Independent advice that removes institutional blind spots, protects market valuation, and accelerates critical decisions.

About the Founder

An independent voice across cultures, ideologies, and institutions.

Richard M. Romm is an American-born, UK-based strategic communications advisor with more than two decades of experience advising executives, boards, and institutions navigating complexity, crisis, and reputational risk. He founded RommComm™ on a single premise: that the advice most leaders need is rarely the advice they are given.

His career spans Washington and London, the Gulf and the broader transatlantic world. He has advised multilateral institutions including the World Bank and the IFC; global corporations including Siemens and Ralph Lauren; sovereign initiatives including Red Sea Global and the Royal Commission for AlUla; and the New Jersey State Legislature. His work has required him to be equally credible to Western and Gulf audiences, to political progressives and conservatives, to institutional leaders and independent operators.

That experience positions him as a transatlantic-Gulf bridge: a senior advisor who can navigate Western regulatory, media, and institutional landscapes on behalf of sovereign investors and Gulf-based initiatives — and who can translate Gulf priorities into language that resonates in London and Washington. At a moment when Vision 2030, UAE global investments, and sovereign wealth deployment are reshaping the world economy, that bridge is not a metaphor. It is an operational advantage.

That cross-cultural, transpartisan reach is not an accident. Richard describes himself as transatlantic in identity and politically independent by conviction — a former Democrat who found that serious advisory work requires freedom from any party line, ideological tribe, or institutional loyalty beyond the client in front of him. His frank, independent advice is both his professional method and his personal standard.

Richard Romm's writing has appeared in a diverse array of news outlets, ranging from The Washington Post and The Washington Times to the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and The Daily Targum. His perspective has been featured in the Quaker journal The Friend and regional mainstays like the Courier-Post. That range is intentional. His credibility across the ideological and cultural spectrum is not incidental to his advisory work—it is the foundation of it. Editors print his letters and commentary because he makes sense, not noise.

RommComm™ operates with no fixed offices — a deliberate choice that reflects where the work actually happens. Where our clients operate, we operate: London, Washington, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and wherever the next conversation needs to take place.

"What distinguishes real advice is the willingness to say the difficult thing — before the crisis, not after."