of the most influential people in Kensington, Chelsea and Mayfair ...

a ‘Business Big Shot’ the same year.
Odey set up his own business in
1991 after quitting Barings Bank and
allegedly made huge losses three
years later when the Federal Reserve
lifted interest rates. No stranger to
controversy, in May 2010 his company
collaborated with Geneva’s Bruellan
Wealth Management forming Odey
Bruellan.
4. Dr Primavesi
Any parent should have Dr Richard
Primavesi’s number on speed dial. His
practice Healthy Child private clinic
is based on Harley Street. Richard
Primavesi has been a consultant
paediatrician for over 15 years and
prior to that worked for the NHS.
He wins the award for the calmest,
most approachable paediatrician in
London. You can always count on Dr
Primavesi for the best independent
advice on children’s health and is one
doctor who won’t send you away with
a bottle of Calpol and a shrug of the
shoulder.
5. Oscar Humphries
Tall, handsome and very funny, Oscar
arrived in the UK whilst still a boy. Son
of Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna
Everage), he successfully negotiated
something of a wild youth, writing
for Vogue, The Sunday Times, The
Daily Telegraph and in 2007 became
a contributing editor of The Spectator.
In 2008, he was made launch editor
of The Spectator Australia and in 2010
became one of London’s foremost
art advisor/dealers and editor of the
pedigree art magazine Apollo. The
art market is perhaps the largest
unregulated business area left – and
nothing happens in it without Chelsea
resident Humphries knowing.
6. Julia Immonen
Julia Immonen hails from the world of
sport and media and lives in Chelsea.
As an avid sports fan and athlete, she
found her dream job at Sky Sports
News. Julia became passionate about
the injustice of human trafficking three
years ago and founded Sport Against
Trafficking, which uses the positive
power of community and sport to raise
funds and awareness for the cause.
In December 2011, Julia led the Row
For Freedom team in the Talisker
Whisky Atlantic Challenge known as
the world’s toughest rowing race. The
gruelling campaign saw Julia gain two
world records.
7. Matt Hermer
Matt Hermer is the son of Julius
Hermer, a lawyer and former
Lord Mayor of Cardiff. In 1998 the
handsome Matt bought his local bar
on Walton Street and transformed it
into the uber trendy Eclipse bar. In
2002, Ignite opened Boujis, the group’s
flagship boutique nightclub. Matt’s
next venture was to open Bumpkin
restaurants. Ignite has gone on to
branch out abroad seeing the first
Eclipse in Spain at the W Barcelona
Hotel. Not content with one nightclub,
Hermer launched Wyld, another
VIP nightclub. Matt was named as
‘Restaurateur of the Year’ in 2008 by
Tatler and has featured in the Evening
Standard’s ‘1000 London’s Most
Influential People’ list every year
since 2008.
8. Alice Beaumont
Alice Beaumont is an Events Manager
at Starlight Children’s Foundation, the
organisation that grants wishes of a
lifetime to seriously and terminally ill
children and was behind the Boodles
Boxing Ball success in 2011 and
the Starlight Shooting Challenge at
Highclere Castle.
Alice is also the co-founder of luxury
scented candles Feu de Beaumont,
launching in July this year. In 2010
She completed the Sultan Marathon
des Sables, a 150 mile race across the
Sahara desert and recently took part in
an otherwise all male cycle race from
London in Paris, raising over £60,000
for her charity.
9. Carlo Proetti, Maitre d’ of
C London
Carlo Proietti was born in 1977 in
Latina, Italy from a family of wellknown
restaurateurs. At the age of
19 he moved to New York where he
worked for his uncle who owned a
small restaurant chain in Manhattan
and quickly rose to the role of
manager. The following year
he was hired to assist in the
opening of high profile
French restaurant, Chazal,
in Union Square Manhattan.
Aged just 26, he was spotted by
Giuseppe Cipriani and offered a
job as manager in Downtown New
York. Soon after in 2005 he was sent to
London to help with the Opening of C
London where he became the General
Manager. He is currently overseeing
the launch of Cipriani Monte Carlo
and is also General Manager of
Downtown Mayfair. From real royalty
to Hollywood royalty, Carlo has
ensured a perfect evening for all.
10. The Addington brothers
Ed and Raleigh Addington are two
brothers who have served valiantly
in our Armed Forces. Ed, a serving
Captain in the Rifles was seriously
injured in Helmand Province when
a bomb blast exploded underneath
his vehicle in 2009. He suffered
multiple injuries and has had some 20
operations on the road to recovery.
Raleigh gave up his part on Lord
Sugar’s The Apprentice on hearing of
his brother’s accident. Leaving in a
taxi from the show, Raleigh headed
straight to the intensive care unit to
visit his brother. He went on to set up
a charity supporting servicemen and
their families called Tickets for Troops.
Ed and Raleigh are now involved in
supporting a charity called ‘Just Rifles.’
The charity delivers on supporting
injured soldiers and their families
going through rehab and support.
11. Harry and Ed Lawson Johnston
Blond twin brothers Harry and Edward
co-founded the LJ Group in 2009, a
merchant bank and multi family office
with over $6bn of assets, offices in
London, Miami, Geneva, Lisbon and
Hong Kong. Previously Harry was
Managing Director of Guggenheim
Partners and Edward MD of Cornhill
Fund Management LLP. Edward
is involved in a film production
company based in Los Angeles and
Harry sits on the board of British brand
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