A political consultancy focused on the built environment

We truly understand politics, local communities and our clients. We appreciate that the best results can only ever be secured in a trusting partnership between all parties involved.

Eversleigh represents organisations from across the housing, education, sports and not for profit sectors. Together, we have helped deliver tangible benefits for the communities in which we have worked.

At Eversleigh we do things differently.

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Eversleigh takes its commitment to community seriously and has supported numerous charities across London and the UK.

Jason Roberts Foundation

The Jason Roberts Foundation boasts more than a decade of success, a permanent community hub, and a global network of partners united in empowering communities through grassroots health, education, and inclusion projects.

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Founder

Christian Klapp

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Account Executive

Rhys Barnes

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Senior Account Executive

Esika Baruah

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Account Manager

Charles Carnegie

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Finance Manager

Christina Holba

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Team Assistant

Simara McKay

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Senior Adviser

Sir Merrick Cockell

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Proptech Consultant

Ben Moreton

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Senior Adviser

Lord Wharton

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Christian Klapp

Christian Klapp established Eversleigh in September 2018.

Christian has a record of over a decade of delivery for his clients and remains focused on providing strategic advice to all of Eversleigh’s clients across various sectors.

Christian is particularly proud of Eversleigh’s role delivering tangible benefits to local communities across London by assisting our clients to provide homes, jobs and public health and educational opportunities for local people.

Christian is committed to working with the Eversleigh team to expand our offer across the UK and continue to do things differently.

Christian previously was a Director at Terrapin Communications and, prior to that, a Senior Consultant at Bell Pottinger.

Account Executive

Rhys Barnes

Rhys recently joined Eversleigh as an Account Executive in February 2024.

Rhys has prior experience working in strategic communications from his time as a Researcher at DRD Partnership, where he worked in areas such as crisis communications and public affairs. He went on to work at public affairs consultancy Red Rose Associates. 

Rhys completed an MSc in Sociology at the University of Oxford and studied Politics and Sociology at the University of Warwick.   

Senior Account Executive

Esika Baruah

Esika joined Eversleigh in September 2022 and is now a Senior Account Executive, working on a wide range of development projects across London within the built environment sector. Her experience includes assisting clients with their political and community engagement on large-scale regeneration, mixed-use, student, co-living, and residential schemes.

Prior to starting at Eversleigh, Esika completed her studies in the Netherlands and the United States and has worked in Ireland and Spain. She has also been involved in UNESCO’s COVID-19 Youth as Researchers Initiative and with the British Council.

Account Manager

Charles Carnegie

Charles joined Eversleigh in June 2022 as an Account Executive. He has assisted clients to achieve planning consents on a diverse range of projects across London, with a concentrated emphasis on the education, healthcare, office, and retail sectors.

Prior to starting at Eversleigh, Charles worked as a political analyst for Cicero/amo (with a particular focus on transportation and infrastructure accounts) and he undertook internships in Brussels for the European Transport Safety Council and the European Cyclists’ Federation respectively.

Finance Manager

Christina Holba

Christina has worked in business finance for 25 years. 

In addition to Eversleigh, she currently works as a Group Financial Controller for Sustainable Ventures and as a Finance Manager with Beauhurst.  

Prior to Eversleigh, she has worked as a journalist and Political and Legal Analyst with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law before working as an Editor and Business Financial Analyst with WPP/Kantar. 

Team Assistant

Simara McKay

Simara recently joined Eversleigh as a Team Assistant in September 2023. 

Simara completed an BA in International Relations and Communications at the University of Otago and an exchange program at the University of Melbourne in 2022.   

Senior Adviser

Sir Merrick Cockell

Sir Merrick joined Eversleigh as a Senior Adviser in June 2021. He brings a wealth of experience to our advisory board and is unrivalled in his understanding of local government.

Sir Merrick was appointed the first Chairman of the UK Municipal Bonds Agency in early 2015 having pioneered the case for greater local government fiscal autonomy. From 2010 he served on the Board of the London Pensions Fund Authority and was Chairman 2015–2019. He was key to the creation of the £18+bn LPP pool with Lancashire and Berkshire pension funds and GLIL infrastructure fund. 

A councillor from 1986 until 2015, Sir Merrick served as Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 2000-2013.  He was Chairman of London Councils from 2006 until 2010, leading local government in London and chaired the Local Government Association from 2011-2014. He was also an Audit Commissioner, sitting on the Audit Commission Board 2009-2011.

Proptech Consultant

Ben Moreton

Ben consults and guides on all of Eversleigh’s digital offerings.

Ben started out as an Interactive Designer for a small digital agency in London’s booming tech scene and learnt from some of the best designers, artists, animators and programmers.

He progressed to become a Digital Creative Director for EY leading multi-disciplined teams on large-scale creative projects. This experience, coupled with his love for all things digital and creative, as well as a degree in civil engineering, make him perfectly placed to help drive Eversleigh’s digital offering.

Senior Adviser

Lord Wharton

Lord Wharton joined Eversleigh as a Senior Adviser in June 2021. James has a unique insight into the government and managed Boris Johnson’s campaign to become Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister.

Under Prime Minister David Cameron, James served as the Minister for Local Growth and the Northern Powerhouse in the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016. Here, he took the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act through Parliament and coordinated the government’s local growth, Local Enterprise Partnerships and Enterprise Zones programmes. During this period, James also oversaw onshore minerals and renewables planning and flooding recovery for the department.

In 2016, Prime Minister Theresa May moved James to be Minister for Africa at the Department for International Development. Here, he oversaw the government’s £5 billion aid programme in Africa and had responsibility for global funds.

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