John Battersby Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

- Deliver strategic advice and insights to strengthen The Anti-Greenwash Charter’s mission of transparency in sustainability communications.- Support policy development aligned with industry standards and regulations, and promote best practice to enhance trust in environmental claims.- Provided advice to the CEO on establishing the Advisory Council of.

London Area, United Kingdom

- Strategic advice and hands-on communications support for an international health and development charity.- Delivered supporter communications for a highly successful major fundraising campaign in spring 2024.- Developing a new corporate stakeholder engagement strategy.- Part-time voluntary role.

- Member of Senior Leadership Team- Established and led new public affairs and ESG functions, developed and delivered a strategy of proactive engagement, policy influence and reputation building.- Led proactive and reactive engagement with Government, political and regulatory policy processes plus engagement with Ministers, Shadow Ministers, Government.

- Member of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to the CEO and founder.- Led communications and policy for fast-growing fintech business which was subsequently acquired by Metro Bank.- Advised CEO, Board and leadership team on all aspects of external and internal communications and policy.- Designed and implemented a multi-year communications.

- Oversaw all communications and marketing activities: planning and strategy, global media relations, speeches, messaging and briefing, investor relations, thought leadership campaigns, brand and marketing, public website, social media, events, internal communications and sustainability/CSR. - Implemented Lloyd’s first global communications strategy and.

- Responsible for top line messaging plus all non-press facing communications, including planning and briefing, publishing and design, and internal communications. I modernised the Treasury’s public-facing digital comms and social media.- Advised and briefed Alistair Darling, Peter Mandelson, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls, George Osborne, other Cabinet Ministers.

- Chief spokesperson for HM Treasury across all issues including all aspects of Budgets, Pre-Budget Reports and crisis communications including the 2008 global financial crisis and Government interventions in the UK banking sector.- Managed and led high intensity engagement with top-tier political, business, economics and specialist journalists.- Advised.

- Spokesperson on all aspects of the UK’s tax policy, including all Budget and Pre-Budget Report tax announcements. - Advised ministers on media handling and communication of tax policies and other issues. - Managed a team of five colleagues.

- Private Secretary to Gordon Brown’s political advisers, including Spencer Livermore, Ed Miliband, Jonathan Ashworth and Shriti Vadera.- Provided advice and analysis focused on policy development and presentation of taxation, welfare reform, pensions, child poverty and financial services policies for Budgets, Pre-Budget Reports and Spending Reviews..

- Responsible for advice and briefing on the decision regarding UK membership of the European single currency.- Represented the UK at meetings in Brussels regarding the single currency.

- Analysed and advised on public expenditure and policy at Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Cabinet Office.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics And Geography

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