Meet the team.

Share Communications is home to a well-resourced, highly experienced team of client-focused PR professionals with over 100 years of collective experience. Led by founder and managing director Zoe Powell, we work as an integrated part of your in-house team, fostering a collaborative partnership that aligns with your culture.

With deep industry expertise, we have a strong track record of delivering highly effective media relations for both established global asset management firms and emerging investment boutiques.

Zoe Powell

  • Zoe is the founder of Share Communications and a senior PR and communications professional with over 25 years’ experience in the investment sector, covering media relations across multiple territories, reputation management, crisis PR and corporate spokesperson roles. She served as Head of Corporate Comms at Legg Mason and a PR consultant to investment boutiques before establishing Share Communications. Zoe has built strong connections with the media and investment community throughout her career.

Sarah Plevnik

  • Sarah has over 13 years’ experience in financial services across the insurance and investment sectors. She has built trusted media relationships with leading investment journalists and brings expertise in strategic communications, reputation management and content creation. At Share Comms, she advises senior leaders, directs client PR programmes, and oversees the agency’s content approach.

Hugo Mortimer-Harvey

  • Hugo has over 25 years’ communications experience within the financial services industry, previously serving as MD at an award-winning investment-focused PR consultancy. He has advised a wide range of clients, including international asset management businesses spanning institutional and wholesale markets, investment boutiques, wealth managers and fund research consultancies. Hugo maintains a strong network ofcontacts across the media, industry bodies, influencers and the broader marketing communications industry.

Ciara Simpson

  • Ciara is Senior PR & Operations Manager at Share Communications, bringing more than 6 years’ experience in PR and comms. She has progressed through senior roles at the agency, building expertise in media relations, client strategy and trusted relationships with journalists across the investment sector. In her operations role, Ciara supports the smooth running of the agency including third-party relationships. 

Eleanor Mitchell

  • Eleanor has over 20 years’ experience in public relations and communications. She has previously held senior roles, including a decade as a director at an award-winning investment-focused PR consultancy, and has extensive expertise in media relations and strategic communications across the financial services sector, specialising in investment trusts.

Minnie Watson

  • Minnie has experience across public relations, marketing and sales. In her role at Share Communications, she supports clients and the team with a broad spectrum of day-to-day PR activities, including media monitoring and reporting, social media content creation, meeting journalists and client events.

Louise Ahuja

  • Louise has over 20 years’ experience on the board of a leading large PR consultancy, specialising in financial services, including fintech, pensions, investments, and retail finance. She has expertise in strategic communications, media relations, reputation management, and PR programmes, helping clients connect with their audiences and achieve their objectives. Louise combines industry knowledge with a practical, results-driven approach.

Mike Evans

  • Mike is a senior marketing and communications professional with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services. He has held leadership roles at global investment firms, with expertise spanning brand strategy, product and channel marketing, content, digital and PR. Mike has extensive international experience, leading teams across Europe, Asia and the US, and has overseen major brand launches and business transformation programmes. 

Holly Thomas

  • Holly is a personal finance journalist with over 20 years’ experience. She has held senior editorial roles, including Deputy Personal Finance Editor at The Sunday Times and Money Editor at the Daily/Sunday Express, and has written for the Financial Times Business. Holly’s work has won multiple awards and appears regularly in national publications including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, and the Daily Mail.

Vee Montebello

  • Vee is a highly experienced communications professional with a 30-year career spanning financial services, sport and consultancy. She has held senior leadership roles including Director of Communications at a FTSE-listed wealth manager, Head of Corporate Communications at a major investment firm, and senior posts at an award-winning consultancy. Vee brings deep expertise in media relations, reputation management, corporate positioning and internal communications, having guided organisations through periods of transformation, rebranding and market change.

Richard Evans

  • Richard spent 20 years as a personal finance journalist at The Telegraph before moving into investment communications at a leading UK provider. His journalistic approach to investment communications helps Share Comms’ clients produce effective, original and engaging content.

Sabuhi Gard

  • Sabuhi has over 20 years of experience in financial services as a journalist, investment writer and author. Her most recent role was at Shares magazine, where she wrote across the personal finance/investment spectrum, including funds, trusts and covered a broad range of sectors. She has also worked for the Financial Times and the Telegraph - where she was commercial business, finance and tech editor - and wrote a regular money column for The Spectator.