In January 2018, he founded J&H Communications Ltd. Born in São Paulo, the son of a Brazilian mother and English father, Henderson grew up in London's Kensington and attended Haileybury and Imperial Service College.
In 2016, Bell Pottinger was again reported to have manipulated Wikipedia and other social media, on behalf of clients in South Africa, notably the Gupta family-owned Oakbay Investments.
"[17][18] However, following a complaint from South Africa's Democratic Alliance,[19] the UK's Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) held a disciplinary hearing and on 4 September 2017 announced Bell Pottinger's expulsion.
[22] Henderson said: By this stage, Bell Pottinger had appointed accountancy firm BDO to find a buyer,[24] but the company went into administration on 12 September 2017,[25] shedding all its staff by the end of November 2017.
Shareholders were reported to be considering legal action against former Bell Pottinger directors for not disclosing the scale of the problem in South Africa, claiming that this non-disclosure affected their participation in a share buy-back in early 2017.
Liquidators were also pursuing an unnamed partner for an additional sum, with litigation alleging breach of contract and "significant and related excess drawings".
[37] In March 2021, two former Bell Pottinger partners, Nick Lambert and Victoria Geoghegan, failed in a legal action to avoid being banned from acting as company directors.
[41] In January 2018, J&H Communications Ltd (incorporated on 7 December 2017)[42] was reported to be working for the prime minister of Turkey,[43] and later for property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz.
[48][49] Shortly after, Kerzner was reported to have hired lawyers Grosvenor Law to investigate how to regain some of her Bell Pottinger investment,[50] despite such holdings being effectively worthless as the administrators would prioritise banks and other creditors ahead of equity shareholders.