Nick Ryan

Nick is our Director of Communications and Marketing. He heads all our brand strategy, our marketing and communications needs.

Previously communications director for anti-extremism organisation, HOPE not hate, his clients have included the UK government’s Cabinet Office, the Centre for Finance and Security (at defence think tank RUSI), plus many international NGOs, faith and interfaith organisations.

As a journalist, he reported from conflict zones, wrote from the townships of South Africa, undertook investigations into gold selling in virtual games, covered disappearances in Kurdistan, produced Ponzi investigations, investigated the case of the ‘American Taliban’, and wrote many reportage and investigative pieces.

An early digital adopter, Nick was an editor for the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine, Geographical, pioneering its online expansion. He has gone on to manage websites and digital projects, as well as leading branding, social media and digital management, plus run podcasts, for many clients.

As a writer, Nick is the author of a critically-acclaimed exposé of extreme-right movements across the globe, called HOMELAND: Into a World of Hate, which he produced over six years.

It is described as “reportage of the most illuminating kind” by the Times Literary Supplement, “a tremendous scary exposé” by The Independent, “should appear in the bookcases of every politician in the land,” according to the Daily Mail, and reveals “a heart of darkness” said the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In addition, he was Creative Producer of the BBC One TV drama England Expects, which was inspired by HOMELAND, and has consulted on numerous other TV projects.