Blackwood

Susie Cummings
020 7220 0272

Susie leads assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked at The Rose Partnership for twelve years and was responsible for building the equities, fixed income, and derivatives practices. She has a background in venture capital and equity broking.

Amanda Smithson
020 7220 0273

Amanda leads 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.

Emily Taylor
020 7220 0275

Emily leads assignments in all areas of finance, including CFOs, finance directors and financial controllers across all industries. She also works broadly in Financial Services, focusing on investment banking and retail financial services. Before Blackwood she worked at The Rose Partnership for four years. She has worked in all product areas of investment banking and private equity. She read Classics at Bristol.

Deborah Felix
020 7220 0286

Deborah focuses principally on the real estate, investment banking, and private equity practices. Before Blackwood she worked at Russell Reynolds Associates for four years. Prior to that she was a strategy consultant at Mercer Management Consulting. She read Land Economy and Management Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

Joanne Clayton
020 7220 0297

Joanne focuses principally on the investment banking and private equity practices. Before Blackwood she worked at research and recruitment consultancy FreshMinds for two years. She read Modern History at St. Andrews and then spent a year studying History and Political Science in the US.

Eleanor Major
020 7220 0258

Eleanor works across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked as an Editor at Debrett’s for two years. Prior to that she taught Religious Studies at a Worcestershire prep school. She read Theology at Trinity College, Cambridge.