Our Team
Wigwam Co-Founder Vanessa has over 30 years’ PR experience, working on business to business, technology and consumer clients ranging from world leading multi-nationals through to entrepreneurial early stage businesses
Over the last 15 years, Vanessa has developed a specialism in financial services, supporting innovative technology providers and firms targeting hedge funds and institutional brokers, whilst also working directly with regulated institutional FX and crypto brokers. She has a strong network of contacts in this area and an in-depth understanding of the industry.
Alongside this, Vanessa brings almost a decade of experience in the social care sector, advising clients on communications strategies and raising their profile in relevant media. Prior to co-founding Wigwam, Vanessa was employed at leading London-based PR agencies, including Firefly (as an Associate Director, heading up Motorola and 3M), Scope (which was acquired by Ketchum) where she worked on BT, Xerox and Esso; and Spreckley Pittham (now Spreckley)
From 1997-1999 she was Managing Director of Mmd – a Prague-based PR agency where she was responsible for a team of 15 people whose clients included Nestle, Procter & Gamble, UDV (Smirnoff, Jose Cuervo, Malibu), Deloitte & Touche, Intel, Cisco and Xerox.
Vanessa has won a PR Week Award, an International Public Relations Award for creativity, and in 2018 was named Most Influential Woman in FinTech PR by AI Magazine. She is proud to have led the Wigwam team to win five industry: The Finance Magnates 2020 Award for Best Marketing/PR Firm and the Global Forex Awards in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for Best Public Relations Company.
TAMSIN WILLIAMS
Wigwam Co-Founder Tamsin is an accomplished PR professional with experience gained both in-house and at leading consultancy, EURO RSCG Biss Lancaster.
It was during time at Biss Lancaster that Tamsin developed a passion for working within the arts, managing partnerships between corporate clients and high profile cultural organisations including the Royal College of Art and D&AD.
Tamsin continued to develop this specialism at Wigwam PR and, to strengthen the strategic focus on this business area, arts, heritage, cultural and creative clients will now be served by tamsin-williams.com
FIONA BUTLER
Fiona is a successful PR professional, with in-depth marcoms, sponsorship and crisis communications experience and a proven track record in delivering impactful coverage to generate new business interest. At Wigwam, Fiona has used her strategic insight to increase the profile of organisations in the technology and financial sectors from global telecoms brands to FX start-ups.
Prior to joining Wigwam, Fiona was Client Director at DPA Corporate Communications, working at Board level to devise communications strategies for numerous global organisations including SONY and Sun Microsystems.
As Associate Director at Berkeley PR, Fiona headed a team of 14 consultants and was responsible for the agency’s flagship account, Epson UK and also set-up and co-ordinated a network of partner agencies for Epson in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Fiona began her career at Scope (acquired by Ketchum) where she was responsible for the Beefeater Gin sponsorship of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.
She has a BA (Hons) in Public Relations from Bournemouth University.