region. An Arabist by training, he speaks Arabic and Farsi.
Anthony Etchells
Partner
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London
Anthony Etchells is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's digital assets and technology work. He advises investors and clients on regulatory, reputational, and information-security risk in fast-evolving sectors including crypto, DeFi, and advanced technologies, and has played a central role in developing Wallbrook's internal information security and privacy capabilities. Anthony previously served as the firm's Chief Operating Officer and led its ISO27001 certification program.
Anthony Etchells
Partner
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London
Anthony Etchells is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's digital assets and technology work. He advises investors and clients on regulatory, reputational, and information-security risk in fast-evolving sectors including crypto, DeFi, and advanced technologies, and has played a central role in developing Wallbrook's internal information security and privacy capabilities. Anthony previously served as the firm's Chief Operating Officer and led its ISO27001 certification program.
Emre Tunçalp
Partner
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London
Emre Tunçalp is a Partner in Wallbrook's London office, specialising in compliance-focused due diligence and political risk analysis across EMEA. He has led a wide range of enhanced investigative and pre- transactional assignments for international clients, with particular expertise covering Turkey, Angola, and Brazil.
Emre Tunçalp
Partner
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London
Emre Tunçalp is a Partner in Wallbrook's London office, specialising in compliance-focused due diligence and political risk analysis across EMEA. He has led a wide range of enhanced investigative and pre- transactional assignments for international clients, with particular expertise covering Turkey, Angola, and Brazil.
Michelle Ryan
Partner
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London
Michelle Ryan is a Partner at Wallbrook, with a primary focus on the Americas. She leads complex enhanced due diligence and strategic investigations for investors and corporates, routinely advising on sanctions exposure and high-risk investments and partnerships across the region, including Venezuela-related risk. Michelle speaks Spanish.
Michelle Ryan
Partner
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London
Michelle Ryan is a Partner at Wallbrook, with a primary focus on the Americas. She leads complex enhanced due diligence and strategic investigations for investors and corporates, routinely advising on sanctions exposure and high-risk investments and partnerships across the region, including Venezuela-related risk. Michelle speaks Spanish.
Mariana Abreu
Partner
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London
Mariana Abreu is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's global human rights practice. A qualified lawyer admitted in Brazil, she advises investors and corporates on human-rights impact assessments, and supports disputes and investigations with material supply chain risk dimensions. Mariana also leads anti-corruption diligence and country-risk work across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to Wallbrook, she conducted field and desk-based investigations at Global Witness and worked with Amnesty International, with reporting widely published in leading international outlets. She speaks Portuguese and French.
Mariana Abreu
Partner
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London
Mariana Abreu is a Partner at Wallbrook and leads the firm's global human rights practice. A qualified lawyer admitted in Brazil, she advises investors and corporates on human-rights impact assessments, and supports disputes and investigations with material supply chain risk dimensions. Mariana also leads anti-corruption diligence and country-risk work across Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to Wallbrook, she conducted field and desk-based investigations at Global Witness and worked with Amnesty International, with reporting widely published in leading international outlets. She speaks Portuguese and French.
Andrew McCracken
Director
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London
Andrew McCracken is a Director at Wallbrook, specialising in complex human rights investigations, supply-chain tracing, and integrity due diligence across Asia. A Mandarin speaker, he advises corporates, investors, and counsel on high-risk exposures including forced labour, state-linked counterparties, and sensitive operating environments in Greater China and Southeast Asia.
Andrew McCracken
Director
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London
Andrew McCracken is a Director at Wallbrook, specialising in complex human rights investigations, supply-chain tracing, and integrity due diligence across Asia. A Mandarin speaker, he advises corporates, investors, and counsel on high-risk exposures including forced labour, state-linked counterparties, and sensitive operating environments in Greater China and Southeast Asia.
Charles Crosbie Dawson
Director
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Dubai
Charles Crosbie Dawson is a Director in Wallbrook's Dubai office and leads the firm's India desk. He supports clients on strategic intelligence, integrity due diligence, and asset tracing across South Asia, often in matters involving high-value transactions, reputational exposure, and cross-border disputes.
Charles Crosbie Dawson
Director
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Dubai
Charles Crosbie Dawson is a Director in Wallbrook's Dubai office and leads the firm's India desk. He supports clients on strategic intelligence, integrity due diligence, and asset tracing across South Asia, often in matters involving high-value transactions, reputational exposure, and cross-border disputes.
Dan Kennedy
Director
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London
Dan Kennedy is a Director at Wallbrook and leads the firm's Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union practice. He advises clients on enhanced diligence, strategic investigations, and sanctions-related exposure across complex jurisdictions, supporting private equity, banks, and corporates on high-stakes decisions where information is fragmented and risk is acute.
Dan Kennedy
Director
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London
Dan Kennedy is a Director at Wallbrook and leads the firm's Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union practice. He advises clients on enhanced diligence, strategic investigations, and sanctions-related exposure across complex jurisdictions, supporting private equity, banks, and corporates on high-stakes decisions where information is fragmented and risk is acute.
