I am an accomplished & ambitious Director of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, with two decades of experience in Public Affairs, consumer PR & corporate media, and capital markets investor management in highly regulated UK businesses. I have cultivated a loyal and extensive network of media, political and corporate finance contacts in Westminster/Whitehall, professional sport, Fleet Street and the City. Currently the Director of Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations at the Rank Group Plc (Grosvenor Casinos, Mecca et al), I am also the founder and MD of a Comms-oriented consultancy with clients in Premier League football, media groups (News UK) and gaming companies (Playtech Plc). Alongside this I serve as the Chairman of S.E.N.S.E. Ltd, the national self-exclusion scheme for all UK casinos and their customers. I’ve enjoyed a proven and long-standing record of delivering outstanding results across key traditional & digital media platforms within the UK and global betting & gaming industry for household-name brands and start-up enterprises, before taking on my current extended remit for managing all external affairs and the investor relations brief for a listed UK household name. My experience as a prolific broadcaster on all major UK (and many international) TV & radio stations (see example show-reel in Ladbrokes Experience section) extends to betting, sports, political and social affairs commentary. Experienced in:- the full remit of external affairs disciplines, including capital markets / investor management;- Public Affairs and government relations in a highly regulated and prominent UK industry;- start-up Comms and Marketing strategies, plans and delivery from scratch;- business transformation and corporate Comms/rationale merger of two major UK brands;- policy guidance and brand marketing/differentiation within highly regulated leisure industry;- celebrating success in consumer PR whilst handling ethical/social responsibility discussions & crisis comms;