The Cheary & Gallagher Team

  Paul, a former foreign correspondent, editor, and reporter, has trained senior officials at the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the OECD for over a decade for TV and radio interviews, podcasts, and press conferences. He also works regularly with print journalists to prepare them for broadcast interviews and podcasts. He has been a radio and TV commentator on Bloomberg, CNN, Irish national radio (RTE) and presented a German current affairs TV program. He works regularly with the United Nations System Staff College Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development and the Deutsche Welle Academy in Bonn preparing UN officials for broadcast interviews with global news networks. 

A former Reuters foreign correspondent and editor, he has also worked for Bloomberg, the Irish Times, and The Sunday Tribune in Dublin. His reports during a decade at Reuters appeared in newspapers worldwide, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Guardian. He holds a First-Class Honours Degree in History & Politics from University College Dublin and an MA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Paul speaks fluent German and is conversational in French and Dutch.

 Rex Merrifield has worked as a communications and media consultant since 2007 in a range of advisory, training and content roles for multilateral organizations and international businesses. He has worked with the African Development Bank, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation, the Crisis Management Initiative of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Martti Ahtisaari, Finland’s Sanoma Media group, elevator company KONE, stainless steelmaker Outokumpu and industrial group Uponor. Rex is a former news agency and radio journalist with more than two decades of experience as a reporter and editor in the fields of political and general news, economics, corporate and financial news, and energy markets. His 17 years at Reuters news agency included general and political news cover in South Africa, assignments in Central and East Africa, and senior posts in London, Helsinki, and Brussels. He has trained reporters and editors for Reuters and is a consultant for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He speaks French.   

 Sarah Wachter has consulted for the World Bank, the United  Nations, the International Chamber of Commerce, the World Energy Council, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. She has also worked as a trainer for the US State Department across Africa on media and journalism projects, including women’s empowerment and health issues, such as COVID-19 and Ebola. Her corporate clients include Shell, Electrabel, BNP-Paribas, and Electricite de France. She is a former business journalist with Dow Jones Newswires and reported for CNBC and The Wall Street Journal. She speaks French and Arabic. 

Sammie is a writer, magazine editor and video producer. An expert in multi-media content, she is a regular blogger and social media commentator. An-award winning entrepreneur, Sammie writes, produces, and curates our multi-media content and is in charge of our social media strategy. She has a degree in English and History from the University of Portsmouth in the UK.  She won a Start Up Business of the Year award at the Sussex Women in Business Awards in 2019.