Andrew Nicolls

SENIOR ADVISOR COMMUNICATIONS

Andrew has served as a strategic communications advisor to an enormous number of financial services and other organisations working out of London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, and Limassol. His clients have included, KKR, State Street, JP Morgan, Accor, Thomson Reuters and Sir Robert McAlpine.

Andrew founded Copperfield Advisory in New York in 2017 and represented some of the US’s leading Wall Street titans including Anthony Scaramucci, Bob Diamond and Brad Katsuyama. Prior to this, Andrew was Vice Chairman of Hudson Sandler, one of the UK’s most established PR agencies, where he directed the firm’s work on behalf of financial services clients. Andrew also oversaw all international activity the firm conducted with clients and agencies and established the Hong Kong office, serving as its Chairman.

In 1998, Andrew co-founded what became the UK’s leading specialist PR agency, Penrose, focused on advising financial services companies. Penrose was sold to the Engine Group in 2010 and merged with two other agencies to become MHP, one of the UK’s largest independent PR companies.

Before going into communications, Andrew worked in The City of London, initially as a Jobber for Wedd Durlacher Mordaunt, which subsequently became BZW.

Andrew has been active with a wide range of charities serving on the boards of Terence Higgins Trust, De Paul Trust and is currently the US trustee for Human Dignity Trust.