Patrick Ferguson is a strategic communications practitioner who has spent his career at the intersection of government, influence and geopolitical risk.

Over the past 15 years, he has led high-stakes communications responses to major international security crises for Five Eyes partners, run counter-extremism campaigns across the globe, and built advocacy campaigns for the Gates Foundation.

Most recently, he directed communications for sovereign institutions in the Gulf; before that, he led government programmes in Australia, having built his early career at M&C Saatchi World Services.