Charles Lewington

Spear’s Review

Hanover founder Charles Lewington – who honed his skills as press secretary to former prime minister John Major in the 1990s – is an expert in organisations’ visions, values and voices. ‘You have to think about how your thought leadership as a business might translate into consumer or stakeholder campaigns,’ he explains.

With social and environmental issues more prominent than ever, Lewington helps to turn this thinking into productive campaigns using either traditional media channels or, increasingly, digital ones and social media. ‘We provide media training and speech writing for business leaders, as well as LinkedIn profiling – a lot of business leaders want to improve their social media profile. It’s the full package,’ he says.

Hanover also has a large public affairs office, and does ‘a lot of heavy lifting policy work – drafting consultation and advising businesses on how they craft their message for a political audience’.