The team of Michael Macfarlane Associates serves the world’s most ambitious private clients and capital holders from London, Lisbon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu and Singapore.

Michael Macfarlane is one of the leading global private client reputation advisers, working with ultra high net worth individuals, business owning families, family offices, entrepreneurs, private capital principals, philanthropists and cultural leaders whose reputations materially affect access, trust, capital, influence and opportunity. As Principal Partner, he advises some of the world’s most ambitious private capital holders, including major Asian business families, dynastic enterprises and founders building companies, institutions, investment platforms and philanthropic ecosystems at global scale.

Farah Pasha is a Partner advising leaders, founders and organisations on strategic communications, especially those operating at new frontiers of innovation and opportunity. She built her career at Portland, W Communications, Hawthorn and Madano, with more than a decade advising brands, high growth ventures and mission driven entities, and delivers strategies that secure complex outcomes, from trust and credibility to public narrative, investment and reputational risk. She is a TEDx Ambassador.

Joe Wallen is a Partner and Head of India, where he has been based for more than a decade, working across the Private Client and Capital Outcomes practices. He was co-founder and Managing Partner of Montfort South Asia, the long standing South Asia Bureau Chief of The Daily Telegraph, host of The Diplomat’s Beyond the Indus podcast and Teneo’s South Asia consultant. He is Chairman of the British Business Group in India, and speaks Spanish and Hindi.

Mark Walter is a Partner and Head of Capital Outcomes, with more than twenty years as a strategic capital markets and investor relations adviser to international companies raising their profiles, strengthening their reputations and expanding their shareholder bases, across aerospace, financial services, industrials and TMT in Europe, the United States and emerging markets. A native Welsh speaker, he sings with Eschoir, Borough Chapel Welsh Choir and St Paul’s Cathedral Choir.

Anna Kredisova is an Associate Partner advising principals, family offices and their advisers on strategic communications, reputation and dispute resolution, from cross border disputes and corporate crises to the positioning of major philanthropic initiatives. She has supported prominent families and their businesses across Europe, Asia and the United States, including global campaigns at Davos. She previously worked at Highgate and Mercury Public Affairs, and speaks French, Russian and Ukrainian.

Luke Severn is a Senior Associate who spent many years within a family office managing the global reputation of a prominent principal, including through periods of challenge, and previously led global communications for a major philanthropic foundation. He focuses on PR, reputation management and strategic communications, with a journalism background and close partnerships with family offices, lawyers and principal advisers.

Jericho Rock-Archer is Creative Director, with more than a decade in video production, social first content and digital storytelling. He translates complex positioning into compelling visual narratives and builds distinctive video formats and content systems for premium brands, public facing organisations and high profile individuals, drawing on creative leadership across luxury, lifestyle and corporate work.

Sam Harding is a Senior Associate and filmmaker. He began in post production in Canada on television series including Reacher, The Expanse and The Handmaid’s Tale, earned an MFA at the London Film Academy, and delivers high end visuals and edits for brands, corporations and independent creators. He also writes and directs music videos.

Stephanie Chen is an Associate and Head of China, fluent and highly proficient as a writer in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. She engages Chinese media and journalists, creates content for Chinese social platforms and bridges cultures for clients, with a deep understanding of the world of principals and family offices.

Megan Shears is an Associate whose background spans strategic communications, journalism and digital engagement, supporting international brands and organisations in London, Paris, Milan and New York, including at Fashion Week. A former columnist for Vogue Business, she has delivered measurable growth through social media strategy and digital marketing that enhances visibility, reputation and sentiment.

Rasika Sittamparam is an Associate and content writer with more than a decade in print and online journalism, including eight years as a senior researcher at Spear’s, reporting on principals, family offices and private client advisers worldwide. An MA Science Journalism graduate, she synthesises complex information into engaging long form content and convenes flagship events for the private client community.

Pankaj Thapa is an Associate with more than ten years across newsrooms, advertising agencies, PR firms, international development agencies and family offices in Australia, Nepal, India and Ghana. He leads strategic content planning, previously ran on the ground content for a substantial philanthropic foundation across Africa and Asia, and is studying for an MA in Strategic Communications at the London School of Economics.

Edmund Chan is an Associate with a background at Edelman, Golin and Hill and Knowlton, specialising in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and reputation management for corporate leaders and professional services. He worked on a major project to position Hong Kong as a global family office hub, and brings a foundation in journalism to narratives that protect and elevate reputations on a global scale.

Icy Wong is an Analyst with a background in linguistics and luxury fashion, fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Her research at University College London focused on user behaviour and trust on RedNote. She manages social channels with a focus on storytelling and positioning, and trained as a violinist at the Royal Academy of Music.

Tiffany Cheung is an Analyst specialising in Asia Pacific, fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, with deep experience in integrated communications for luxury and lifestyle brands. She focuses on media relations, experiential marketing, Western and Chinese social media and positioning for the premium segment.

Isha Karki is an Analyst with a background in advisory communications and brand strategy. She was previously a Solutions Manager for Meta, advising on campaign planning and creative across its platforms, and held brand management roles at a leading multinational. She is Meta certified in discovery commerce, media buying, media planning and creative strategy.

Nabin Tiwari is an Analyst with a technical background in web development, design and SEO, previously web developer and data manager for a leading philanthropic foundation. He specialises in SEO and generative engine optimisation, structured data and how large language models retrieve, interpret and summarise information across search and artificial intelligence.

Pritam Chhetri is an Analyst with more than a decade in photography, videography and post production across editorial, independent film and humanitarian documentary. A Flick Award recipient, he translates complex people, places and ideas into distinctive visual narratives.

Quinton Wong is an Analyst and filmmaker based in Hong Kong and working extensively in Beijing and Shanghai. A cinematographer active since 2011, his credits include The Mobfathers, From Vegas to Macau III, The Infernal Walker, Monkey Twins, Love Off the Cuff, Men on the Dragon and Tracey.