Consumer / TMT Team
Will House
020 7220 0299
Will works on assignments in the consumer and industrials practices. Before Blackwood he worked at Long Reach, a sports finance and risk management consultancy. Prior to that, he spent four years as a professional cricketer for Kent and Sussex. He read History at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
Helen Metcalfe
020 7220 0290
Helen works on assignments in the retail, consumer and TMT practices. Before Blackwood she worked at TMP/Highland Partners and at Whitehead Mann. Prior to that she was a Commercial Manager with Marks and Spencer for five years. She read Modern and Medieval Languages at New Hall, Cambridge.
Amanda Smithson
020 7220 0273
Amanda works on assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked at Morgan Stanley for thirteen years. She spent ten years in Mergers & Acquisitions in London and New York before becoming COO of the Investment Banking Division. She read English and then Law at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Richard Marshall
020 7220 0260
Richard works on assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood he worked at Astbury Marsden focusing on the TMT sector. Prior to this he worked for Global Education, recruiting staff into schools. He read Geography with International Relations at the University of Plymouth.
Sabina Ansar
020 7220 0295
Sabina works on assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked as a Solicitor at Clifford Chance for three years in the Private Equity group. She read Law at the College of Law and Psychology and Criminal Justice in the US.
Andrew Banks
020 7220 0254
Andrew works on assignments in the TMT practice. Before Blackwood he worked at a global search boutique specialising in high growth technology and technology-enabled businesses. He read Geography at the University of Nottingham.