Peter Exley Email & Phone Number

Belfast, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilities • Deputise for Corporate Affairs Director as communications advisor to Chief Executive, Executive Committee and Board and manage and lead Communications Unit to deliver internal and external strategy• Responsible for ni water internet, niwater.com, intranet & social media - including facebook & twitter • Develop and implement internal communications strategy embracing and developing appropriate channels, events etc to align messages and the organisation with the business objectives• Manage defined media relations and press enquiries and deal with media including out of hours as a member of the major incident team • Develop and implement evaluation and monitoring methods to measure communication effectiveness• Maintain awareness of political landscape and manage defined media relations activities with key stakeholders • Support and champion corporate social responsibility activities Key achievements • Developed, delivered and maintained all current internal communication channels including staff magazine, intranet, weekly briefing document, two weekly broadcast briefings, team talk and communications kiosks• Developed and delivered numerous award winning internal communications campaigns – including Executive Team Visibility campaign, CSR 'Cares Challenge' staff volunteering programme and Employee Engagement campaign to support business transformation• Successfully managed media and stakeholder relations and queries for several major incidents including major freeze thaw event, major road collapse and loss of water (1000’s of homes)• Proactively managed stakeholder relations for various key business activities including PC10 Price Control • Lead and developed internal communications team into a high performing unit.• Developed revised volunteering policy and Corporate Social Responsibility strategy• Day to day manager of Communications Unit budget on behalf of Corporate Affairs Director

Derby, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilities Trent 1000 Programme • Develop internal and external communications strategy to support delivery of Trent 1000 engine• Implement media relations strategy and manage media enquiries and proactive press campaign• Act as Communications advisor to Director of Trent 1000 Programme• Develop and maintain internal communications campaign and media to align Business and Team with project objectives Key achievements • Sign off of internal and external communications strategy by Executive Team• Developed and implement new channels including Trent 1000 intranet, Tool Box Talks, Trent 1000 Newsletter• Initiated UK wide press awareness campaign of Rolls Royce, Boeing partnership • Coordinated major conference for all Trent 1000 global suppliers

Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities (10 month contract)• Develop a communications strategy for Singlepoint following their take over by Vodafone• Agree communications strategy with the Singlepoint Exec and deliver by putting in place required communications channels and processes• Communcations strategy to ensure:o Singlepoint people understand the new business strategy and what is means for themo All employee groups understand and accept the reasons for changeo The leadership community are equipped to support the changeKey achievements• Communications strategy, rationale and detailed plan agreed with Singlepoint Exec• Singlepoint Exec sign up to sponsoring the strategy and governance process • New channels developed to deliver plan – including, weekly road shows, business breakfasts with the exec, conferences for key employee groups, weekly briefing document, feedback routes and employee magazine.• Employee satisfaction survey results have markedly improved and employee turnover halved

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Key responsibilities• Develop and deliver a communications plan for the business, in line with BTC’s strategic objectives• Responsible for the strategic management and & delivery of all BTC communications to stores• Plan and deliver a communications vision & strategy for stores to utilise new technology and techniques• Manage a team of eight, to ensure appropriate co-ordination and quality of communications reaching stores• Responsible for communicating on behalf Senior Management to the stores population Key achievements:• Developed a communications strategy for stores for the next three years to utilise new technology e.g. portals• Project managed the implementation of the intranet into stores greatly improving communication • Launched all stores current communication vehicles in line with stores and the businesses requirements • Introduced a yearly communications plan and governance and delivery process into the business• Embedded a cascade feedback process from stores into the business including to the Exec. Board