Lover Presents: Pleasure Professionals In Convo

Founded in 2019, Lover Management Ltd. is a flexible management company and creative agency specialising in intimacy and the erotic.

Lover management is headed up by Helena Kate Whittingham, a frankly lusty woman with criminal sartorial taste. She has a deep and multifaceted experience of working with The Erotic, and due to her innate ability to connect people has honed a speciality of talent management within the Sex realm. She is also an occasional model, erotic writer, and shares a collaborative curatorial and creative practice with her partner, Harlan Whittingham.

Anastasiia Fedorova is a writer and curator based in London. She is a regular contributor to Dazed, i-D, Kaleidoscope Magazine and 032c among other titles. In her writing and research, she specialises in photography, fashion, art and contemporary visual culture. A large amount of her work is dedicated to exploring queer communities, the ways they are archived and documented, and the poetic and radical potential of queer love and sex. 

Avril (she/her) originally from Miami but living in Barcelona, is the in-house Sexologist and Intimacy Coordinator for Erika Lust Films. She is the Brand Strategist and Brand Manager of the Erika Lust non-profit project The Porn Conversation, which is dedicated to increasing the access and availability of sex-positive education for young people to receive sex education at home, in school, and online - beginning with the topic of porn literacy. She also writes articles, dabbles in some speaking events, and takes pleasure in creating events that build community.

Eva Oh, also known as 'Mistress Eva', is an award-winning International Dominatrix. Her unique career began in 2011, when she left an unfulfilling corporate job to train at the renowned Salon Kitty’s dungeons. She is the recipient of a Sexual Freedom Award and was also the face of the German Fetish Ball.Eva is the creator of the world’s first BDSM submissive training platform, youwillpleaseme.com; #teakinkand the award winning Safeword Podcast. Her work, writing and views on BDSM and sex work have been featured in high-profile media that include Washington Post, WIRED, Rolling Stone, Entrepreneur, Newsweek, VICE, i-D and DAZED. Eva hosts workshops and events to promote the destigmatisation of BDSM culture worldwide; and she has spoken on panels on sexuality at Burning Man USA, Pink Fest Singapore and Wonderfruit Thailand. She also offers mentoring and consultancy services to support those with an interest in her industry.

Miss Gold is head of One Night -  an event series where femme-leaning people can meet other like-minded individuals, explore their sexuality or/and develop friendships without feeling any pressure to engage in sex or look a certain way. It is a space that welcomes women and femme-leaning non-binary people of all ethnic backgrounds, social backgrounds, body types, sexual preferences and ages (18+)

Scotty Unfamous, multi award-winning romance author and sexfluencer, dedicated to teaching people with vulvas, aged 18-34 how to live their ‘best heaux life’ by creating entertaining, educational and promotional content and events around sexual wellness and relationships that gives them the tools to be informed and empowered. featured on platforms such as Channel 4, BBC Woman’s Hour and Marie Claire and have worked with brands such as Bondara, Durex, LELO and Lovehoney.