Aspect Consulting

Richard’s 24 year track record in public relations and communications consultancy has encompassed senior executive roles in multi-national agencies such as Weber Shandwick, Fleishman-Hillard and Ketchum as well running his own specialist agency, Carrot Communications.

A corporate communications specialist, he has developed and directed international campaigns for companies and organisations as diverse as Atos Origin, Dell Computer, Dowe Chemicals, Coutts bank, Ordnance Survey, Omniture, Siemens, and TNT Express (in 42 countries).

A former Chairman of the UK’s Public Relations Consultants Association, Richard is the current President of the International Communications Consultancy Organization, which represents 1,500 public relations agencies across 28 countries.

Toby is one of Europe’s leading travel, transport and aviation communication specialists with an award-winning career spanning over 15 years.

After spending two years as a travel journalist, Toby spent five years in a leading London PR agency, working with BMI British Midland and IBM’s Travel & Transportation team.

In 1999 Toby joined easyJet, then a small Luton-based airline, and was part of the management team which, over the next ten years, increased the size of the airline to almost 200 aircraft; increased revenues 10 fold; turned it into the UK’s biggest airline by passenger numbers, and a household name across Europe.

Toby’s particular areas of expertise are in media relations, reputation & issues management; lobbying and environmental affairs.

Sarah has more than nine years’ experience in public relations and communications consultancy working in some of the world’s leading agencies including Red Consultancy and GolinHarris in the UK and n2n Communications in Australia. 

She joined the London office of Aspect Consulting in February 2012 and specialises in B2B, B2C and Corporate Communications.  Sarah joined from GolinHarris where she was the lead on the Oracle account managing all areas of the business from EMEA, UK and Ireland activities to business unit work for communications, financial services and utilities.  She also launched HD Voice for Orange during her time at GolinHarris securing more than 150 pieces of coverage.

Previous clients include Facebook, Motorola, Microsoft TV, Capgemini, Experian, Atos Origin and The European Interactive Advertising Association and her experience spans EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Ben McCarthy is a former television journalist who spent 15 years working in network news as a correspondent for international news organisations including BBC News, ITN and Sky News. He moved into communications in 2004 working for a global PR agency before joining Aspect in 2008.

From his experience in front of the camera Ben has an excellent knowledge of how newsrooms work, and how companies can best present themselves in both good times and bad.

Ben’s clients have included AkzoNobel, British Airways, DSM and Hewlett Packard. He is a specialist in media relations, media training, crisis communications and crisis management.