About Foxtide
We craft narratives that resonate with LPs and key stakeholders. Build messaging frameworks that cut through complexity. Develop the communications infrastructure that protects and strengthens reputational standing over time. All with a consistent focus on outcomes that are measurable, deliberate, and aligned with long-term objectives.
Drawing upon deep industry expertise, Foxtide partners with investment managers and firms across the private markets spectrum. We provide integrated internal and external communications solutions spanning brand building and identity, narrative development, media relations, content strategy, LP and investor communications, event strategy, and crisis and reputation management.
LP expectations continue to evolve, regulatory attention is intensifying, and reputational capital is harder to build and easier to lose than ever before. The firms that navigate this environment successfully know who they are, can substantiate what they say, and communicate it consistently across the many places their audiences encounter them. Foxtide helps ensure those signals add up to a clear, credible picture of who you are and why you matter.
Strategic communications and advisory that provides clarity and protects credibility.
Foxtide operates at the intersection of strategic advisory and hands-on execution.
Having worked on both sides, Ciara understands how decisions get made inside an organization and what it takes to turn strategic counsel into work that moves the needle. That means senior-level thinking, practical execution, and an instinct for what matters most, especially when the stakes are high.
Foxtide works as an extension of your team, bringing the strategic clarity to define what you stand for, the discipline to communicate it consistently, and the experience to know when to move and when to hold.
The goal is to give leadership the clarity to know what the firm stands for, the discipline to communicate it consistently, and the preparation to protect its credibility when circumstances get tested.
Our Founder
Ciara Bartholomew
Founder & Principal
As founder and Principal of Foxtide, Ciara Bartholomew brings 15 years of communications experience to financial services clients who need senior-level strategic communications counsel.
Her career spans senior roles at Prosek Partners, where she advised alternative and traditional asset managers including BlackRock, Cohen & Steers, Alger, King Street, and Man Group, and in-house leadership positions at Acadian Asset Management and The Amherst Group.
Throughout her career, she has operated as a trusted C-suite advisor on the communications decisions that carry the most weight, including executive and shareholder messaging, reputational risk, and high-stakes corporate communications strategy.
At Foxtide, Ciara puts that experience to work for GPs, CEOs and founders, fund managers, and portfolio company leaders, delivering senior-level communications counsel that builds visibility, credibility, and narrative clarity, without the overhead of a full-time hire.
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