H+K Hires Public Affairs Specialist Henry Groundes-Peace

Hill+Knowlton Strategies, London (H+K) has hired public affairs specialist Henry Groundes-Peace as an Associate Director within its Financial + Professional Services team.

Matt Bright, Managing Director of Financial + Professional Services commented on the hire, “I’m delighted Henry is joining H+K. His knowledge of the political and regulatory environment coupled with his experience running integrated communications campaigns will be invaluable to our clients.”

Henry is an expert in financial services policy with over eight years’ experience providing strategic political, regulatory and reputational advice to a wide range of clients; including retail and investment banks, pension providers, insurance brokers and management consultancies. He joins from Hanover Communications where he led the financial service's public affairs practice.

Prior to moving into agency, Groundes-Peace was the policy adviser to the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Grieve QC MP, as well as working for the Shadow Flooding Minister.

Henry said, “H+K’s Financial + Professional Services team is renowned for its creativity, the quality of its strategic advice and the breadth of its client portfolio. I look forward to working with team to build on this legacy and continue to deliver the pioneering new standard for communications in financial services.”