Charlie Bain

Charlie Bain

Managing Partner

London, GB

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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026

In Their Own Right

Biography

Charlie Bain is Managing Partner at Digitalis, a technology company that specialises in online reputation management, crisis communications, digital privacy and risk.

Charlie has 25 years’ experience within the sectors of risk consulting, communications and journalism. He is widely recognised as a leading expert in advising clients on their digital footprint and the affect this has on their reputation. During his career, he has helped a number of leading families, global corporates and prominent individuals understand the nascent field of internet risk and digital crisis communications.

Following a career in journalism for several UK newspapers, covering crime and foreign news, including the war in Afghanistan in 2001 and the 9/11 attacks on New York, Charlie was appointed Head of Private Clients at risk management firm G3 Good Governance Group. During his seven years at the company, he was Head Of Europe, Managing Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive overseeing the firm’s expansion into international markets and the launch of its cyber practice.

Charlie is on the Advisory Board of VALUEworks, a multi-family office based in Zurich and a Senior Advisor to Dallington Associates, a company that offers pastoral care to foreign students in the UK. He is also a Senior Advisor to Ispahani Advisory, a family business advisory consultancy.

In addition, Charlie occasionally contributes to The International Family Offices Journal, giving an insight into his experience advising family offices. Since 2021, Charlie has been recognised as a Top Recommended specialist in Reputation Management by Spear's Magazine.

The Record

Background

  • 2014 — Present

    Managing Partner

    Digitalis

    Digitalis is an online reputation and digital risk firm with proprietary technology which provides rapid, exhaustive coverage of online content about a person or firm. The company's unique, automated analysis facilitates the monitoring and management of online reputations as well as the mitigation of a variety of reputational, privacy and security threats which tend to originate online.

  • 2007 — 2014

    Deputy Chief Executive Officer

    G3 Good Governance Group

    G3 is a global consulting firm which advises family offices and international companies on risk management, political risk and cybersecurity.

Formative Years

Education

  • Columbia Business School

    Executive Leadership Course

Areas Of Focus

Expertise

  • Reputation Management
  • Communications
  • Risk Management