About Us

Christian started his career in 1988 in Chicago, which was nothing like the musical, before heading to Tinseltown in 1990 to make his dreams come true. As an alumnus of the Triad Artists mail room, delivering packages in Armani suits he could not afford, he worked with such legends as Hylda Queally and Nicole David. He then met Lorraine Hamilton, widely known as the nicest lady in showbusiness. Disoriented by jetlag, lorazepam and a good Bordeaux, she apparently offered him a job. He joined her in London shortly thereafter in June 1993. He worked his way up from assistant to agent, company director, partner and in 2008 became the managing director. He is extremely proud to carry on Lorraine's tradition.

The dapperest of young men about town, before developing his magnificent client list, Christopher worked for a theatre producer. Christopher has been likened to All About Eve (..once or twice...ahem) - so fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.

When she realised knee high socks were strictly forbidden at school and ‘light as a feather, stiff as a board’ really didn’t work, she thought it best to get some form of fall-back education and started a Drama degree at the University of Kent.

Madeleine charmed her way into Hamilton Hodell in 2007, starting in the commercials division before joining Michael Symons’ team. When Michael retired to look after his daughter​, fake news circulated that she had paid him not to return in exchange for full control of his list. At time of publication, Madeleine was unavailable for comment on this...

Working as a double act, Madeleine and Sian co-Agent their list of clients and as a result have been known to do cringey things like finish each other's sentences or turn up in colour co-ordinated outfits. Madeleine has even cultivated a very passable Australian accent.

Alexander Cooke is a Leeds native who made his mark in showbiz at the tender age of 3, playing a young king at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. He has never lost that regal bearing.  As a teenager, he went on to star in CASUALTY (exhibit A for the prosecution - at 6:00) and many other TV productions. He took early retirement at 16 and now focuses on the other side of the camera.

It is strongly suspected that he actually paid someone to interrupt his job interview to tell us how wonderful he is.

The office boomerang, Sian hails from Australia and has bounced in and out of the HH family since 2008, providing cover and confusing everyone over the pronunciation of her name (it's See-Anne). A previously dedicated commitment-phobe, she worked through jobs in casting, TV production and even the heady heights of advertising until the Friday drinks trolley became a thing of the past. Although a love of travel persists, like any good boomerang she always returns to her two first loves - talent management and London. At HH she is thrilled to have found a merger of the two.

Working as a double act, Maddie and Sian co-Agent their list of clients and as a result have been known to do cringey things like finish each other's sentences or turn up in colour co-ordinated outfits. Maddie has even cultivated a very passable Australian accent.

However, after the heartbreaking realisation that this probably wasn’t for her, she left the tartan backdrop of Edinburgh for the bright lights of New York City to study and further hone her love for the business they call Show. Missing her home comforts she hopped on a plane to London where she spends her time eating spaghetti bolognese and straightening her hair.

Three broken sofas later and procrastination over his theme tune meant he decided to pursue the much tougher, yet more exciting profession of talent management!

Josh found his way to HH after studying law at Nottingham Law School but decided to swap legal practice for legal dramas and has never looked back.

...but it turns out those hips did lie and Saffron realised belly dancing probably wasn't for her.

After studying Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds, Saffron shimmied home to London to do a stint in theatre administration before setting her sights on HH.

Having been taken under the wing of Alexander Cooke, Saffron hung up her dancing shoes and has never looked back. Swanning the office, you'll probably find her mimicking Cookie's northern accent or having a good old natter with Jules at the front desk.

Born and bred in West London, Lola cast her web further afield and studied Psychology at the University of Manchester before travelling around South America to “find herself".

Having found nothing short of a hangover she returned to London and truly found her home at HH. At first the General Assistant, she now makes up one third of the dream team that is Maddie Dewhirst and Sian Smyth's office. 

Joseph work​ed​ in Fashion PR at Starworks Group for 5 years. He then worked as a personal publicist for actors in Film, Television and Theatre.

