THE OTHER PLAYERS ON TEAM SUSSEX
MANDANA DAYANI Chief operating officer at Archewell
A self-described “entrepreneur, attorney, activist, executive producer, and investor”, Dayani has been seen at the Sussexes’ side during public engagements, including their September trip to New York. At Archewell, she oversees day-today operations, and has said: “I am so inspired by the vision and unwavering dedication of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to create a more united, truthful, safe, and equitable world.”
JAMES HOLT Executive director of Archewell Foundation
The only member of Team Sussex who has been with them since their days in the Royal family, Holt has recently been promoted from Harry and Meghan’s press secretary to executive director of their foundation in Los Angeles. Having previously worked for the Lib Dems, he entered palace life doing PR for the Royal Foundation, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Harry, before moving with the Sussexes to set up their new lives.
BEN BROWNING Head of content for Archewell Productions and Archewell Audio
A recent hire announced in the Hollywood trade press, producer Browning will oversee the Sussexes’ podcast with Spotify and their television programmes for Netflix. His most high-profile film, Promising Young Woman, was nominated for both an Oscar and a Bafta this year. His task is to make content that fits with the Sussexes’ mission to “spotlight diverse voices” and create systemic change, while actually being watched.
ANDREW MEYER Business manager, and Rick Genow, lawyer
Meyer and Genow have advised the Duchess since she was an actress living in Toronto, and remained in the background during her time in the Royal family. They helped set up and copyright her business interests, and Meyer was so trusted that he was used as a conduit for her now-famous letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. Nick Collins, who was formerly the Duchess’s agent, is no longer on the scene, according to reports.
GENEVIEVE ROTH Senior strategic adviser at Arche well Foundation
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OMID SCOBIE Author
team even Sussex member Not is the an but so, spokes journalist.official go-to Scobie useful of the Co-author Finding of Freedom, which the Duchess belatedly admitted to cooperating with in court, he regularly defends the couple on TV. In return, the Duchess’s lawyers called his biography “extremely anodyne”, “the product of creative licence” and “inaccurate”.