Rory King
Managing Director
Life at FGS Global
Advises public and private companies on all aspects of their strategic communications including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, crisis situations, litigation support, internal communications, and corporate positioning.
Life Pre-FGS Global
Helped to found the financial services practice at a London-based public relations agency and, in summers gone by, served as a press officer for the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Life Beyond FGS Global
Is a constant battle between his two competing passions: opera and country music.
Rory King is a Managing Director in the London office. He advises public and private companies on all aspects of their strategic communications including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, crisis situations, litigation support, internal communications, and corporate positioning.
Rory's notable recent assignments include: Novozymes on its combination with Christian Hansen; Deutsche Bank on its acquisition of Numis; Traxys Group on its management buyout from Carlyle supported by Optiver; Ambassador Theatre Group on its combination with Jujamcyn Theaters; Zoom on reputation, security and privacy related matters; GXO on its spin-off from XPO Logistics; and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on its merger with Groupe PSA.
Rory also has considerable experience advising private capital investors and their portfolio companies on fundraising, M&A, leadership changes and issues management. While at FGS Global, he has worked with Oaktree Capital, Providence Equity Partners, Apollo, Thoma Bravo, Great Hill Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Nassau Financial Group, The Carlyle Group, and TSG Consumer.
Prior to joining FGS Global, Rory worked on strategic communications programmes for Coller Capital, Permira, Lion Capital, Stonehage Fleming, Gresham House plc, General Atlantic, H.I.G. Capital, Bloomberg, Rabobank, C&J Clarks, Oxford Instruments plc and Card Factory plc.
Outside of client work, Rory helps lead recruitment and training for FGS Global’s UKMEA graduate programme.
Rory has a Masters (Hon) in Politics and Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh.