Romm Global Advisors Ltd.
For executives, boards, and institutions who need frank, senior-level judgment — not a firm that tells you what you want to hear.
"In a world of noise, we provide clarity. In a world of spin, we offer authenticity."
— Richard M. Romm, Founder
Every message reflects the genuine voice of the leader and the institution.
Complexity confuses. Simplicity persuades.
Sensitive matters remain private. Always.
Counsel you can rely on when reputations are at stake.
Our Proposition
Clearly. Honestly. Without institutional self-interest, without a second client whose interests quietly conflict with yours, and without the delay that comes from running every recommendation through five committee layers.
That is the difference between advice and counsel. Advice can be purchased anywhere. Counsel requires a relationship — and a relationship requires independence.
The Difference
Counsel that speaks clearly across divides — political, cultural, institutional — because it is rooted in principle rather than ideology.
The large advisory firms each own an idea: trust, scale, convening power, common ground. What none of them can credibly claim is genuine independence — from party, from ideology, from institutional tribe. Romm Global Advisors was built for the conversation that requires exactly that.
Richard Romm's writing has appeared in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Washington Times, and The Friend. Editors across the ideological range have chosen to print his work — not despite his independence, but because of it.
Two decades of advisory work across Washington and London, the Gulf and the transatlantic world. Each operating in a different political and cultural context — and each requiring genuine credibility, not borrowed authority.
No party affiliation. No competing client in your sector. No institutional incentive to elongate the engagement. A political independent by conviction, advising without the constraints that come from belonging to any tribe.
What We Do
Each engagement is different. But every one of them starts with the same commitment: frank, senior-level counsel that serves your interests and no one else's.
Comprehensive communication strategies aligned with your objectives and the realities of your situation.
Someone who has read the room in Washington boardrooms and Gulf ministries — and who will tell you what the message actually needs to be, not what sounds good in a presentation.
Strategic guidance to protect your reputation and stakeholder relationships during high-visibility challenges.
Crises rarely announce themselves politely. Richard brings the clarity that cuts through the noise at 11pm when the story is about to run — and the judgment to know when not to respond at all.
Building strong relationships with key media outlets and positioning your voice where it matters.
As a published writer himself, Richard understands how editors think, what journalists need, and why authenticity in a quote is worth more than a polished but hollow statement.
Establishing the leader as a credible, trusted, and distinctive voice in their sector or market.
Leaders are often invisible until something goes wrong. Richard works with you before that happens — building a public presence that is grounded, substantive, and genuinely yours.
Identifying, mapping, and engaging the audiences who shape your organisation's environment.
Stakeholder relationships that look simple on an org chart are often anything but. Richard brings a practitioner's understanding of who actually holds influence — and how to reach them honestly.
Navigating the communications dimension of executive or board-level change with discretion and strategic care.
Leadership transitions are among the most sensitive and mishandled moments in any organisation. Richard knows that how you handle the first 72 hours shapes the story for years.
Who We Work With
Romm Global Advisors is not the right fit for every situation. We are the right fit for a specific kind of leader in a specific kind of moment. The following may help you recognise whether that is you.
You are facing a situation — a leadership change, a regulatory inquiry, a reputational threat — that requires senior judgment, not a junior team and a contact report.
You need frank advice, not reassurance. You are not looking for someone to tell you what you want to hear. You want someone who will tell you what they actually think.
Confidentiality is not a preference — it is a requirement. The matter cannot be discussed inside the organisation, and cannot become known outside it.
The situation spans cultures, institutions, or political environments. You need someone equally credible to Western and Gulf audiences, to progressive and conservative stakeholders.
Speed matters. Large agency structures — with their layers of approval and competing client priorities — are not the right fit for where you are and what you need.
You are an executive, a board, or a principal — not a communications department looking to outsource a campaign. You need a thinking partner, not a vendor.
"The advice most leaders need is rarely the advice they are given — because most advisors are too corporate, too conflicted, or too cautious to give it."
If you are navigating something sensitive that your current advisors are not positioned to address honestly, this is what Romm Global Advisors was built for.
