Roland has 16 years' experience in financial services and financial PR, handling high profile PR campaigns ranging from split capital investment trusts to corporate activity. He has extensive knowledge of PR within investment management, investment trusts, hedge funds, banking and the offshore market.

Prior to founding Broadgate, Roland established a public relations firm Cross Hogg Corporate Partnership. Roland's initial training in financial PR was with Barnfather Associates where he worked on accounts as diverse as British Airways plc, Hanson plc and United Business Media. Roland's early career was in banking with Mellon Bank.