Alex Fitzgibbons

Spear's Review

Fait Accompli is one of the world’s most renowned event planning companies and it’s for good reason. The firm, founded in 1987, counts the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex among its esteemed clients. It is even rumoured to have been a favourite of the late Princess Diana. 

The firm is highly discreet, but Fait Accompli’s chairman Alex Fitzgibbons was willing to speak with Spear's.

‘We don’t do any PR, we don’t do any marketing, we don’t have Instagram,’ Fitzgibbons tells us, explaining Fait Accompli's strong stance on anonymity and discretion. ‘That probably means we’re better suited to some clients than others.’ 

He notes that once these clients begin working with Fait Accompli, they tend to be loyal regardless of strong competitors in the market. ‘During [the company’s] time, we’ve had some families and clients who we’ve been in the full life cycle with. The parent’s wedding, the children’s christenings, birthday celebrations, children’s birthdays and unfortunately a memorial service or two.’ 

What makes these clients so loyal? For Fitzgibbons, it’s as simple as the ‘personal connection’. ‘What’s a really important job for us to do is to find out what it is for our clients that’s most important for them to focus on and spend their budget on.’