Lead corporate communications strategy, planning and delivery for UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Nordics, China and South America.Cover external, internal and marketing communications, creating and implementing communications strategies across 7 lines of business, 4 legal entities and 5 MGAsBuilt external profile of new AmTrust International strategy, creating leadership positioning and content around corporate risks and claims, including PI, legal expenses and specialist property risksDesigned and delivered external and internal eNewsletters, creating content for product campaigns used for direct, social media, mainstream media and internal communicationsCreated thought leadership articles, white papers and reports on wide variety of topics, from face masks to GDPRDeveloped communications plan to fully engage and integrate 1500+ employees, working in 38 locations across 25 countries, in a number of different legal entities and MGAs, under a single business strategy

Led corporate communications, branding and events across UK, Ireland, Nordics, UAE, Russia, Australia and New Zealand markets for 12 LOBs.Delivered communications strategy, messaging, thought leadership, social media, issues, crisis management and internal communications content and campaignsIncreased the company's Net Promoter Score (NPS) for External Communications by 13 points between 2015-2018Delivered a 20% increase in positive media coverage year-on-year in the multinational region (online, print, broadcast)Provided strategic counsel and coaching to Board Members, CEO and senior management on messaging and media engagementMaintained a 65%+ favourability rate for AGCS Communications during a two-year period of significant redundancies, the introduction of a shared services unit in India, and ‘robotic automation'

Led communications strategy and execution activity in 22 countries, managing anetwork of 14 agenciesDeveloped and delivered thought leadership positioning across multiple communication channels, including news, opinion pieces, blogs, features and social mediaWorked closely with senior leadership in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America to drive the consumer need for products, industry leadership and the company’s product innovation, increasing meaningful press coverage by 300% in 2 yearsLed internal communications strategy and content through very challengingperiodAdvised and coached senior management on media engagement, developing briefing documents and statements on issues including financial results, reputational risk and regulatory threatsDirectly managed and maintained PR agency relationshipsLed the AXA CSR/employee volunteering projects in Europe and LATAM, including control of $300k regional foundation budget, delivering 39 projects to 26 non-profits, covering 3,616 volunteer hours with 70% staff participation

Providing strategic corporate communications, branding and public affairs consultancy to a wide array of privately held and publicly listed multinationals, industry associations and NGOs including Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room, International Paint & Protection Vessels International.Working with leading bodies within the highly regulated marine, energy and environment sectors including the United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO), European Commission, UNFCCC, US Environmental Protection Agency, the UK Department for Transport and the UK Maritime Protection Agency.

Covering The Wall Street Journal, wsj.com digital network, Financial News, and data-driven tech products Factiva, DJ Wealth Management, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, DJ FX Trader, Dow Jones Investment Banker, Dow Jones Sales & Trading, Dow Jones Lexicon, Private Equity Analyst, Private Equity News and Venturesource Designed and implemented external communications, including media relations, analyst relations, crisis communications, and social media targeting key financial centres in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Reporting directly to the Chief Communications officer in New York, providing strategic support, counsel and thought leadership to senior leadership team. Working in close partnership with marketing, branding and technology teams across the globeDaily contact with pan-national, national and trade and tech press, broadcast and online media in business, finance, trading, investment banking, insurance, risk and compliance, currency and equities trading and private markets audiencesPlanned, created and delivered communications material for the revamped The Wall Street Journal Europe, wsj.com digital network including wsj.de (Deutschland), ‘social reading’ application for Facebook, ‘WSJ Social’, (making it easy for users of Facebook to “curate” the newspaper’s content), android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad applications for The Wall Street Journal and Factiva

Clients: Anglo Irish Bank, First Derivatives, Sainsbury’s, Parades Commission, Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC), Titanic Quarter (including recently launched Titanic Visitor Attraction), TV Licensing, Andor (Queen’s University Belfast spin-off) Bombardier, and Telereal Trillium (one of the UK's largest property companies).Managed London office, organic and new business development, developing and implementing strategic communications plans.Created and implemented the communications strategy behind Anglo Irish Bank’s UK expansion including the opening of branches in Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester and also the bank’s Mayfair based Private Bank.

Clients: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Tourism Ireland, Ernact, Crosslinks, Sodexho, Obelisk, Viridian and the Atlantic Drift.Managed CIPR Pride and Public Relations Institute of Ireland award winning community and stakeholder outreach programme for the ‘Tellus Project’ (Geological survey of NI and border counties on behalf of Department, Trade and Investment).

Clients: Financial Services Authority (FSA), Abbey National, Orange, Tesco, BAe Systems, British Bankers Association (BBA), SABMiller, Unison, Zurich Financial Services, and AMICUS.Worked with a huge, varied range of Parliamentarians and clients on a number of influential campaigns, including the Children’s Food Bill, foundation hospitals, and primary care issues and on long-term care for the elderly. Notable successes include winning the CIPR Public Affairs Excellence Award as part of the team with the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), which amended the Adoption and Children Act to allow unmarried couples to adopt (2003).With the NAEA, delayed the full implementation of Home Information Packs as part of the housing Bill 2003. Built an opposition coalition with the Chartered Institute of surveyors as well as banks and high-profile economists to argue amongst other things, that HIPS would slow down the housing market and increase gazumping/gazundering. Campaign included drafting responses to consultations, select committee enquires, drafting briefings, organising briefing events and drafting amendments to the Bill itself.