Alan J Donnelly Executive Chairman
Founder of Sovereign. Was Labour Party Leader in the European Parliament, and served as President of the Parliamentary Committee for Relations with the US Congress.

Iain Malcolm Chief Executive/Deputy Chairman
Career in local government. Previously Chief of Staff to the Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party.

Leslie Butterfield Associate Director
Founder of Butterfield8, the strategic brand consultancy. Leslie is one of the UK advertising industry's most respected strategists.

Andrew Kelly Company Secretary
Early career in the retail sector. Responsible for the company's financial affairs and overseeing Sovereign's Corporate Ethic strategy.

Michael Lloyd MA (Cantab) Associate Director
Previously an Economic Advisor to the European Parliament on economic and monetary union. Deputy Director with responsibility for public policy and for the Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe (AMRIE).

Professor Tom Donnelly Associate Director
Special Advisor on Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Public Safety.

Rudolf Beger Associate Director
Senior consultant with vast experience in a number of key strategic fields including oil, chemical, automotive and financial services.

Hugh Morgan-Williams Associate Director
A committed European with wide media, manufacturing and service sector business interests. A national figure in a diverse range of business-led organisations.

Neva Brahmbhatt London Office Manager
Prior to joining Sovereign was the PA to the Secretary General of the European Parliamentary Labour Party from 1996 to 1999.

Carole Tongue Associate Director
Former Member of the European Parliament and a former
Parliamentary spokesperson on Media, Broadcasting,
Education and Sport.
Honorary Doctorate, University of Lincoln
Memeber of the UNESCO National Committee on Communication and Information Visiting Professor, University of the Arts

Cesar Scigliano Associate Director
After graduating in marketing, Cesar Scigliano developed a diverse career in business management, foreign trade partnerships, industrial and commercial promotion.
He has worked with the European Commission and many of the top companies, trade associations and trades unions in Brazil.

Michael Quigley Managing Director, Europe
Michael. Quigley has worked in Brussels on EU affairs since 1992 and has worked in both the European Commission and European Parliament. He has extensive experience in consultancy and advises a range of clients on the impact of EU policy and legislation.

John Midgley Account Manager
John joined Sovereign in January 2006 after completing a Masters by Research in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, specialising in the Philosophy of Law. Before his Masters, he studied Physics and Philosophy graduating in 2004 with a first class honours degree, also at Nottingham.

Jane Nottage Associate Director
Jane Nottage is an international PR and media consultant specializing in Formula One and the car industry and advising several Formula One sponsors on their strategic communications programs.

Rory O'Neill Managing Director UK
Rory joined Sovereign Strategy in 2005 following 4 years as BNFL's Parliamentary Affairs Manager and a similar period working in policy at the Department of Trade and Industry.

Jolyon Kimble Associate Director
Jolyon was Founding Editor of Public Affairs News, the global magazine reporting on the lobbying industry, from 2004-2006.

Nick Kemp Associate Director (Business Development)
Nick Kemp was employed as the Business Development Manager for Tyne and Wear Development Company for eight years, during which time he played an integral role in the high growth of inward investment and indigenous business growth in the North East. Nick has worked with many of the regions key businesses and assisted them at all levels.

David Jamieson Advisor
David Jamieson, a former minister in the Department for Transport, has worked as an advisor for Sovereign Strategy on transport projects.

Paul Forrest Associate Director
Has worked in the City for over two decades, providing global economic research and analysis for British and Japanese financial institutions, most recently as Head of Research for a major Russian international bank.

Walter Brinkmann Associate Director
For the last ten years Walter created, built and managed for The Coca-Cola Company their European Affairs Office in Brussels/Belgium and a European governmental affairs network within the EU and the candidate countries.

Alex Johnson Administration and Events Assistant
Alex provides executive support and events administration across a range of accounts and sectors. She is responsible to the UK Managing Director and London Office Manager.

Charlotte Milligan Associate Director
Charlotte has worked in television for 20 years, broadcasting from Westminster and the European institutions in Brussels.

David Frommer Associate Director
David Frommer has worked in Brussels on EU Affairs since 2001. He began his career at Hill & Knowlton as a Public Affairs Consultant specialising in Transport and Environment policy. He advised clients on policy and legislation affecting their core business and organized a number of lobbying campaign on their behalf with the EU Institutions.