GroupWhistle’s ethos is set by a diverse group of founders that bring a richness of experience to client needs
Whistle’s value to clients navigating complex and changing business considerations in both the autotech and motorsport industries is founded on our depth of sectorial experience.
All of our founders have held senior client-side positions in race teams or engineering consultancies and OEMs. Our speciality experience brings this expertise to bear across a multidisciplinary team of writers, PRs, designers, strategists and content creators.
Liam is GroupWhistle’s Managing Director. He is in charge of leading the agency’s service delivery and business development.
A seasoned communications professional with a deep interest in exponential technologies, Liam has previously served as Head of Communications at Williams Grand Prix Engineering and has also led two investor-backed digital start-ups. He is an occasional executive education lecturer at the Saïd Business School in Oxford and the Møller Institute at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
Liam earned a postgraduate diploma in Business Administration from the London School of Economics after a first honours degree from the University of Exeter.
Lindsey is GroupWhistle’s Operations Director and one of the company’s founding partners.
With a depth of technology-focused experience in the automotive, engineering and financial services industries, Lindsey is responsible for group financial leadership, talent and recruitment, and operations.
Prior to founding the first Whistle Group company, Lindsey represented Prodrive, the Volvo Group and Fast Track in a variety of roles. She is an economics graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London.
A business studies graduate of Brunel University, Steve entered corporate life with BP before developing a varied capability in the media, producing live television and acting as editor for a series of international news websites before co-founding his own PR Agency in 2012.
Steve currently practises as a consultant to a European marketing agency and holds a leadership position in a second marketing services agency which he helped to launch in 2016.
Steve is a company founder and GroupWhistle’s Client Services Director.
James is a GroupWhistle Non-Executive Director and is responsible for guiding the company’s Board in all aspects of business strategy, finance and operations. Formerly the CEO of JJ Marketing, where he directed more than 30 years of successful growth, he retired following a highly successful exit sale to Gravity Global in 2019.
Work with us at GroupWhistle
If you’re up to speed with the latest trends in automotive technology or passionate about motorsport and you have an eye for a compelling story, then you’re a Whistle type of person. News junkies, gearheads and road warriors can drop us an email with a CV or LinkedIn profile to careers@groupwhistle.com