Meet the Senior Team
Simon Kelner
CEO, Seven Dials PR
The Seven Dials Group was founded in May 2013 by Simon Kelner, the award-winning former editor of The Independent and i newspapers.
Seven Dials brings the understanding of journalism to the task of publicity. Simon has more than a decade of experience as a national newspaper editor. This has ensured he has unparalleled connectivity across the industry.
Natasha Shapiro
Consultant, Seven Dials City
Natasha Shapiro has worked in equity capital markets for over ten years at HSBC James Capel, Lehman Brothers and KBC Peel Hunt. She has particular experience covering the technology and support services sectors, as well as general coverage of the broader financial markets.
Natasha has deep experience of managing buy side accounts including Fidelity, Scottish Widows and Artemis and has run the sales side operations for brokerships including Capita and Sema Group - the latter was subsequently acquired by Schlumberger.
Claire curran
Senior Consultant, Seven Dials City
Claire has more than 25 years public relations experience working in London, New York and Los Angeles.
She has experience working with and within businesses in retail, automotive, consumer goods, third sector and public sector providing strategic communications counsel, planning and delivering campaigns to achieve media coverage.
Claire led PR teams for major public events including London 2012, Invictus Games (London), Comic Relief and directly for the Mayor of London and Transport for London.
Louisa robertson
Head of Research & Analytics, Seven Dials City
Louisa Robertson has an extensive background in research and analysis, having worked for a leading City Financial PR firm in central London for many years, developing bespoke media analytics products for a diverse and wide range of clients. As such, she has a strong understanding of the important relationship between companies and the press, and how to identify and make use of relevant material to track performance.
Louisa has an LLM in Public International Law from the University of London, and a BA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading.