Our Central Team

Steve co-founded Freeman Clarke in 2012 having held IT Director and senior leadership positions at TalkTalk, Towers Perrin, The Welcome Trust and AOL. Steve leads the operational and people side of the business which includes recruitment and selection ensuring we only get the best of the best. In addition, Steve leads the continuous professional development programme for all our Principals so our clients get IT Directors at the top of their game. To find out more about joining Freeman Clarke, go to our Join Us page.

Graeme co-founded Freeman Clarke in 2012 having run IT services businesses, built commercial software products, and been a corporate CIO and non-executive director. Graeme is accountable for our revenue, and oversees the Marketing and Regional Directors. His aim is to ensure we build our community of clients and partners, engage with opportunities, and maximise the growth of the business.

Gemma joined Freeman Clarke in 2015. Before that she spent 11 years in Sydney, working in marketing across a number of sectors including, retail, banking, and technology. As Marketing Director, she is responsible for the creation, development, and delivery of our multi-channel marketing strategy, which focuses on communicating to ambitious mid-market businesses. Her efforts drive brand awareness and business growth for both the UK and US operations.

Paul is a growth advisor and non-executive director to several professional services firms in the UK and further afield. He has worked in numerous consulting firms, digital agencies, and recruitment businesses throughout his 20-plus-year career. Between 2014 and 2018, he built and sold Comotion, a group of professional services firms focused on digital transformation. Paul is London-based, and when not working with Freeman Clarke and our clients, he is invariably managing his two very high-energy sons, Benjamin and Daniel.

Troy joined Freeman Clarke in 2021 and looks after the Finance team and function.  He has a long career working with various sized companies, from exchange listed multi-corporate to SME across a wide range of industries.  While he started in Public Practise, for most of his career he has worked in corporate as an Analyst, Management Accountant, Financial Controller and Head of Finance.  He enjoys the work/life balance and working from home aspects of Freeman Clarke.

Katy joined Freeman Clarke in 2015 and is the Finance Manager in our central team. She is responsible for all financial transactions and reporting both in the UK and overseas. Before joining Freeman Clarke, Katy worked with several blue-chip companies as a management accountant and finance systems analyst. She has wide experience across a number of industries including travel, retail, charities and consumer goods. When not balancing the books, Katy enjoys travel and family dog walks.

Liz joined Freeman Clarke in 2020 and works as our Finance Analyst in our central team. She is responsible for the US financial transactions, and also supports the UK processes & reporting. Before joining Freeman Clarke, Liz worked at Mars UK in a variety of roles in finance & sales. Prior to that she worked at PwC in their small business & charities team initially and then later in their Thames Valley manufacturing team. Outside of work, Liz enjoys reading, travel and spending time with her family.

Samia joined the Freeman Clarke Finance team in early 2018 as Finance Assistant. Prior to joining, Samia spent several years working in the UK and internationally across a number of sectors, including Telecommunications, Oil and Gas, and a European Embassy. She manages the day to day Financial Activity, maintaining of accounts payable and receivable, the coordination of credit control and payroll. Samia speaks several additional languages including French, German, Bengali and Hindi. During her free time Samia enjoys spending time with her three children, and playing the piano.”

Hannah joined Freeman Clarke in early 2023 as Conference & Events Sponsorship Manager. With 20 years’ experience in event management, Hannah has extensive knowledge of events planning & on-site fulfilment at several world-wide events, including major sporting events, conferences & exhibitions.

Hannah is responsible for organising & delivering our internal conferences and is the first point of contact for our event sponsors.

Paula is responsible for creating, improving and maintaining Freeman Clarke’s high quality content to help the company achieve its goals, raise brand awareness and ensure that it is relevant to users’ needs.

Paula has more than 12 years of experience designing, coordinating and executing communication and marketing strategies for B2B companies in different sectors in Colombia and Latin America.

Alejandra is responsible for preparing, delivering and reporting on our digital marketing communications, support initiatives relating to Social Media and generally assist the Central Marketing Department. Alejandra has experience in marketing, data analysis, graphic design and advertising, both in Colombia and Spain.

Juan Pablo is the gatekeeper of our Data and Marketing systems. He’s responsible for prospect research, segmentation, and strategic deployment of marketing initiatives in the UK and US. Juan has worked for a myriad of company sizes in the Consumer-Packaged-Goods industry for the last 15 years, all over the Americas, helping their teams to create new opportunities and grow their business with creative services and entrepreneurial mindset.