Dave Eaton

Dave is an Associate Partner and Head of Financial Services Policy in H/Advisor Cicero’s UK Public Affairs Team. He has extensive experience of working with financial services firms of all specialisms, in the UK and internationally. Dave provides regulatory and political counsel to senior stakeholders, drawing on a decade’s experience in political campaigns and financial regulation. He advises on strategy and engagement and his clients have included Barclays UK, BNY, DTCC, IG Group and Just.

Dave has previously served as a Trustee of a national carers charity and is currently Secretary of Labour in the City, the membership organisation for Labour-supporting financial services professionals. He is also a member of the Senior Common Room of St Chad’s College, supporting undergraduates interested in careers in public service. He has over a decade’s experience of Labour Party activism, including working on battleground Parliamentary campaigns, local authority elections and Prospective Parliamentary Candidate selections.

Dave started his career working on a top 10 Parliamentary target seat campaign in the North East. He later joined a think tank, splitting his time between advising a working Peer and serving as a Policy Manager, providing media commentary on a range of domestic policy issues. He later joined the Financial Conduct Authority where he held a number of management position, including Private Secretary to its current Chair. He has worked on organisational strategy at Board level, led teams managing stakeholder relations and has extensive experience of working with CEOs and Executive Leadership teams on Parliamentary engagement.