Meet the Speyside Team

Nita has over 20 years of experience advising leading healthcare systems and organizations on strategic affairs, public policy, market access, large-scale transformation and reform programs.

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During her career, Nita has served regional roles for the healthcare sector. She also served as an advisor and head of strategic affairs, policy, and innovation for the office of the head of a regional government in India. Prior to her government role, Nita was a senior management consultant at PwC and KPMG in London for over 12 years. Leveraging her expertise in operations, strategy, and stakeholder engagement, she supported clients in dynamic strategic and operational landscapes.

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Nita has worked on various mandates, including the NHS, Pharma & life sciences, local government, sustainability, corporate finance, and public policy and advocacy. Her work has spanned across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, involving collaborations with international agencies such as WHO, UNICEF, the European Commission, and various not-for-profit and advocacy organizations. Currently she leads and works with Speyside teams across the world as the Head, Global Healthcare Practice.

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Nita is a licensed physician with a policy and management degree from Imperial College, London.

Shruti is Speyside’s Regional Director for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, where she leads a team of consultants across the region. She advises global clients on government affairs, strategic communications, and market entry, drawing on over a decade of experience in public policy, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery. With a track record of managing complex, cross-border portfolios, Shruti has worked with Fortune 500 companies, multilateral organisations, and high-growth firms to navigate regulatory environments and build advocacy strategies that align with business objectives.

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Before joining Speyside, Shruti was a Director at BowerGroupAsia, where she led delivery for major technology clients across Asia-Pacific, specialising in technology policy, AI, data protection, and digital competition. She has also held roles in development and communications, research, and stakeholder management. Shruti holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Policy & Analysis and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management with Economics from the University of Westminster.

Originally from Canada, Matthew leads Speyside’s work across Africa, the Middle East, and Central & Eastern Europe, coordinating teams in more than 50 markets. He advises multinational companies and investors on policy, political, and license-to-operate risks throughout the entire investment lifecycle—from pre-investment due diligence and in-market risk analysis to mitigation planning, proactive policy and stakeholder engagement, and crisis management.

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Matthew brings wide industry experience, including extensive work in the mining sector and on complex cross-national projects. His portfolio spans sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, and natural resources, often in challenging regulatory and geopolitical environments.

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Before joining Speyside’s EMEA practice in 2020, Matthew worked across Asia and Latin America, building on earlier experience at a leading global management consultancy.

Silvia brings 18 years of experience to her role as Latin America Regional Director, where she oversees the team and operations across all countries in the region.

Her track-record in corporate affairs and public policy includes senior counsel and support for leading companies in both Latin America and Europe: working across a spectrum from corporate reputation building to stakeholder relations and issues management. Client experience includes mining, energy, healthcare, financial services, and new emerging digital-disruptor sectors such as mobility & fintech.

Before joining Speyside in 2016, she spent several years living in Italy and France, where she worked in healthcare-specialized consultancies and led projects for companies such as Novartis Corporate in Basel. In Latin America she has also worked as Corporate Affairs Director for HC-Human Capital and as external relations leader for Latin America at IBM, positioning the company among key stakeholders. Besides her work at Speyside, she has worked as Corporate Affairs and Reputation Professor at Universidad El Bosque and Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Colombia.

Fiona brings 28 years of experience to her role as Global Chief Client Officer. Having spent 15 years on the ground in various emerging market hubs, she is currently based just outside London.

She has particular expertise in corporate affairs, public policy, risk management, crisis management, and corporate reputation management.

Although Fiona has experience supporting multinational companies in emerging markets in the travel and tourism, manufacturing, energy, agribusiness, sustainability, resource management, tech, and food and drink sectors, her main areas of specialty include the disruptive digital sector and the healthcare sector. Her most recent experience includes work for Airbnb, Alibaba, AWS, Blockchain.com, Bolt, Dell, Doordash, Entain, Tribal, GSK, and Pfizer.

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Based in Switzerland for nearly two decades, Alistair has lived in CEE and the Americas.

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As a corporate affairs specialist, he has advised MNCs, private equity and disruptive technology firms, and hedge funds in all aspects of M&A, FDI, crisis management, and internal communications.

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A pioneer in emerging market communications, Alistair founded and led Mmd Central & Eastern Europe. As Central & Eastern Europe transitioned from a command economy to a market economy, Mmd laid claim to be the world’s first multi-country emerging market communications specialist with 21 offices and working on over 100 privatizations and purchases of state-owned assets in the 1990s. Mmd CEE also advised many US MNCs in how to develop their region-wide market access and stakeholder communications, and he also helped them develop complex supply chains in a rapidly shifting market environment. Mmd played a significant role new in the legislative change in the region, particularly around the EU early-accession Visegrád countries.

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Speyside Group owes much of its DNA and ability to operate in difficult—and often protectionist countries to Alistair and his Mmd years, as he has penetrated barriers in highly regulated sectors and gained the technical license as well as the social license to operate to operate.

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Alistair has played a key role in establishing Speyside’s global network and structure and travels, widely advising senior clients and internal teams as well as lecturing and other external roles.

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He is a member of Arthur Page, the leading global organization for global COOs and agency leaders.

Ian has over 25 years’ experience advising leading global companies and organizations on corporate affairs and public policy. He has lived & worked in 12 countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe and has overseen work in more than 50. His work has largely focused on supporting leading US and European multinational companies with entry into global emerging markets or helping top-tier enterprises in those markets with global growth, including M&A, IPO, and regulatory affairs.

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He started his career in management consultancy for PwC before joining the management team of Mmd, the leading corporate affairs consultancy in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia that played a central role in supporting FDI into the region during the 'golden years' of liberalization in the 90s and 00s. In 2009 he co-founded Speyside.

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After a decade of building teams on the ground in Latin America - and a brief period in Washington DC - Ian relocated to Singapore to oversee Speyside's fast growth in Asia. Today he serves as Group CEO, with operational responsibility for the business while providing senior counsel to a select group of key clients.