Team

Our key strength is the quality of our people. They have strong academic backgrounds, represent a diversity of cultures, and draw upon a wealth of prior experience in corporate law, capital markets, strategy consultancy, project management, and social and environmental policy.

Partners
Associates

Partners

Neil Alderton

Profile
Neil leads the delivery of advisory mandates in the UK and internationally. He is also responsible for the development of the firm‘s data analytics and statistical reporting, including the Lintstock Governance Index.
Education
Master‘s in Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Philip Mackie

Profile
Philip leads Lintstock‘s business development. He also is responsible for the high-level direction setting of client advisory mandates and provides counsel to Boards on peer context.
Education
BA in Accounting from Strathclyde Business School and Master‘s in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Laura de Regil

Profile
Laura is responsible for the firm‘s finance function and client onboarding, including the scope of work.
Education
BA in Law and Specialist Diploma in Economics from the University of Deusto, Spain.

Merlin Underwood

Profile
With a background in commercial and company law, Merlin is engaged on a per-project basis to deliver client mandates.
Education
BA in Law from the University of Cambridge and European Master‘s in Law and Economics (LLM) from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Member of the Middle Temple, called to the Bar in 2004.

Oliver Ziehn

Profile
With a background in capital markets and strategy consulting, Oliver promotes the sharing of best practice through Lintstock‘s Board Chair network and its research partnership with the All Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group.
Education
BSc in Economics from London City University and Postgraduate Diploma in Media Studies from UCLA.

Associates

Kate Barclay

Profile
Kate supports the management and delivery of Board Review mandates.
Education
BA (Hons) in History from the University of Oxford.

Sophie Burrows

Profile
Sophie supports the management and delivery of Board Review mandates.
Education
LLB (Hons) in Law and French from the University of Leeds; LPC/LLM in Professional Legal Practice from the University of Law; Solicitor of the Courts of England and Wales (non-practising).

Jacob Leat

Profile
Jacob supports the scoping and delivery of Board Review mandates, financial reporting and projects.
Education
BSc (Econ) in Politics from the University of Wales, Swansea, and a Master‘s (MRes) in Policy Research from Queen Mary University of London.

Tom Leather

Profile
Tom supports the management and delivery of Board Review mandates.
Education
BA in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge.

Phil Piper

Profile
Phil is responsible for the firm‘s IT functions.
Education
BSc (Hons) in Physics, University of York.

Philip Sidney

Profile
Philip leads Board Review mandates and Lintstock‘s research association with the APPCGG.
Education
BA (Hons) in English Literature from Durham University; MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture from the University of York; PhD in British Literature Post-1830 from the University of Cambridge.