Our Consultants

Ahmed Badawi, the founder and MD of Barkal Communications, has cultivated a prestigious and unparalleled network of top-tier strategic communication consultants from the United Kingdom and around the world. This partnership, forged over a span of twenty-five years, catapults and places Barkal Communications as a premier agency in the field.

With an unparalleled combination of expertise and connections, Barkal Communications seamlessly navigates the realms of London, Washington D.C., Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This allows us to offer a comprehensive range of services, including government and public affairs, reputation management, crisis communication, media training and relations, public relations and marketing, and geopolitical analysis.

No matter where our clients' interests lie, we provide exceptional support and solutions that span both sides of the Atlantic and beyond.

At Barkal, we are proud to have a team of highly qualified consultants based in the UK. Our consultants bring a wealth of experience, including a former European director from a leading government and public affairs communications firm. Their expertise is complemented by our media training services in London, overseen by a seasoned consultant with over 30 years of experience at the BBC. This consultant has worked as a journalist on popular programmes like BBC Radio 4 Today and The World Tonight, as well as serving as a senior producer on renowned BBC TV news programmes like Hardtalk for over a decade.

Rest assured, our team has the knowledge and skills to aid you with all your communications and media needs.

Barkal Communications has a talented roster of American consultants, too, with a wide range of expertise. Among them are distinguished members, such as the company's geopolitical consultant for Iran who serves as a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Another notable member is a seasoned journalist with experience in both television and newspaper media. He has made regular appearances as a senior foreign correspondent on NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, and MSBC. And he even appeared as a guest on CNN’s Larry King Show and fronted his own investigative television series on NBC as well, focusing on prominent foreign conflict areas.

Barkal’s government and public affairs consultants, meanwhile, straddle both sides of the political divide. And they are embedded deeply in all key and emerging sectors of the US economy.

One of the consultants has been dubbed by Politico as a “veteran Democrat lobbyist” and by another publication as having “so many photos of himself…with prominent Democrats he raised money for that he doesn’t have room for them all on the walls of his office.” Additionally, a key consultant of Barkal Communications in government and public affairs in Washington has a longstanding relationship with ex-president Donald Trump, dating back thirty-five years, and even received a call from him before he announced his run for office in 2016.