Clear communication that strengthens reputation and supports growth.

Independent counsel helping define and communicate credible stories to the audiences that matter.

The challenge

As your organisation grows or operates in more competitive environments, communication becomes more complex.

Teams face increasing demands:

  • Explaining technical or specialised work clearly

  • Entering new or more competitive markets

  • Aligning teams around consistent messaging

  • Maintaining credibility under scrutiny

  • Ensuring communication supports commercial objectives

Without clear positioning, effort can fragment.

The result is inconsistency, diluted authority or missed opportunity.

What I do

I turn complex work into clear, credible narratives and get them in front of the audiences that need to hear them.

  • Clear positioning underpins effective communication.

    I work with teams to define a distinct, defensible position, and ensure it holds across leadership, media, investor and customers.

    You gain:

    • A coherent narrative

    • Strong executive messaging

    • Internal alignment

    • Consistent language across audiences

  • Communication should help achieve your longer-term business objectives. Example projects include:

    • Product and service launches

    • Research and report campaigns

    • Funding or growth announcements

    • Market entry positioning

    • Leadership profiling

    I design strategy and tactics aligned to your priorities and oversee delivery end-to-end.

  • Events and coalition building are expressions of your positioning.

    When structured well they reinforce credibility, align stakeholders and support commercial objectives.

    You gain:

    • Strategic concept development

    • Clear narrative integration across speakers and materials

    • Executive and spokesperson briefing

    • Media alignment and targeted outreach

    • Structured follow-up and post-event communication

    From private roundtables to industry gatherings, the objective is consistency, credibility and impact.

  • Corsair Strategies is not an agency. There are no junior layers and no inflated teams.

    You work directly with a senior operator who combines strategy and execution.

    You get:

    • Independent strategic judgement

    • Practical delivery

    • Flexibility without long-term overheads

    • A partner who can scale involvement up or down as needed

    I’ve built communications functions from scratch, led international press operations and delivered hundreds of campaigns.

  • For organisations seeking focused delivery, work can be scoped around clearly defined modules, delivered independently or combined as required.

    Examples include:

    Media relations
    Press releases, targeted media outreach and structured press campaigns.

    Messaging & editorial
    Messaging frameworks, report launch content, bylines and executive copy.

    Digital campaigns
    LinkedIn campaign planning, coordinated social pushes and integrated amplification.

    Each engagement is clearly scoped and aligned with your broader objectives.

What changes

After working together, organisations are better positioned to:

  • Articulate their value clearly

  • Compete with confidence

  • Align leadership and teams

  • Strengthen trust with media, partners and investors

  • Use communication as a tool for growth

The objective is clarity and credibility that support your business.

Who I work with

I work with organisations and teams that value clear thinking,
consistent positioning and senior-level execution.

  • For organisations entering new markets, raising capital or competing in crowded sectors. I help ensure communication keeps pace with growth.

  • For product and service led, or research-driven organisations doing technically sophisticated work.

    Where authority exists internally, I help translate it to external stakeholders.

  • For companies that are

    • Repositioning

    • Expanding internationally

    • Entering more competitive environments

    • Shifting strategy

    I work on developing disciplined narrative and materials for better control.

  • With an ex-agency background myself, I regularly work alongside colleagues as:

    • Senior counsel or strategic reinforcement

    • Embedded support on complex accounts

    • Extra capacity during peak periods

    I plug into existing teams without disruption — adding strategic clarity and delivery power where needed.

  • For stretched marketing and communications teams seeking support without expanding headcount.

    I operate as an extension of your team, not a replacement.

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About

Corsair Strategies is an independent communications practice. I work directly with leadership teams, coalitions and growing organisations navigating complexity or competition - helping them clarify positioning, strengthen credibility and use communications to support long-term growth.

Over the past 14 years, I’ve worked across global agencies, in-house leadership roles and specialist consultancies. I’ve built communications functions from scratch, managed high-value client portfolios and supported organisations operating across markets and stakeholder groups.

I understand how businesses scale and how reputation, positioning and disciplined communication underpin that growth.

Corsair is intentionally lean. You work directly with a senior operator who combines strategic judgement with practical delivery.

  • "Sharp, reliable and not afraid to challenge ideas to get the best outcome."

    Elliot Frankal, Senior Manager, Chronos Sustainability

  • "Brought clarity and calm where it was most needed. A pleasure to work with and highly recommneded."

    Joshua Snodin, Director of Communications, CDP

  • "I can recommend Josh for his experience across media relations, his creative expertise, his strategic approach, and his execution."

    Alex Monro, Head of Communications, Brunel Pension Partnership

  • "Josh was instrumental in elevating our profile, managing a range of complex reports, delivering extensive media coverage and refining our organisation's brand presence on sustainability-related issues."

    John Willis, Director of Research, Planet Tracker

  • "His thorough research, sharp copywriting and stylish input into whitepapers made complex ideas clear and engaging, and offered some smart mediate strategy insights too."

    Jags Walia, Senior Portfolio Manager, Kempen Capital