About us
Crafting Influence. Driving Impact.
HDF Consulting is a strategic communications and brand influence agency, built on decades of counsel across global markets. We work with established brands, ambitious founders, and venture-backed companies to build reputations that endure and influence that converts.
Founded by Helen Da Fonseca, HDF draws on a career spanning some of the world's most recognised organisations. At Ogilvy & Mather, Helen developed brand and communications strategies across the beauty, automotive, banking, and energy sectors. At L'Oréal South Africa, she led corporate communications, CSR, and sustainability before moving to the company's Global Headquarters in Paris.
That breadth, across markets, sectors, and cultures, is what we bring to every brief. Whether advising a global corporation on reputation, a founder on a first major launch, or a brand facing a critical moment, we pair senior expertise with a collaborative approach, shaping work that reflects both strategic depth and the specific needs of each client.
Alongside our consulting practice, HDF Ventures is our innovation arm, where we build platforms and ideas at the intersection of communications, sustainability, and influence.


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