A note on our model: A boutique, founder-led practice with no fixed offices and a deliberate network of senior advisors in each market. We do not have a London office. We have a London presence — which is often more useful. Where our clients operate, we operate.
No obligation. No sales process.
Our global advisors bring deep experience across energy, financial services, government, strategic communications, international development, media, real estate, and more.
Our experience includes work with governments, multinationals, investors, cultural institutions, and nonprofit organizations across the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East.
Richard M. Romm
Founder & Principal Advisor
London | Washington | Riyadh | Abu Dhabi
About the Founder
Richard M. Romm is an American-born, UK-based strategic communications advisor with more than two decades of experience counselling executives, boards, and institutions navigating complexity, crisis, and reputational risk. He founded Romm Global Advisors on a single premise: that the advice most leaders need is rarely the advice they are given.
His career spans Washington and London, the Gulf and the broader transatlantic world. He has advised multilateral institutions including the World Bank and the IFC; global corporations including Siemens and Ralph Lauren; sovereign initiatives including Red Sea Global and the Royal Commission for AlUla; and the New Jersey State Legislature. His work has required him to be equally credible to Western and Gulf audiences, to political progressives and conservatives, to institutional leaders and independent operators.
That cross-cultural, transpartisan reach is not an accident. Richard describes himself as transatlantic in identity and political independent by conviction — a former Democrat who found that serious advisory work requires freedom from any party line, ideological tribe, or institutional loyalty beyond the client in front of him. His frank, independent counsel is both his professional method and his personal standard.
He is a published writer whose work has appeared in the Daily Mail, the Irish Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Washington Times, and The Friend, the journal of the Quaker community. Editors across the ideological spectrum have printed his letters and commentary because his arguments are grounded, specific, and free of the formulaic positioning that marks most institutional communications.
Romm Global Advisors operates with no fixed offices — a deliberate choice that reflects where the work actually happens. Where our clients operate, we operate: London, Washington, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and wherever the next conversation needs to take place.
"What separates counsel from advice is the willingness to say the difficult thing — before the crisis, not after."
Strategic guidance during executive or board change.
Advisory support during investigations or regulatory pressure.
Managing media exposure and protecting stakeholder confidence.
Strategic advisory during high-visibility operational or reputational events.
Confidential discussion to understand the situation.
Assessment of risks, stakeholders, and options.
Development of a structured strategic approach.
Guidance as the strategy is executed.
Each engagement is tailored to your specific situation, ensuring strategic guidance that addresses your unique challenges and objectives.
How We Engage
You call because something has gone wrong — or because something is about to, and you can feel it. Maybe a story is heading toward you that you cannot stop but might be able to shape. Maybe a leadership transition has suddenly become public before you were ready. Maybe a regulator has asked questions that require an answer by Thursday, and the lawyers are already telling you what not to say rather than what to say. You are not looking for a presentation. You are looking for clarity.
The first conversation is direct. No intake forms, no junior team taking notes, no "I'll circle back after I've briefed the team." Richard picks up. He asks the right questions — not to gather information for a proposal, but because understanding the actual situation, quickly and accurately, is the work. Within the first thirty minutes, most clients say the same thing: "I haven't been able to talk to anyone about this properly until now."
Engagements are structured around your situation, not around a standard retainer model. Some are short and intensive — a crisis week, a leadership announcement, a media storm that passes in ten days. Others are longer, quieter, ongoing: the kind of senior counsel that sits behind the decisions rather than in front of them. The level of access is the same either way.
"Initial conversations are held in strict confidence — no obligation, no formal process, no sales pitch."
Founder & CEO (UK)
Business Law Advisor (KSA)
Economic Advisor (USA)
Creative Content Advisor (USA)
Financial Advisor (UK)
Corporate Banking Advisor (KSA)
Executive Communication Advisor (USA)
Client Experience
"Richard was brought in during a high-profile public event for which the communications strategy had broken down two weeks before launch. He restructured our messaging, briefed the key stakeholders personally, and provided real-time advisory on the ground. The event was covered positively in regional and international press. More importantly, a situation that could have become a reputational liability became a reputational asset. I have not worked with anyone else who combines that level of strategic judgment with the ability to operate under pressure without drama."
