James Melville-Ross

James Melville-Ross is Europe Head of Complex Communications Advisory and a Partner in the London office.

Mr. Melville-Ross has 30 years of experience in the industry, providing senior counsel to companies in areas such as reputation management, financial communications, employee relations, crisis and issues management, litigation, media relations and capital markets transactions.  He is a specialist in crisis communication, guiding large and small companies through moments of significant reputational threat – cyber breaches, investor activism, litigation, pandemics, media investigations and product recalls. He has co-authored studies on crisis communications, including the ‘Anatomy of a crisis’ series.

Mr. Melville-Ross is an ambassador for UK disability charity Scope, an advocate for disabled rights and a published author.