Having accumulated the perfect requisite skills, he landed on his feet as ​a member of the Commercial​s​ and Voice-over ​division at HH.

Once she realised stranger’s feet aren’t quite as exciting as the name badge that came with it, she decided to try dancing instead.

After training at The Urdang Academy and then sailing around Asia for 2 years as a dancer (managing to get the name badge in there too) she decided that might not be for her either and set her sights on the world of Talent Management.

Trading the dog life for the high life, he's been brightening our door for many a year.  Indeed his first-ever job out of university was with Hamilton Hodell before he roamed away to dabble in the occult arts of Production and Business Affairs at Carnival Films and Channel 4.  

He returned to us in due course, complete with a dumbbell in one hand and a protein shake in the other.  He's still not a labrador, but he does like belly rubs.

Adam holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.

After graduating from the University of Leeds in Communication and Media, Nicky dipped her toes into the world of animation and VFX as a Production Assistant. She eventually found herself in the Commercial and Voice-Over division at HH, living out her dream, as Joseph and Daniel's back up dancer.

She grew up in Mumbai, India, and pursued a degree in commerce.  She found love in an accountant, and they decided to move to London together to see what life had in store.  Jhanvi joined the HH family in 2006, and with her invaluable experience and knowledge across the talent industry, she has progressed from an accounts assistant to a Client Account Manager.  She has the honorary title of "Hamilton Hodell's Secret Weapon", which was bestowed upon her by Christian Hodell.  Jhanvi feels proud that her childhood dream to marry a Media World is now a mission accomplished.  

But after a short stint in the kitchens at Langan's, he decided that he'd much rather do the eating than cooking. Plan B was to win Wimbledon, however this also fell through! Eventually, he moved from Harrogate to work as a runner, before finally being tempted by the glamour of finance!

From childhood dreams of wanting to save those in danger to the world of Human Resources in the music industry and charity sector, Ann brings a passion for helping people by making a difference in the workplace.  Outside the office, you will find her on a yoga mat!

She started enjoying the theatre when she studied Shakespeare for her GCSEs.  Her finance experience began after working in a cheese shop on Jermyn Street, where she became their invoice clerk and went on to qualify as a Bookkeeper.  She currently works in the Finance Office at Hamilton Hodell, but at lunch can be found in Whole Foods buying pomegranate juice.

But soon realised that would be rather tiring. After studying History of Art at The University of Edinburgh, Connie returned to where she belongs, South London. She worked at an Art Gallery but soon decided to swap Still-Lifes for Showbizz. Connie joined HH as an intern in 2023 then joined Poppy in Christopher's office and has been feeling (as her generation would say) #blessed ever since. 

Sadly when she realised this couldn't fill the coffers year round - she studied law, joined the RHS managing the "shopping" part of their flower shows before working her way up at the BFI.

Rachael joined HH as an associate in Christian's office in Autumn 2023 and is now Head of Industry Relations.

So instead, Josh packed up his shattered childhood dreams and headed to Glasgow to study acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Over the next 14 years, he made his mark treading the boards as a professional actor, but eventually, the pull of the *dark side* was too strong. He transitioned into the wonderful world of agenting, taking to it like a turtle to water.

But once she discovered her skillset was more suited to the short-form (see: her weekly HH newsletter), she knew that it was time to find a new dream.  

Fresh off the back of an English Literature degree at Manchester, and a journey of self-discovery in India, Tilly returned to the Big Smoke to pursue her lifelong dream of talent agenting. After a couple of internships, she landed at Hamilton Hodell, where she’s taken on the role of general assistant.

Now he prefers travelling in the ‘nice part of the plane’. Hailing from Southampton, Daniel has always had an avid interest in fashion and all things creative. As such, life took him to art school to gain a degree in fashion design before subsequently working in luxury fashion PR for 10 years, as a talent specialist. He worked for multiple brands such as Cartier and Christian Louboutin, before landing safely within the Brand Partnerships and Commercial division at HH, now the sky's the limit!