Khalid AlSulami
Strategic Partnerships & Investment Attraction
Richard delivered critical advisory support during a complex organisational transition. His integrity and strategic insight helped us navigate sensitive stakeholder relationships with confidence and minimal disruption.
Greg Bedard, MBA, CPA
Vice President, Finance & Internal Audit
Richard provided invaluable counsel during a period of leadership change. His ability to identify the right advisors and deliver well-vetted strategic recommendations proved essential to a clean outcome.
Alex Young
Senior Arts & Education Executive
Richard guided us through a high-stakes communications challenge with precision. His strategic approach and calm under pressure elevated our entire response — and changed how we think about preparedness.
Tony Berkley
Senior Finance & Sustainability Executive
Richard provided critical guidance during cross-cultural business negotiations. His understanding of regional dynamics and stakeholder sensitivities made him an invaluable partner where others would have misread the room.
Dr. Mazen Abduljabbar
Senior Strategic Business Development Executive
Richard managed a sensitive reputational challenge with exceptional skill. His messaging and advisory approach protected the organisation while maintaining the confidence of every key stakeholder.
Alan K Bedell, MBA
Director, R&P MENA
Richard provided strategic counsel during a complex content and positioning challenge. His approach fundamentally improved how we communicated — and gave us a framework we still use.
Abdullah Alqusayer
Commercials & Film Producer
Richard stepped up during a critical organisational challenge without hesitation. His integrity and judgment under pressure made him an invaluable asset to our leadership team at the moment we most needed it.
Michael Gustafson
Business Owner & Investor
Richard delivered exceptional advisory support during a high-stakes corporate situation. His communication skills and strategic focus proved essential to achieving our objectives on a very compressed timeline.
Stuart Gray
Director & Board-Level Leader
Richard provided critical analytical support during a complex strategic challenge. His unique perspective and superior research capabilities uncovered insights that shaped our entire approach.
Brandon Schneider
Data Privacy Attorney / AI Governance
You're a good writer.
Caroline Anstey
Global Development Executive
Perspectives
Short commentary on crisis, communications, and leadership — written in Richard's voice, drawn from practice, intended to be useful rather than impressive.
Published Voice
Richard Romm's writing has appeared in outlets ranging from the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph to the Washington Times and the Quaker journal The Friend. That range is intentional. His credibility across the ideological and cultural spectrum is not incidental to his advisory work — it is the foundation of it. Editors print his letters and commentary because he makes arguments, not noise.
April 7, 2026 — Published in the Daily Mail. Richard Romm's letter to the editor on the role of celebrity advocacy in international affairs.
Irish EditionApril 7, 2026 — Published in the Irish Daily Mail (includes image of actor Javier Bardem). Richard Romm's letter to the editor on the role of celebrity advocacy in international affairs.
Interview – Reverse Recruiting TrendInterviewed by Nicole Collins on the emerging trend of reverse recruiting. Full article may require a Telegraph subscription.
Letter to the EditorFebruary 25, 2026
Letter to the EditorOctober 27, 2025
Industry Trends FeatureMENA press coverage highlighting executive communications services
Industry Trends FeatureRegional press coverage on executive communications and the Ramadan initiative by Romm Global Advisors
Featured CommentaryMarch 13, 2026
Letter to the EditorJune 20, 2025
Official LinkedIn announcement of the launch of Romm Global Advisors Ltd.
Letter to the EditorRichard Romm, Courier-Post, October 4, 2008. Note: Full article access requires library barcode.
News CoverageEileen Stillwell, Courier-Post, September 17, 2009. Note: Full article access requires library barcode.
News CoverageMichael Symons, Courier-Post, December 10, 2009. Note: Full article access requires library barcode.
Feature ArticleMichael T. Burkhart, Courier-Post, February 18, 2007. Note: Full article access requires library barcode.
Our leadership brings decades of experience from institutions across finance, government, education, media, energy, and retail, providing insider insight into the challenges our clients face today.
Our advisors have worked around the globe, including in the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the State of Qatar, the Sultanate of Oman, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, among other countries.
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