Team

Founded Proactive in 2006 as a way to channel his own views on companies listed in London and Toronto. What started as a hobby quickly turned into a full time job as the website's readership exploded over the next six months. One2...

Craig co-founded Proactive. He is FCA regulated, an expert in financial media and advanced web design. Formerly a full-time trader, he has a passion for stock picking and a thorough understanding of the financial markets. As manag...

Ian is the editor and a director of Proactive. He oversees all editorial output and is also heavily involved with business development. He moved to Proactive from the Daily Mail, where he was City News Editor and Investment Editor...

Richard Cook is the Chief Operating Officer of Proactive. After serving in the British Army for thirteen years, Richard began his commercial career at Reuters initially running Lipper's European data operations before moving to th...

With over 25 years of extensive experience in the City, latterly advising clients wishing to join the junior markets, Simon is an FCA-approved commercial chartered accountant with a background in engineering and natural resources....

Pete is the Chief Commercial Officer for Proactive as well as being co-founder and Chief Executive of Brighter IR. Having grown up in parallel with the advent of home computing during the early 80s, his interest and pass...

Peter brings a strong business journalism background to Proactive, having co-managed Nikkei’s English financial news desk in Tokyo for several years. While in Japan he also ran his own consulting firm with major European investm...

Greg joins Proactive bringing a diverse background of technical expertise.  He previously held the role of Technical Director for one of Canada’s largest news networks, Technical Director for Freeman Audio Visual, and ...

After graduating with first class honours in economics from Lancaster University in 2006, Jamie spent a number of years as a private client equity dealer gaining front-line experience in the investment industry during the most fas...

Giulia joined Proactive as a junior journalist in 2019. Originally from Italy, she moved to the UK in 2013 to study at the Robert Gordon University where she graduated with a BA(Hons) degree in Journalism. Over the years she has r...

Nicola joined Proactive in October 2011 as Financial Controller. Having worked previously at a firm of Chartered Accountants for 12 years, Nicola brings her knowledge and experience of finance, accounting and payroll. Nicola ...

Uttara is a senior financial journalist at Proactive. She has reported on global markets, trade and business for over twenty years from North America, Asia and Europe. She was previously senior contributor for Forbes India base...

After graduating with a degree in Financial Mathematics and having a passion for journalism, Thomas went on to write for several city-based, investment-focussed online publications including T1ps.com and UK-Analyst.com. During his...

Christine comes to Proactive with more than five years’ television reporting experience covering general news in the New York tri-state area and two years spent in the technology space, focusing on marketing for a global IT...

Jessica graduated from Curtin University of Technology in 2014 with a double major degree in Journalism and PR. Her first journalism job was at the Kalgoorlie Miner, WA's only regional daily newspaper, where she wrote and later ma...

Steve Darling is an award winning broadcaster who has spent the past 20 years as one of the most recognizable faces in British Columbia, reporting and anchoring at BCTV and Global Television. He spent 15 years as the co-host of th...

For nearly 10 years, Steve's top priority has been helping public companies communicate with shareholders in both Canada and the United States. He spent 7.5 years at Cambridge House International, eventually becoming Vice Presiden...

Emma is a journalist with experience across a range of sectors. Prior to Proactive, she was a resources writer for the Australian Mining Review and Australian Energy Review and was instrumental in building the publication’s d...

Full member of AAT and with over 13 years of experience in Finance, Klara joined Proactive Investors in 2018. Klara has worked in different businesses / companies and has experience in most of the accounting functions using a...

Prior to founding Hallgarten & Company in 2003 he was the head of research at an economic thinktank in New Jersey which he had joined in 2001. Before moving to the U.S., he was the founder and head of research at the esteemed ...

After obtaining a diploma for “Professional Broadcasting” in  2000, Stephen spent many years as a Director and Technical Operator specalising in LIVE, multi camera productions for TV, After a varied Career in the world of...

Alastair Ford worked for seven years as mining correspondent for the Investors Chronicle, the UK’s premier print-based investment magazine. During that time he covered some of the most interesting and spectacular deals of the mi...

Eugene has enjoyed an extensive career in publishing. He previously had commercial responsibility for managing the money sections at The Times and Sunday Times. Whilst at News UK, he ran a team who rolled out the subscription mode...

Ruth has over ten years experience of working in the financial markets and has a strong interest in oil and gas stocks. Having coming from a National Charity managing large mass participation and high networth fundraisin...

Tharun is a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute, U.S. A graduate from Loyola College, Chennai, he started his career in Goldman Sachs at their Bangalore office. Prior to his current role at Proactive, he worked as a...

Patrick jumped into journalism more than 25 years ago, spending the bulk of his career with the Associated Press, Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal as a reporter, editor and manager. He helped launch and oversee WSJ....

Giles Gwinnett is a qualified journalist and has been a reporter for a number of regional newspapers and for a press agency. He was formerly a news analyst on the German team at Thomson Financial, now Thomson Reuters. He has a bac...

Oliver Haill has been writing about companies and markets for more than a decade and a half. In recent years he has been freelancing, with contracts at the Financial Times Group, ITV, Press Association, Reuters sports desk, Gracen...

Angela Harmantas is a senior financial journalist with Proactive. She has nearly ten years' experience covering the equity markets in North America, with a particular focus on junior resource stocks. Angela has reported from numer...

John has been covering financial markets since before the FTSE 100 existed, starting out on the Industries and Commodities team at Dun & Bradstreet, before moving on to Datastream, where he was head of the news team for severa...

Jon has been reporting on stock markets  for over twenty-five years for audio text companies (remember them?!), newswires, and websites. He helped set up MarketEye News for ICV/Topic in the 1990’s before moving on to become...

