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Harriet Shone

Harriet Shone

Senior Director (Public Sector)
With a passion for quality communications and community engagement, Harriet brings over a decade of experience to her work in the built environment. She has a proven track record of delivering successful projects, from planning consultations to media launches, and is a specialist in helping the public sector deliver.
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Prior to joining Cratus Group, Harriet was a Director at LCA (formerly London Communications Agency), where she specialised in planning consultation and engagement for large-scale projects. Her portfolio at LCA included projects for five NHS Trusts in London, as well as complex estate renewal projects and council-led developments across London. Her clients included Hammersmith & Fulham, Lambeth, Westminster, and Newham councils, as well as numerous housing associations and developers.

Harriet’s experience also includes working for Westminster City Council, where she oversaw communications and community engagement on housing and regeneration projects, successfully securing planning permission for c. twenty projects. Prior to this, she was a Director at Blackstock PR, advising clients across the built environment, including providing strategic communications support around the Metropolitan Thames Valley merger.

Harriet started her career in politics, working for several Liberal Democrat MPs and later in the Party HQ, supporting election campaigns in 2015, 2017, and the EU Referendum in which she managed the Party’s #InTogether social media content, as well as leading delivery of Government funded democracy development projects in her role as Head of the International Office.

Harriet is passionate about delivering projects that benefit the community and is always eager to connect with new clients and collaborators.

Connect with Harriet to discuss your next project and discover how her expertise can help you achieve your goals.

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Charlie Murphy
Account Manager (Planning)
Charlotte Platten
Associate Director (Local Government Affairs)
Chris Tinker
Non-Executive Director
Cian Ward
Account Executive (Planning)
Dan Humphreys
Managing Director (Public Affairs)
Duncan Flynn
Senior Director (Planning)
Georgina Walker
Account Director (Advocacy)
Hanna Jarvi
Operations Manager
Harriet Shone
Senior Director (Public Sector)
Imogen Spencer-Dale
Senior Account Manager (Communities and Placemaking)
Jake Shepherd
Account Manager (Planning)
James Goldstone
Director (London Planning)
Jason Brock
Associate Director
Jenny Cooper
Associate Director (Communities and Placemaking)
Julian Seymour
Deputy CEO, Managing Director (Planning and Communities)
Kim Heilbron
Financial Controller & Company Secretary
Louise Hingley
Associate Director (Planning)
Marcus Stanway-Williams
Account Manager (Communities)
Matt Spencer
Account Director (Planning)
Nick Kilby
Chief Executive Officer
Nicola Richards
Director (Public Affairs)
Oana Fologea
Marketing Manager
Osman Dervish
Associate Director (London Planning)
Peter Banks
Marketing and Operations Director
Robert Delaney
Client Finance Controller
Sam Carmichael
Account Director (Advocacy)
Sarah McKee
Managing Director (Corporate Communications)
Sharon Sherfield
Finance Assistant & People Administrator
Sukhpal Garcha
Senior Account Executive (Public Affairs)
Sydney Kwok
Account Executive (Planning)
Tope Mayomi
Account Executive (Communities and Placemaking)