Edward Simpkins
partner
Life at FGS Global
Edward provides board level counsel to leading corporates with a focus on strategic reputation advice and crisis management.
Life Pre-FGS Global
Ed was a business reporter on the Sunday Telegraph producing scoops and exclusive interviews for the serious weekly paper. Before that he was News Editor on the Estates Gazette covering real estate.
Life Beyond FGS Global
Edward loves cycling and keeping fit.
Edward Simpkins is a Partner in FGS Global’s London office, and is a former journalist with more than 20 years’ experience in communications. He has worked on numerous high-profile situations including transactions such as cross border M&A and international and UK IPOs and take-privates as well as advising boards on managing though challenging crisis situations.
He provides c-suite counsel to leading corporates on preparing for financial calendar events, communicating strategy and managing media and investor relations as well as on issues such as executive change or dealing with a campaign by activist shareholders.
Edward joined the firm from the Business desk of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper where he was the Companies Editor.