Richard has spent over 30 years in investment research and financial media. He worked at Edison Investment Research for twelve years, where he covered technology, specialising in software and services. Prior to Edison, he was with...

John is a Business Development Director in the New York office.  He has extensive knowledge of the capital markets, having spent 20 years as an institutional equity/HY salesman.  He began his career in equities at Merril...

Kurram is Group Marketing Manager of Proactive. He oversees all marketing output and is strongly involved in business development and strategy. Kurram began his commercial career within the financial services industry, primarily F...

Brian Keane manages business development for Proactive in the USA. He has over a decade of investment banking experience specializing in originating, placing, and structuring financing for emerging growth companies in the US and C...

Andrew covers daily market movers, newsworthy cannabis stocks and other small-cap briefs. He previously worked as a fact-checker for both PolitiFact and Guideposts, covered higher education for the Columbia Missourian and interned...

Sam  has over 10 years of capital markets and asset management experience in both North America and the Pacific Rim, with primary focus on Resources and Oil & Gas sectors. He spent three years with Scotia Bank as an Inter...

Anaïs spent the majority of her career in the entertainment production and financial media industry, where she has gained an extensive international experience in client management. Utilising these skills, she is now the lynchpin...

Ryan is the MD of Mining and Metals Research Corporation. He has over 10 years’ experience in the mining and finance industries. Trained as a geologist, he has worked on exploration, development and production projects with c...

Sarah was the voice of Bloomberg Business Breakfast and the face of Daybreak when it aired on The Money Channel, as well as being one of the first webcasters for Thomson Reuters. Other clients Sarah has worked with include The Eu...

Sean has been covering North American equity markets for more than 20 years, editing and writing for publications such as Investors Digest of Canada and Stockhouse.com. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and has success...

Laura has over 20 years experience coordinating events in various industry sectors in both the UK and Europe. Following a career break to look after family, Laura jumped back into the work arena in 2015 and has...

Rachel started off as a general news reporter 20 years ago before serving stints as the bureau chief for AFX News in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong and finally as an editor in London.  She has also worked at APM Health...

John Miller has been a journalist for 38 years and before starting with Proactive in late 2017, had spent 10 years as editor of The ASIA Miner magazine and online news service. After starting as a cadet journalist at the C...

Emma moved to Proactive from Minesite.com, where she was CEO. She brings with her experience in natural resources and finance, having previously been part of the Mining Corporate Finance team at Standard Bank and starting her...

Alison joined Proactive in 2013 and brings experience in web design and IT, with a current focus on events and assisting with business development.

Calum graduated from the London School of Economics with an LLB (Hons) degree in Law in 2015. After brief stints in corporate insurance brokerage in Hong Kong and as a financial consultant associate in London, he joined a video ga...

Will has over 20 years’ experience within financial services having worked as a telephone dealer and as part of the sales teams within several Asset Management companies. He then moved to roles selling solutions to Asset Manager...

Chet has a wealth of experience within the financial markets.  He previously worked as an Equity Dealer in London, advising private clients on their small/mid cap shares portfolio, including, new issues, private placements, p...

John has over ten years’ experience in financial markets including four years internationally, with roles predominately focused as a Treasury Dealer and Treasury Manager, within both the corporate and banking sector. John has al...

Zac has in excess of 25 years’ experience in oil and gas and finance, working for companies such as BP, Chevron, Merrill Lynch and ING Barings, where he undertook finance or finance related roles. Given his Chemical Engineering ...

Katie has a wealth of international broadcasting experience as a presenter, journalist and business analyst. She has covered global breaking news and hosted from major financial events, including the World Econom...

Driving brands and building passion, Jacqueline works with Proactive clients to propel growth and power customer engagement. With over a decade of success in digital marketing, she has a wealth of assets in her marketing arsenal, ...

Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the Proactive team with over 15 years’ experience in television reporting and presenting with the likes of Thomson Reuters, Sky News and ITV.  Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science ...

I am a business journalist with over 15 years of experience with specialisation in covering commodities, Equity and Forex markets. After completing a post-graduate diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism from Panjab Universit...

Based out of Perth, Western Australia, Luke brings to Proactive a strong knowledge of the resources sector specifically, battery minerals, precious metals and the associated stocks at junior and mid-tier level with a history ...

Edward has a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Oxford and has used his mathematical skills to excel as a support services analyst at HSBC and Societe Generale. During his time in investment banking, Ed covered numerous blue ch...

As the Communications Manager for Proactive Canada, Giorgia offers the team a versatile set of office management skills and proven service management experience. With strong planning and problem solving skills, she's one who ...

Paulo is Corporate Assistant & Social Media Executive in Proactive UK. Graduating with a BA in Geography, he holds an interest around the mechanics of business, politics and the world itself. He brings with him a diverse ...

Emma has over 15 years’ experience as an equity analyst mainly across the biotech, pharma and med tech sectors, including more than 10 years as an analyst at Edison Group where she covered a range of pan-European mid-cap stocks....

Working as a developer for the last 6 years, Jacint joined our group company Brighter IR in 2018, and moved to Proactive as a Senior Web Developer in 2020. Originally from Hungary, he moved to the UK in 2005 and later st...

Now based in Perth, Western Australia, Stewart enjoyed a first-class cricket career spanning 10 years in the United Kingdom, namely London and Wales. After retiring from cricket in 2014 Stewart has focused on resear...

Philip has more than 20 years' experience writing about companies, general finance and investing matters for a variety of publications. His career has involved spells at the Investors Chronicle, where he was small companies and co...