Deborah Smith Email & Phone Number

Seasoned communications, marketing and stakeholder relations leader, with thirty years’ experience across a diverse range of industry sectors to group board level.Across my career I have built a reputation for getting to the heart of organisational objectives and building robust insight into stakeholder views; building a bridge between the two through effective marketing and communication tactics, to deliver tangible results. I have been a driving force for reputation development and cultural change within every organisation I’ve been involved with, designing and leading the delivery of marcomm strategies to support a wide range of organisational objectives from governance reform, organisational change and the introduction of regulation, to customer retention and community support/engagement. I have extensive media and public speaking experience and am used to being the public face of organisations. I have directed the crisis communications response to a range of incidents, from terrorism and industrial accidents to professional malpractice, as well as averting potential crises by dealing with issues before they became headlines. Following 17 years corporate experience, I have spent the last fifteen years running my own communications business, fully immersing myself in the industry sectors and organisations I am working with. and providing strategic communications counsel and support at c-suite level. Specialties: Reputation, Brand, PR, Marketing, Strategic Communications Planning, Leadership Communications, Professional Writing Services, Crisis Communications, Reviewing and Challenging, Communications Campaign Management.

Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Media Relations, Public Relations, Crisis Communications, and 30 others.