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ABPI promotes Catherine Meaden

June 17, 2013

Catherine Meaden has been appointed Director of Communications at the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries. In her new role, Catherine will lead the communications department and will be responsible for the ABPI’s engagement with government, NHS, media, patient groups and wider the healthcare community. She will r read more…

Andrew Newsham joins White & Case

June 13, 2013

White & Case has appointed Andrew Newsham to the role of EMEA media relations manager, with the focus to further develop White & Case's profile across a broad spectrum of key media. He joins from Rabobank International where he spent eight years as director of communication for the UK and Europe implementing media relat read more…

Five ways to build a career in public affairs

June 11, 2013

Starting out in public affairs can be daunting.  Many of those in senior positions seem to be ultra confident and have a string of business and political contacts.  For those entering the industry it is not always clear what they need to do get going and to build themselves a career. The good news is that there is no defi read more…

Nina Arnott joins Post Office

June 06, 2013

Nina Arnott has joined the Post Office as head of PR as the organisation modernises and positions itself as a multi-channel retailer. Nina joins after spending the last five years consulting for major brands including Coca-Cola, Waitrose and McDonald's. Her appointment follows the separation last year of the Post Off read more…

Alex Clelland joins Macquarie

June 05, 2013

Macquarie has appointed Alex Clelland as its new head of corporate communications in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Alex has more than 15 years’ corporate communications and journalism experience, focused on capital markets and asset management. He joins Macquarie from RBC Investor Services where he was director o read more…

Up and coming events

June 03, 2013

There is plenty happening in the corporate communications world in the coming month.  Here is a selection of events we think look interesting: 3 June – City Business Library: 5 benefits of using public relations for small businesses read more…

RBS hires Chris Turner

June 03, 2013

Chris Turner has started as head of retail and corporate media relations for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. For the past five years Chris worked in the Prime Minister's Press Office at Number 10 Downing Street, where he was a spokesman on business and economic issues. Prior to that Chris was a press officer at wha read more…

IMA appoints director of communications

May 30, 2013

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has announced the appointment of Annette Spencer as director of communications. Annette will be joining the trade body for UK asset managers on 1 July from Salans LLP, where she was global head of media relations. Previously, Annette has held a number of PR and communications r read more…

ICSA hires Claire Newell

May 22, 2013

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has appointed Claire Newell as media relations manager, based in London, with responsibility for providing strategic communications advice to support the Institute’s vision. She reports to ICSA Strategy Director, Susan Richards. Claire joins from Bank read more…

We are recruiting

May 20, 2013

Birchwood Knight are a specialist recruitment business focused on helping organisations from investment banks to high profile consumer brands find the best corporate communications people. Our vision is simple; to be the best recruiter in our field.  Our approach is focused on delivering the right results for our customers, an read more…

Camelot appoints Glenn Manoff

May 16, 2013

Glenn Manoff will join Camelot as group director of corporate affairs from the 1st of September, reporting directly to chief executive Dianne Thompson. Joining from Telefonica (parent company of O2) where he has worked for the past decade, Glenn will be part of Camelot's executive leadership team with overall responsibility for read more…

How corporate communications support diplomacy

April 30, 2013

Raluca Bragarea works for the Foreign Office. You can follower her on Twitter @rbragarea, connect on LinkedIn or read more of her blog posts at http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/ralucabragarea/. The Foreign and Co read more…

Carolyn Esser joins Bill Gates Foundation

April 29, 2013

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has brought in CGI's Carolyn Esser as its senior comms officer for Europe. Carolyn, who starts her new role today, has been briefed to develop and execute the charity's comms strategy across Europe. She will also work with the foundation’s PR agency, Weber Shandwick. A read more…

PIMCO Europe appoints Jennifer Spivey

April 25, 2013

Jennifer Spivey has joined PIMCO Europe, the global investment manager, as a media relations manager for EMEA to oversee press in PIMCO’s UK, France, Benelux and Iberian markets. Jennifer joins from MHP Communications where she specialised in asset management. Jennifer’s career also includes roles at Buchanan Communicat read more…

Legal Business city editor joins RPC

April 22, 2013

Emma Sadowski has joined the marketing and communications team at City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain. She joins in the newly created role of Marketing and Communications Manager and reports to Ed FitzGerald, Head of Marketing and Communications. Emma joins from Legal Business which she joined in 2010 as Senior Rep read more…

New comms lead at Clarence House

April 22, 2013

Sony Europe's Sally Osman has been named comms secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Sally, who starts in June, was previously director of corporate comms at Sony Europe for the past two years. Before that, she was director of comms at the BBC for eight years and PR head at other media organisations read more…

Carolyn Monchouguy joins AJ Gallagher

April 15, 2013

International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher has appointed Carolyn Monchouguy as media relations manager in the firm's marketing and communications division. Prior to joining, Carolyn was at FWD PR, where she held the role of account manager working across a number of financial services and insurance brands. Carolyn has a read more…