Edward Simpkins
partner
Life at FGS Global
Edward provides board level counsel to leading corporates with a focus on IPO advisory and Crisis management.
Life Pre-FGS Global
He was a business reporter for 7 years on the Sunday Telegraph producing scoops and exclusive interviews for the serious weekly paper. Before that was News Editor on the Estates Gazette covering real estate.
Life Beyond FGS Global
Edward loves cycling and keeping fit.
A Partner in FGS Global’s London office, Edward has worked on numerous high-profile transactions including cross border M&A and international and UK IPOs and take privates and currently sits within our Crisis & Issues Management practice.
He provides board level counsel to some of Europe’s leading corporates on preparing for financial calendar events, communicating strategy and managing media and investor relations as well as on issues such handling crises, executive change or dealing with a campaign by activist shareholders.
Edward has counselled many of the largest companies in Italy over the past 15 years and also has a significant experience advising businesses in sectors including industrials, transport & aviation, media and education.
Edward joined the firm in 2006 from the Business desk of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper where he was the Companies Editor. A native English speaker, Edward studied philosophy at the University of Liverpool and speaks Italian. He has post graduate qualifications in both Finance and Journalism.