Martin Fewell is a consultant advising leaders on crisis and reputation management, strategic communications and audience insight. He runs scenario-based exercises to help leadership teams strengthen capabilities and clarify their decision-making processes.

He’s a Director and Trustee of the Foundation for Leadership Through Sport and a non-Executive Director of the British Elite Athletes Association, the membership body for Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

He has held Board-level roles across policing, sport and higher education, covering communications and corporate affairs, marketing, alumni engagement and fundraising.   

He spent five years leading communications for the Metropolitan Police, working with his team to develop a ‘social media first’ approach used during terrorist attacks in London in 2017. This drew on a close study of incidents in Sydney, Nairobi and Paris, and was tested beforehand in scenarios with external partners. His period also included high-profile investigations into child abuse which attracted significant reputational criticism.  

He ran and facilitated senior leadership events at the Met, aligning leaders around a transformation programme which changed the operating model for policing London, saving hundreds of millions of pounds. He continues to advise senior police officers on change and communications.

Martin also ran communications and corporate affairs for the governing body in horseracing, the British Horseracing Authority, where he led racing’s crisis response group for COVID. He moved to London Business School, where he became Chief Engagement Officer, advising the Dean on managing their response to the Hamas attack in Israel, home to many LBS students, alumni and donors. 

Martin originally trained as a journalist with the BBC. He led teams producing daily news programmes like The World at One before moving to Channel 4 News, editing many editions including the coverage on 9/11. The ITN programme won back-to-back international Emmys for coverage of Iraq and the Madrid train bombing.  

Martin Fewell
Director martinfewell@crisiscapable.com

Tom Wingate is a senior physical security and resilience leader with experience across critical infrastructure, data centres, and complex international environments.

He has held senior security leadership roles across Europe, including with Amazon Web Services, where he was responsible for physical security standards, threat and risk management, and lifecycle security integration across multi-site data centre portfolios. His work spanned the full facility lifecycle, working closely with design, engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure environments were secure by design and resilient in operation.

Earlier in his career, Tom spent three decades with the Metropolitan Police Service in London, serving as a Police Inspector in intelligence, public order, and major incident response. He played senior roles during nationally significant incidents, including acting as the initial Firearms Tactical Advisor during the 7/7 terrorist attacks and the initial Bronze Commander at the Grenfell Tower fire.

He also led business engagement and international liaison for major global events, including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and provided liaison and advisory support for FIFA World Cup, Commonwealth Games, and Olympic Games programmes internationally. This work directly informed his MA research, which examined how community tensions in the business community can be monitored and managed during major events.

He is now Principal Consultant at Alpine Global Security, advising organisations on physical security strategy, security governance, threat and risk assessment, crisis management, and organisational resilience. His focus is on proportionate, practical security that supports safe operations, regulatory compliance, and long-term resilience.

Tom Wingate
Director tomwingate@crisiscapable.com