Matthew Gilling

Senior Account Executive What brought you to JBP? I joined JBP in January 2022, having previously gained political campaigning and organising experience with the Liberal Democrats in the South West and commercial experience in business, sales and operations at Enterprise Holdings. I graduated in 2021 from the University of Bath with a BSc in Politics […]

Simon Prescott

Senior Counsel Leaving Barton Willmore upon its acquisition by Stantec, Simon spent seventeen years with one of the largest employers of town planners in the UK, thirteen of which was as Equity Partner. He joined JBP to provide his insight into the planning system and apply to effective communications solutions for development clients across the […]

Ben Walker

Account Executive What brought you to JBP? I joined JBP in the Autumn of 2022 having just graduated from the University of Exeter with an undergraduate degree in History. I applied for the role as it appealed to my political interests whilst utilising many aspects of my degree. Tell us about your role As an […]

Celia Lopez Noriega

Digital Marketing Intern What brought you to JBP? Before joining JBP I was sure I wanted to go into marketing and everything that involves online branding. Therefore, I decided to specialize my marketing career by studying the MSc Digital Marketing by the University of West of England (Bristol). After graduating, I was eager to take […]

Robin O’Kelly

Director I’ve worked with JBP a number of times in the past and always been impressed, so was delighted to join the business full-time in 2022. My background is both corporate and financial communications and I’ve spent most of my career in-house as a Director of Communications for a number of companies, such as T-Mobile, […]

Jacob Allen

Senior Account Executive What brought you to JBP? Before joining JBP in 2022, I worked for the Labour Party, organising for elections in Surrey and South West London. Between 2019 and 2022 I organised for elections to every type of authority from Parish Councils to the European Parliament. Following the 2022 local elections, I wanted […]

Grahame Woods

Account Manager What brought you to JBP? Before joining JBP I was working in my native New Zealand as Campaign Operations Lead at the New Zealand National Party – New Zealand’s largest centre right political Party. In this role I lead the day-to-day campaign efforts for the Tauranga by-election where we won with over 56% […]

Owen Edwards

Associate Director Owen has worked in politics and planning for almost twenty years and has extensive political experience and contacts. He has worked closely with backbench MPs, Government Whips, Ministers and with the Number 10 operation under 5 Prime Ministers.  With a background in policy development, Owen worked on the Localism Act and NPPF in […]

Chloë Shepherd

Creative Account Executive What brought you to JBP? After graduating from university with a degree in Filmmaking, I wanted a job that would utilise my videography skills but would also allow me to try something new and different. I came to JBP as an Intern and really enjoyed the versatility of the job with a […]