Wendy Svirakova Email Address

Coming together as Columbia Threadneedle Investments, our existing investment teams establish a larger, better resourced group to leverage the capabilities and resources of both firms for the benefit of clients.

Spiel Communications was established in 2013 by Wendy Svirakova, a proven communications professional specialising in the financial services sector.|Born in the Czech Republic, raised in Germany and educated in England, Wendy has a truly international background. She has worked with the media in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France and Sweden, raising the profile and credibility of a variety of financial sevices firms. They included investment managers, insurers, pension consultants, mortgage lenders, venture capitalists and leveraged finance providers.|Wendy is practiced in all aspects of corporate communications, be it media relations, brand development, client communications, public policy or marketing. She has a track record or raising the quantity and quality of her clients' press coverage and has led big campaigns. Equally she knows how to approach business communications in times of crisis, covering situations such as coroprate change, employee departures/redundancies, CEO successions etc.|IMC qualified, Wendy has a particularly strong understanding of the UK investment industry and a solid network of media contacts which she considers key to her success.|Wendy currently supports Threadneedle Investments in the role of Vice President, Corporate Communications.|Languages: English, German, Czech, Spanish and French.