Our experts
FMUK is written by financial marketers FOR financial marketers. Our contributors are experts in their own fields and have years of experience working in financial marketing.
Andrew Thomas
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Founder of Communicate Magazine, Andrew has over 20 years of experience in corporate communications across financial and professional services. He provides regular editorial content on the challenges facing financial institutions in communicating with their clients, staff and stakeholders.
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Niki Natarajan
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Editor and Publisher of Investhedge, Niki is one of London's leading experts on hedge fund communications and marketing. She was previously Editor at Institutional Investor News and she now contributes a monthly column to FMUK on the world of alternative investment marketing.
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Simon Philips
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Managing Director of Structured Marketing Solutions, Simon was formerly Global Head of Communications & Marketing at UBS Investment Bank. As a consultant and mentor, Simon now advises both established firms and start-ups on marketing and sales strategy, business development and general business planning.
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James Wrighton
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Co-founder of SWA Communications Ltd and FMUK, James brings 15 years of experience in financial services marketing. Having started out in retail banking product management, James's career has taken him from debit cards and online banking through stockbroking and private banking, to capital markets and securities trading.
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Mike Symes
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Co-founder of Strand Financial and FMUK, Mike Symes is a leading financial marketing specialist, with 18 years' extensive experience in senior marketing director and management roles. He was Vice President and Head of Marketing at Bank of New York Financial. Mike is a Freeman of The City of London and founder of FIDES.
Robert Youdale
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Robert is a mobile payments expert currently providing his expertise to Monitise Group. Previously he spent several years with Vodafone developing mobile technology and now writes exclusively for Financial Marketing UK on mobile financial services.



