• Provide strategic advice to senior management.• Media train senior spokespeople and prepare them for broadcast interviews.• Participate in TV and radio interviews and podcasts myself.• Review and sign off news releases and responses to enquiries drafted by Media Relations Managers.• Draft high-profile news releases and manage sensitive media enquiries, including out of hours.• Delivered campaigns to communicate long-term programmes of work.• Speechwriting for senior management.• Line managed Events Manager.• Built strong relationships with influential journalists, senior colleagues and other key stakeholders.• Delivered widespread media coverage for several high-profile projects, including many front pages.

• Developed and implemented communications plans for announcements.• Reviewed policy and research documents to ensure they were clear and easy to read.• Drafted news releases, prepared Q&A and responded to media enquiries.• Monitored media coverage, highlighted stories to colleagues, rebutted and corrected where appropriate.

• Provided strategic advice to CEOs and Finance Directors of international publicly quoted companies.• Developed and delivered long-term PR programmes for clients, as well as individual projects.• Wrote presentations, press releases, Q&A documents, opinion pieces and communications strategies.• Pitched stories to journalists at targeted publications and responded to queries, rebutting when necessary.• Mentored a junior account executive.

• Managed Ofgem’s reputation with the investment community, through effective two-way communication.• Monitored, summarised and disseminated company announcements and market commentary. • Provided briefings for analysts and investors at events and 1-to-1 meetings.• Identified trends in enquiries, escalating appropriately and advising response strategy options.• Took on responsibilities of the Head of IR for 12 months during maternity leave and management change.

Traded various types of financial instruments for clients. Trained and mentored new stockbrokers.