Fishburn Hedges

16.12.2009

Fishburn Hedges today announced a significant new appointment to its financial practice. Paul Farrow has been appointed as a Director and will join in the New Year, jointly spearheading the agency’s City and wider financial offer with Andy Berry.

Paul joins from Merlin PR, where he was responsible for around half its financial services business, managing a portfolio of clients including the Man Group, Kazkommertsbank, Russia’s MICEX Stock Exchange, Ferox Capital Management and Euromoney’s Hedge Fund Intelligence business.

Prior to joining Merlin, Paul was Deputy Editor of International Financing Review (IFR), the leading capital markets publication.  He started his career working in finance, including five years working in equity research and sales in Madrid and also time spent as an equity analyst for Swiss Bank Corp.

Paul said: “The City and financial market has undergone considerable turbulence but effective communications remains mission-critical to all financial institutions.  Fishburn Hedges has impressive credentials, a superb client list and ambitious plans and I’m looking forward to helping to bringing these to fruition.”

Simon Matthews, CEO of Fishburn Hedges, said: “Paul’s appointment adds to the strength of our City and financial markets practice. This sector of the market is recovering well from the problems of recent years and will be a source of growth and opportunity for Fishburn Hedges looking forward. Bringing someone of Paul’s calibre and experience on board strengthens our client offering and we’re delighted to have him.”