Public Affairs

OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERVICES

• Political reputation management
• Crisis and issues management
• Public policy advice
• Copywriting and submissions to consultations
• Assessing transaction risks
• Speechwriting and rehearsal
• Select committee witness training
• Marketing planning and strategy
• Election campaigns
• Opinion research and tracking

ADRIAN PEPPER Our public affairs team is led by Adrian Pepper, who is expert in devising and implementing strategies to persuade government, regulators and businesses to take account of his clients’ views on public policy. He has held a range of paid and voluntary political appointments in Westminster, Whitehall, Brussels, party headquarters and ‘in the field’ on election campaigns across the world.

Adrian has run numerous successful lobbying campaigns in Westminster and Brussels. As a Special Adviser to the last Conservative Government who has himself stood twice for election to Parliament, he understands the approach and motivations of MPs. Many of his former colleagues and friends now occupy senior positions in Parliament and in Europe.

Adrian is the author of several publications on public policy, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. He is married to his colleague Sam Pepper, with whom he has two young children. He is a keen skier, golfer and squash player. Adrian can be contacted at adrian@peppermedia.co.uk

SIR STEPHEN SHERBOURNE Senior Adviser Stephen Sherbourne was formerly a Director of Chime Communications plc and from 1983 to 1988 he worked for Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street as Head of the Prime Minister's Political Office and from 2003 to 2005 was Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition.

His clients have included British companies, charities and overseas organisations. He was educated in Manchester and Oxford.

MARTIN MINNS Martin Minns’ twenty-five year career in public and political communications consultancy epitomizes Pepper Media’s senior level expertise. In recent years, he has run a series of high profile public relations campaigns for clients including KPMG, the Irish Development Agency, the Insurance Commission of Western Australia, the BCCI Depositors Protection Association and the Paddington Survivors Group.

In addition to putting together people from business and politics in all parts of the world, he leads our international team and has advised corporations and political parties from Britain, Hungary, Bulgaria and Lithuania to Kazakhstan, Malawi, Kenya and the Bahamas.

"Adrian can hold his own with anyone and knows how to get the best out of people. He is cool under pressure and well suited to the big occasion - as you would expect from a former Cabinet special adviser."
Kevin Bell, Managing Director, Fleishmann Hillard

"Adrian Pepper provided strategic consultancy to us on one of our most important initiatives: NIKE Girls in Sport. Adrian was instrumental in guiding us through our discussions with ministers and senior civil servants and secured us high profile opportunities to lobby both through Government, think tanks and the House of Commons. Adrian was always an energetic and committed member of our team. I valued his ideas and his advice throughout our period working together."
Dermott Cleary, Marketing Director, NIKE

"At the BBC Pepper took the opportunity to show what he was made of. Grilled by David Dimbleby, he conducted himself with the assurance of one who had been at it for years."
Daily Telegraph, Peterborough Column

"Your knowledge and expertise in relation to PR and parliamentary process was, quite frankly, invaluable and we would not have been able to make our case with anything like the same degree of impact without your input."
David Burnip, Chief Executive, Forest Heath District Council, Suffolk