Jonathan Swift
Director
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London
Jonathan Swift is a Director in Wallbrook's Asset Recovery and Disputes practice. He leads complex asset tracing and litigation support mandates, combining sophisticated open-source methods with human intelligence to identify assets, map networks, and support high- profile proceedings, particularly involving the Former Soviet Union.
Jonathan Swift
Director
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London
Jonathan Swift is a Director in Wallbrook's Asset Recovery and Disputes practice. He leads complex asset tracing and litigation support mandates, combining sophisticated open-source methods with human intelligence to identify assets, map networks, and support high- profile proceedings, particularly involving the Former Soviet Union.
Peggy Oh
Director
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Singapore
Peggy Oh is a Director in Wallbrook's Singapore office, supporting business development and the execution of complex investigations across Asia. She advises private capital, corporates, financial institutions, and counsel on due diligence, market-entry intelligence, political risk, and dispute support across Southeast Asia and Greater China.
Peggy Oh
Director
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Singapore
Peggy Oh is a Director in Wallbrook's Singapore office, supporting business development and the execution of complex investigations across Asia. She advises private capital, corporates, financial institutions, and counsel on due diligence, market-entry intelligence, political risk, and dispute support across Southeast Asia and Greater China.
Imogen Folland
Director
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London
Imogen Folland is a Director in Wallbrook's London office, advising investors and corporates on complex risk and impact issues across Latin America, Iberia, and Lusophone Africa. A fluent Spanish and Portuguese speaker, she leads sensitive multi-jurisdictional assessments and investigations where reputational exposure and operating context are inseparable.
Imogen Folland
Director
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London
Imogen Folland is a Director in Wallbrook's London office, advising investors and corporates on complex risk and impact issues across Latin America, Iberia, and Lusophone Africa. A fluent Spanish and Portuguese speaker, she leads sensitive multi-jurisdictional assessments and investigations where reputational exposure and operating context are inseparable.
Anan Khatib
Director
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London
Anan Khatib is a Director at Wallbrook and oversees the firm's Middle East and North Africa desk in London. He supports clients on integrity due diligence, business intelligence, and dispute-related investigations across the region, bringing deep regional fluency across the Levant and Gulf.
Anan Khatib
Director
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London
Anan Khatib is a Director at Wallbrook and oversees the firm's Middle East and North Africa desk in London. He supports clients on integrity due diligence, business intelligence, and dispute-related investigations across the region, bringing deep regional fluency across the Levant and Gulf.
Freddie Kleiner
Director
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London
Freddie Kleiner is a Director in Wallbrook's London office, working across ESG advisory and integrity due diligence mandates. He leads the firm's climate and environmental offering and supports global clients with investigative and diligence-driven risk work across Western Europe, including complex disputes and asset tracing matters.
Freddie Kleiner
Director
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London
Freddie Kleiner is a Director in Wallbrook's London office, working across ESG advisory and integrity due diligence mandates. He leads the firm's climate and environmental offering and supports global clients with investigative and diligence-driven risk work across Western Europe, including complex disputes and asset tracing matters.
Roland Nathaniel
Director
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London
Roland Nathaniel is a Director at Wallbrook and leads the firm's Western Europe coverage. He advises private capital and corporate clients on integrity due diligence and strategic intelligence across the DACH and Benelux markets, with experience spanning policy, compliance, and complex investigations across regulated sectors.
Roland Nathaniel
Director
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London
Roland Nathaniel is a Director at Wallbrook and leads the firm's Western Europe coverage. He advises private capital and corporate clients on integrity due diligence and strategic intelligence across the DACH and Benelux markets, with experience spanning policy, compliance, and complex investigations across regulated sectors.
Senior Advisor
Rhodri Williams
Senior Advisor
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London
Rhodri Williams has been an adviser to Wallbrook since 2018. A former diplomat, he joined the British foreign service in 1990 and served abroad in Austria and Jordan, as well as in a wide range of UK-based senior policy roles covering Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.
From 2013 to 2025, Rhodri worked for AIG, the international insurance organisation, where his roles in New York and London included Chief of Staff and Head of International Public Policy. He is a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University and a member of the Faculty of the Queen Elizabeth II Academy at Chatham House. He also sits on the Advisory Board of Bolttech, a leading insurtech.
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Strategic intelligence for boards, investors, and
executives.
© 2026 Wallbrook. All rights reserved.
ISO 27001 certified
Wallbrook Advisory Limited is a company registered in England & Wales with company registration number 11483368.
Our registered office is at 1 King St, London, EC2V 8AU, United Kingdom.
Strategic intelligence for boards, investors, and
executives.
© 2026 Wallbrook. All rights reserved.
ISO 27001 certified
Wallbrook Advisory Limited is a company registered in England & Wales with company registration number 11483368.
Our registered office is at 1 King St, London, EC2V 8AU, United Kingdom.