Keith Johnston Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

CEO and Co-founder of SFO Alliance, a single family office peer-to-peer network with strict membership criteria.‍Founded by a group of single family offices, SFO Alliance’s ethos is to help active single family offices realise their investment and operational goals through sharing insights and solutions within a private forum of trusted peers. Visit https://www.sfo-alliance.com/

Club b is a global club for single family office principals and executives. The Club provides members’ with world-class educational content and a private forum for collaboration within a trusted global peer-to-peer network. Visit https://www.leclubb.com/Club b’s mission is to help family offices realise their investment, operational and succession goals.

London, London, Gb

Family Office Council - The Single Family Office agendaThe Family Office Council is a membership group for single family offices with leadership and agenda set by single family offices. I also carry out recruitment work for family offices and advisers.Membership Benefits• Professional networking with Single Family Offices (SFOs) - A Forum of regular meetings to network and exchange information with other Single Family Office Executives. • Best practice peer exchange with other SFOs and lobbying - A forum designed by SFOs to address pressing concerns, share experiences and access thought leadership.• Membership approved by SFOs - Membership is approved by SFO, ensuring that only SFOs and their trusted advisors may attend. • White papers - summary of every forum event - A Chatham House-style summary of each forum will be circulated so that key insights can be retained.Events • Events programme proposed and approved by SFOs, - The events programme is designed and approved by Single Family Offices to meet their needs.

Trustee of the CIPR's Benevolent Fund

London, Gb

As Global Director of Communications and Editor-in-Chief at STEP, I developed and implemented a communications strategy that ensured STEP’s vision of being a global educator and voice of the industry was articulated to its members and key stakeholders. During my tenure at STEP, membership grew from 8,000 to 18,000.• Directing the policy & communications for a specialist international professional body on behalf of the board• Enhanced brand positioning, measuring and evaluating impact of member communications• Commercial Director, increased fundraising and developed and sold new products/services• Member of EU Savings Tax Expert Group, FATF Private Sector Intermediary Liaison group• Created excellent thought leadership, market research and content marketing• Award-winning issues management including lobbying Westminster and Whitehall• Journalist, editor then Editor-in-chief, STEP Journal, Directory, step.org and stepjournal.org• Broadened the STEP brand by creating and running the STEP Private Client Awards• Enhanced media relations• Revolutionised client communications by creating a digital news and conference & events platforms

London, London , Gb

Chair of specialist group of professional public affairs practitioners

London, Gb

• Managing the public affairs campaigns of a communications team in liaison with political masters• Lobbying Westminster and Whitehall and producing Parliamentary briefings• Writing, clearing and placing articles in the regional, national and trade press• Managing the production planning and political line for London Housing magazine• Managing the www.lhu.org.uk website

• Leading on policy for lighting engineers, including building regulations, climate change and crime reduction• Managing engagement with Parliamentarians, Civil Servants and Ministers• Co-coordinating lobbying efforts with the Institute of Lighting Engineers and CIBSE

Ma (Hons), History

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