Seven Dials offers consumer brand, lifestyle, luxury, entertainment and events PR, reputation management, C-suite counsel and corporate communications. Founded in 2013 by Chief Executive Simon Kelner, Seven Dials is a dynamic and fast-growing boutique agency in the heart of Soho, run by a team of experienced consultants who have worked in brand strategy, PR and other communications disciplines at some of London’s most awarded agencies. The agency has quickly earned a reputation for working with high profile brands and businesses, building awareness, mobilising opinion and changing perceptions for its clients. Seven Dials is led by Simon Kelner, who was the editor-in-chief and board director of The Independent, one of Britain’s five quality national daily newspapers, from the late 1990s until 2011. He took the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid and launched i, the first profitable paid-for national newspaper in a generation. Seven Dials’ strategy director is Claire Curran. Claire has worked on projects such as London 2012, Invictus Games - collaborated on some of the most talked about consumer brand campaigns – Pepsi, Walkers, BMW – and led in the development of some of the most noted cause campaigns – (RED) and Comic Relief. The agency’s consumer clients include: Fortnum & Mason; Global Media and Entertainment, owner of Capital, Heart, LBC, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Capital Xtra; Johnston’s of Elgin; Charles Heidsieck champagne; Gail’s Bakery; The Groucho Club; The Old Vic theatre; Chase Distillery. Seven Dials also provides corporate and reputation management services and CEO counsel to Lloyds Bank, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Business 3.0. It also has a specialist financial PR offering, Seven Dials City.