I am an expert in advising and guiding leaders and senior management teams on where and how to communicate in challenging and complex situations.I have 35+ years hands on experience working as an advisor, a manager, a governor and a leader with organisations in each of the public, the private and the non profit sectors .I combine specialist knowledge in communications planning and delivery - external and internal - with experience of strategic planning, advocacy, stakeholder management, network building, capacity building, and hands on issue or crisis management. I am literate and comfortable in both the digital and the traditional media domains.I have led two separate businesses in different markets and am also, or have been, a non-executive board member in over a dozen varied organisations - commercial and non profit - with in excess of 70 years of board experience accumulated to date.