We’re here to help you find your story
and tell it clearly and memorably
so you can inform, involve and inspire
the people that matter most.
At Green Lions, we support individuals, teams, and organizations at pivotal moments.
We help you find and tell your story with impact, in person or across any media, whether you are speaking to prospective clients, updating investors on financial performance, engaging with media or managing a crisis.
Based in London, we work with some of the largest and most influential companies and individuals around the world, from corporations and private equity investors to actors, authors, and athletes. Our commitment to precisely tailored communication support means that many clients return.
Stand out in Private Equity
When we help:
Preparing you for exits, fundraisings, annual investor meetings, pitches to potential new assets, profile-raising and crisis situations.
How we help:
We equip management teams with powerful messages, presentation coaching and persuasive materials including decks, films and podcasts. We media coach and support crisis interactions.
Communicate for better performance in Public Companies
When we help:
Supporting C-suite transitions, new strategy integration, financial reporting, investor days, internal communications, crisis situations.
How we help:
We bring you clear, effective messages, presentation coaching, media coaching, crisis communications and we script, design and create materials both on paper and on screen.
Individual support to communicate with clarity, conviction and confidence
When we help:
Public speaking, mission-critical presentations, new leadership roles, high-stakes interviews, crisis management and media events.
How we help:
One-on-one message development, personalized presentation coaching, media coaching and ongoing support to develop clarity and confidence.
We would love to speak with you about telling your story. Get in touch to hone your pitch, nail your presentation, land your speech or handle media appearances.
We can also help you facilitate and moderate strategic planning and events.
References are available on request.
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THE TEAM
David Bond • Director
Biography
David has over 20 years’ experience in investor relations, strategic and corporate communications. He coaches and advises senior management on complex challenges for a wide range of international clients across sectors, asset classes and in public and private markets.
With a first in PPE from Oxford, David began as an investment manager and analyst. He has since developed successful parallel careers in strategic consultancy and documentary filmmaking. His wide interests bring a unique perspective to communications challenges. In 2010 he went on the run from the UK’s best Private Investigators to make the acclaimed feature documentary Erasing David which was developed into the Channel 4 series Hunted.
Elisabeth Winkler Lawrence • Head Coach
Biography
Elisabeth is an experienced communications and strategy consultant. For 20 years she has advised senior executives and officials in finance, the armed forces, government and the third sector.
An expert in AI and Military Psychology, Elisabeth has an MSc with distinction in War and Psychiatry from King’s College London and co-founded Bravehound, an award-winning military charity.
She is multi-lingual and well-attuned to negotiating cultural communication differences between the Angloshpere and the rest of the world.
Ashley Jones • Producer
Biography
Ashley is an award-winning creative strategist, filmmaker, exec producer, showrunner and podcast producer. He co-wrote and produced the successful 2021 Netflix series The Headspace Guide To Meditation. His podcast The Long Time Academy won many awards, including a 2022 ARIA Gold award for Best Independent Podcast.
He produces and writes Green Lions content including Erasing David, and Project Wild Thing, which still play in festivals, cinemas, on TV and in communities around the world.
He began his career in the documentary department at the UK TV network Channel 4 where he worked filmmakers including Michael Moore and Nick Broomfield.
Giulio Gobbetti • Filmmaker
Biography
Giulio is the content creation powerhouse at Green Lions: a designer, documentary director, editor and producer. He has been shooting and editing commercial and non-commercial projects for 10 years, working with clients including the British Red Cross, Greenpeace, Samaritans, The National Trust, WWF, Nike, Adobe and Ferrari.
His non-fiction work has played in film festivals around the world, including Academy Award and BAFTA-qualifying events. His latest short film, Neptune, screened at the 79th Venice Film Festival and his feature-length documentary Be of Good Behaviour was selected for showcase at the 68th BFI London Film Festival. Since 2022, Giulio has been a BAFTA Connect emerging talent member.
Alina Topchy • Strategist
Biography
Alina is a business strategist with over 20 years’ experience particularly in tech. She specialises in driving growth and operational efficiency, and strategic planning in fast moving and complex environments. She has a mathematical background in theories of AI and was VP Cybersecurity and Sales at Kaspersky.
She is a sought-after executive coach at Green Lions, focusing on mentoring and developing leaders. She is certified by the International Coach Federation and combines in-depth knowledge of mathematical theories of decision-making and data-science with a warm, practical approach informed by recent developments in applied neuroscience to improve your performance.
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Privacy Policy
1. What does this policy cover?
This privacy policy applies only to your use of this website. This site may contain links to other websites. Please note that Green Lions has no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and advises you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
2. Your rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the UK’s data protection legislation, which this policy and Green Lions’ use of personal data have been designed to uphold: The right to be informed about Green Lions’ collection and use of personal data; The right of access to the personal data Green Lions holds about you; The right to rectification if any personal data it holds about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Green Lions using the details below); The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Green Lions to delete any personal data it holds about you (it only holds your personal data for a limited time, as explained below but if you would like it to delete it sooner, please contact Green Lions using the details below);
The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
The right to object to Green Lions using your personal data for particular purposes; and
Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
If you have any cause for complaint about Green Lions’ use of your personal data, please contact the company using the details provided in section 12 and it will do its best to solve the problem for you. If it is unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
3. What data does Green Lions collect?
Depending upon your use of Green Lions’ site, we may collect some or all of the following personal (and non-personal) data:
name
business/company name
contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers
IP address
web browser type and version
operating system
a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this site, and the site you exit.
4. How does Green Lions use your data?
All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Green Lions will comply with its obligations and safeguard your rights under the UK’s data protection legislation at all times. For more details on security see below. Green Lions’ use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for its performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to its use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to a Green Lions newsletter), or because it is in Green Lions’ legitimate interests. Specifically, Green Lions may use your data for the following purposes:
Providing and managing your access to the site
Personalising and tailoring your experience on the site
Replying to emails or queries from you
Supplying you with emails that you have opted in to you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any emails Green Lions sends you
Analysing your use of the site [and gathering feedback] to enable Green Lions to continually improve its site and your user experience.
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, Green Lions may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone or post with information, news and offers on its services. It will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that it fully protects your rights and complies with its obligations under the UK’s data protection legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to Green Lions using your personal data at any time, and to request that Green Lions deletes it.
Green Lions does not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
IP Address, geographical and non-personally identifiable data is stored for a maximum of 2 years.
5. How and where does Green Lions store your data?
Green Lions keeps your personal data for as long as it needs to in order to use it as described above, and for as long as it has your permission to keep it. Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using the site and submitting information to Green Lions. If it does store data outside the EEA, it will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Data security is very important to Green Lions, and to protect your data it has taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through this site.
All non-personally identifiable data is stored with Google and is collected in cookies outlined below.
All personal data is collected and stored by MailChimp (operated by The Rocket Science Group LLC), that provides mailing services to Green Lions so that it can send email communications to you. MailChimp’s servers are located in the United States and in other countries outside the EEA. Mailchimp provides high levels of data protection outlined here: https://mailchimp.com/about/security/.
6. Does Green Lions share your data?
Green Lions will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes other than outlined in Section 5.It may compile statistics about the use of its site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. It may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates and partners. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
Green Lions may sometimes use third party data processors that are located outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). Where it transfers any personal data outside the EEA, it will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the UK’s data protection legislation.
7. What happens if the business changes hands?
Green Lions may, from time to time, expand or reduce its business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of the business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of the business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by us.In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
8. How can you control your data?
You may wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
9. Your right to withhold information
You may access certain areas of the site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on the site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
You may restrict the use of cookies. For more information, see below.
10. How can you access your data?
Under the UK’s data protection legislation, no fee is payable and Green Lions will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Green Lions for more details at privacy@greenlions.com or using the contact details below.
11. Green Lions’ use of cookies
Green Lions’ site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by Green Lions and are used only by Green Lions. It uses cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of the site and to provide and improve its services. Green Lions has carefully chosen these cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
All cookies used by and on Green Lions’ site are used in accordance with current cookie law.
Before cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Green Lions cookie notice requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies you are enabling Green Lions to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of cookies; however certain features of the site may not function fully or as intended.
Certain features depend on cookies to function. Cookie law deems these cookies to be “strictly necessary”. Green Lions has taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
This site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Green Lions to better understand how the site is used. This, in turn, enables Green Lions to improve the site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow Green Lions to use these cookies, however whilst its use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of the site, it does enable Green Lions to continually improve the site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
With respect to the Google Analytics cookies, please note that Green Lions has entered into a data processing agreement with Google that ensures that the last octet of your IP address is masked when Green Lions provides information to Google, that it does not use any other Google services in combination with Google Analytics cookies and that it does not share any data with Google for advertisement purposes. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
12. Contacting Green Lions
If you have any questions about this site or this privacy policy, please contact Green Lions by email at privacy@greenlions.com. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data Green Lions holds about you.
13. Changes to this privacy policy
Green Lions may change this privacy policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on the site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the site following the alterations. Green Lions recommends that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.