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CHARLES FINCH
CHARLES FINCH



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CHARLES FINCH


CEO, & Founder - Finch & Partners Born in 1962 to legendary actor and Academy Award winner Peter Finch and writer Yolanda Turnbull, Charles grew up in Jamaica and was educated in France and Scotland. His grandfather, George Ingle Finch who climbed Everest with Mallory, was the first man to use oxygen at high altitude and invented the down filled Puffa jacket later developed by brands such as Montcler.

Finch started in the movie business in 1982 writing, directing and producing with an apprenticeship with Lord Putnam and later with legendary Hollywood producers Peter Guber and John Peters.

As a writer and director, credits include “Priceless Beauty” (Christopher Lambert & Diane Lane), “Where Sleeping Dogs Lie” (Sharon Stone, Tom Sizemore and Dylan McDermott), "Never Ever” (Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean Rocheport). Films produced include “Bad Girls” (Drew Barrymore, Andie McDowell, Madeline Stowe, Mary Stewart-Masterson), “The Maddening” (Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Mia Sara), “Spider” (Ralph Fiennes, Gabriel Bryne, Miranda Richardson). As an agent, Finch joined the William Morris Agency as Head of International Operations in 1997 and was responsible for working with artists including Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Wilem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett and Kristin Scott-Thomas, as well as corporate clients including Granada, Carlton, Pearson, Channel 4. During his tenure, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and “The Weakest Link” were sold by the London office into the US market.

In 2005, Finch founded Finch & Partners - a London and Paris based media company representing and advising global luxury brands, entertainment companies, celebrated individuals, nation states, and philanthropic organisations on all aspects of image from public relations, brand development, product endorsement and placement, to events and marketing. Global brand clients include the Fiat Group, Ralph Lauren, LVMH, Louis Vuitton, Moet Chandon, Martini, Gucci, Chanel, IWC, Jaeger Le Coultre, TAG Heuer and The Weinstein Company. Philanthropic clients include The Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, The Serpentine Gallery, The British Forces Foundation and Not On Our Watch. Individual clients of the firm include Kevin Spacey, John Malkovich, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Gerard Depardieu, Isabel Huppert, President Gorbachev, Alexandre and Evgeny Lebedev. Travel clients include the Hotel Du Cap, Le Chateau St Martin and The Lowell.

Outside his core business Finch remains passionate about movies and continues to produce films. In 2005 and 2006 Finch Exec Produced ‘His Big White Self’ and ‘Ghosts’, both by Nick Broomfield, ‘Ruby Chequer’ by Jan Dunn starring Bob Hoskins, ‘Camille’ directed by Greg McKenzie starring Sienna Miller and James Franco and ‘Mutant Chronicles’ directed by Simon Hunter. In 2008 he Exec Produced ‘Battle for Haditha’ directed by Nick Broomfield which won the prestigious Grierson Award for feature length documentary drama. In 2009 Finch started Finch’s Quarterly Review and www.finchsquarterly.com with Nick Foulkes and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh. The paper is distributed in London, New York, Los Angeles and Paris to a mailing list of 12,000 recipients including some of the world’s most accomplished individuals within the Film, Fashion, Music, Art, Luxury Goods and Finance industries. The website continues to develop content whilst growing an international footprint.

A serial entrepreneur, Finch has most recently launched CHUCS DIVE & MOUNTAIN SHOP – a luxury leisure-wear brand whose debut collection includes the finest quality of swimwear for men and women, Bermuda hiking shorts, shirts and t-shirts, Safari jackets and boots. Targeted at the seasonal traveller, Chucs Dive & Mountain Shop aims to add a touch of old world glamour and style to leisure wear. In February 2011, Chucs opened its doors on London’s Dover Street, shortly followed by a concession in the capital’s most prestigious department store, Harrods.

Magazine profiles on Finch include Harpers, Tatler, Vogue, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times. In 2005 and 2007 he appeared on Vanity Fair’s best dressed list and he has been on the GQ best dressed on four occasions. On an annual basis Finch host’s a pre-BAFTA party in London and Pre-Oscar dinner in Los Angeles. As a writer Finch is a columnist for GQ and has written for the FT, Esquire and The Times.


www.finchandpartners.com

www.chucsdiveshop.com