Oh yes, so he has!
I think the idea that HC works for ECF is surprisingly Naive. I would have thought it blatantly obvious from both his name and the remarks he makes that he is somebody in a key position within one of the major, UK, operators, who has the chance to 'compare' the two types prior to selection for purchase.
Clearly not for Bond as they approached the selection of the L2 from a different standpoint (nothing to do with an ECF sales manager joining BP I'm sure!)
I seem to recall that one of the operators may be introducing the EC-225 later this year, maybe he works for them?
(Pure speculation, no knowledge of HC's true identity and )