Jonty Summers is Managing Director of Hanover Middle East. He advises senior management of government entities, listed companies and international organisations on leadership communications, reputational issues and corporate positioning. He has advised companies in a range of sectors including healthcare, industrials, technology, real estate, investment management and private equity.A former journalist with more than 20 years’ experience, Jonty moved to the UAE in 2009.

High-profile work of note includes communications management of the MERS Coronavirus crisis for the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2014 and advising Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties on the communications aspects of its merger with Sorouh Real Estate in 2013.

He is an experienced executive presentation and media coach and speech writer, working with Government ministers, CEOs and management teams, and has acted as a facilitator and panel chairman at a number of leading GCC conferences. He has also lectured at London Business School.

Jonty graduated with a BA Honours degree in European Studies from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and also received a diploma in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Odense in Denmark. He is a Certified Investor Relations Officer of the Middle East Investor Relations Society. He speaks French and Danish and elementary Arabic.