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 IT director and non-executive director. Graeme is responsible for our marketing and sales strategies, oversees our marketing team, and coaches and leads our 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.

Simon has been advising the founders and senior management team at Freeman Clarke since 2018 and was made Chairman in 2020.

Having founded a leading independent management consultancy and also a Professional Services Automation SaaS business he brings over 20 years experience of growing advisory companies. Simon leads on strategy formation and monitoring our progress towards the ambitious development goals we set ourselves as a business and across the senior team at Freeman Clarke.

Gemma joined Freeman Clarke in 2015 after spending 11 years in Sydney where her marketing career first began. As Director of Marketing, she is responsible for the creation, development, and delivery of our multi-channel marketing strategy. This drives brand awareness and business growth for both the UK and US operations.

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.”

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.

Diana is responsible for assisting the Central Marketing Department (CM). As well, she provides administrative support for organizational events and assists the team in day-to-day activities.

Diana has experience as an Operations Intern at Instiglio  — an international NGO —, and as an active leader in educational programs and social work.