Alistair Burnett Email & Phone Number

Sandhurst, Gb

Leading on media relations for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons to ensure fair coverage of the UN nuclear ban treaty, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and to promote media coverage of nuclear weapons issues that includes their devastating humanitarian impact and is more than a dry exposition of their geo-strategic role or nuclear inventories.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Board member of organisation supporting NGOs to work more effectively with the media

Led Chatham House’s communications and engagement activity. Responsible for overseeing and enhancing the profile, reputation and brand of the Royal Institute of International Affairs by helping maximise the impact and influence of its convening, publications and research on policymakers and wider audiences.• Playing a leading role in the institute’s second century goal of engaging younger audiences• Guiding and supporting the ongoing development of the journal, International Affairs, and the magazine, The World Today • Advising colleagues across the institute on communication needs• Identifying and managing reputational risks• Ensuring marketing and outreach campaigns support the institute’s priority research themes and boost the institute’s policy presence and impact• Overseeing print and digital publications and multimedia content for the institute

Haywards Heath,Uk

• Responsible for raising visibility of Sightsavers and positioning it with key stakeholders and wider audiences for its work across Africa, Asia and the Middle East• Devised strategic communications framework to guide planning and delivery of media and communications for all projects and programmes internationally• Built and led media, social media and communications teams comprising 16 people to implement international, regional and national outreach and campaigns• Worked with fellow directors of policy and advocacy, research and institutional and major donor fundraising to design and deliver communications strategies to support their work• Represented organisation on high level advocacy platforms and to key stakeholders• Conceived and oversaw training to expand the number of effective spokespeople • Achieved coverage in influential international media, including BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, The New York Times and the Financial Times, positioning Sightsavers as a thought leader• Used social media successfully to support advocacy with governments and multilaterals, including UN bodies, and to support impactful policy campaigns that influenced governments to adopt disability inclusive development strategies and improve the gender balance in the UN committee overseeing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Enhanced the reputation of the organisation with key stakeholders and wider audiences helping win funding for major programmes • Protected the reputation of Sightsavers in a hostile media environment

London, United Kingdom

• Trustee overseeing the delivery of leading global think tank's objectives, ensuring the maintenance of its reputation, the quality of its work and sound financial management• Member of Executive Committee of Council

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Responsible for positioning IUCN as leading authority on nature conservation and promoting key products such as the Red List of Threatened Species• Updated global communications strategy • Led team of media, social media and website officers • Advised senior leadership on media relations and reputation management drafting statements and talking points for Director General• Achieved coverage in international and national media for key initiatives Red List and successfully managed critical media approaches on IUCN policy

London, United Kingdom

• Wrote and commissioned analysis for BBC News online

London, United Kingdom

• Successful advocacy with parliamentarians at the time the BBC resisted proposed disadvantageous legislative changes

London Uk

• Led a team of 15 to produce 45 minutes of daily live global news and analysis• Devised and implemented the editorial and audience strategy• Led move from radio-only to digital and social media production and output• Increased programme’s audience by 25% and won several awards• Represented the programme at senior level within the BBC; represented the programme and the BBC externally at conferences and in the media• Enhanced stakeholder visibility and convened high level debates on issues of public interest through establishing partnerships with key international think tanks• Efficiently managed an annual budget of £1.1 million

London, United Kingdom

• Led multinational team of 50 producing 3 live daily global news programmes, Newshour, World Update and Europe Today• Set the editorial strategy for the 3 programmes• Efficiently managed budgets totalling £1.75 million

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