TELLING YOUR STORY SO IT REALLY COUNTS.

Founded in 2008, LionbridgePR started life as MCM. It was established by Ben and Sophie McCarthy who combined their experience of working in front of the camera in television news and for some of London’s biggest PR agencies.

They built their business advising clients on how to engage with media, often in times of crisis. They rapidly became trusted advisors to board members of blue-chip companies around the world. Over the years, communications teams have sought their help in telling their stories, protecting their reputations and building their brands.

Many, many thanks for all your creativity, hard work, dedication and care!!! Without your support we would have been lost.

Nelleke Barning, VP Global Communications & External Affairs, Nutrition, DSM

We have been advising businesses on how to handle the media on some of the biggest stories of recent years. The Paradise Papers data theft, Thomas Cook’s Corfu crisis and mass fatality aviation accidents to name but a few. Recently we provided frontline advice to a pharmaceutical company searching for a cure for Covid-19 and we’ve helped a biotech start-up launch sustainable algal oil containing EPA & DHA Omega-3

Capitalising on our experience to help a broader range of clients solve their communications challenges, we have grown our agency into a trusted team of communications experts. We are ready to advise you on how you can engage successfully with your most important stakeholders, tell your brand’s story, and deliver on your key communications objectives.

The Team.

Ben McCarthy
Founding Partner

For fifteen years, Ben worked as a correspondent for the three main UK television networks, BBC, ITN and Sky News. This gave him great insight into how newsrooms operate and the best way for companies to land their messages.

Following four years as a Director at global PR agency Porter Novelli, working on corporate, consumer and healthcare accounts, he set up his own agency in 2008. As well as expertise in crisis and issues handling, he has a particular interest in food and nutrition having worked with DSM’s Nutritional Products, Food Specialties and Proteins of the Future, as well as Veramaris the biotech start-up

Sophie McCarthy
Founding Partner

After spending much of her career in healthcare PR, working with clients such as Astra Zeneca, GSK and Johnson and Johnson, Sophie left her position as a Director at Ogilvy Health PR in 2008 to help establish MCM, now LionbridgePR. Having spent her entire career in agency she understands client service like no one else and oversees client relationships in the business. She has particular expertise in launch campaigns and creative engagement of internal audiences.

Lindsay Ephgrave
Senior Consultant

A specialist in healthcare PR, Lindsay initially started her career with an international biotech company that developed vaccines against infectious diseases.

She then moved to Ogilvy Health PR, where she developed and implemented communications strategies for some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies including Boehringer Ingelheim, Bayer Schering Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche. This involved therapy areas including mental health, female health, respiratory and vaccines.

Daniel Baird
Consultant

Having started working with us in 2015, Daniel has worked on a range of PR communications projects. He began his career in PR working for RED, a large London agency where he worked on both corporate and consumer accounts. He has a strong interest in media relations and social media.

Serge van Roiij
Associate

We have enjoyed a long-term partnership with Serge and have collaborated on global projects, including work with us in China and Singapore. As well as being one of the managing partners of his agency, Bex Communications in Eindhoven, Serge is a storytelling expert and has written a book on the subject that is currently a bestseller in his native Holland.

Mark Lyons
Associate

Formerly Managing Director of Corporate Communications at The RED Consultancy Mark has worked with us since 2014. He has worked with us on many projects and is an extremely experienced media trainer. Mark is also a specialist in crisis and issues management and as a former Political Editor for ITV’s Granada Tonight at Westminster, has experience in public affairs.

Olivia Tushingham
Account Executive

Olivia graduated last Summer with a 2:1 in History from the University of Exeter. She has been working as an intern in the marketing department at Stamford Endowed Schools, where she has been responsible for digital marketing including social media. She has also put together a series of marketing videos showing life at the school. Olivia is fast becoming a social media expert and has a special interest in science and sustainability. We know she’s a star in the making.

A selection of our clients.