Stuart Neil Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

The member-led think tank comprises of seventeen senior qualified professionals with extensive experience in the provision of both in house and external communications advice across the energy industrial value chain. The ELP engages on key issues relating to the energy industry nationally and internationally.

Vienna, Austria, Washington Dc, Usa And Uk

Member of the Senior Leadership Team overseeing the World Energy Council’s relationships with Intergovernmental Organisations and other key external stakeholders. Leading the communications team in the WEC Secretariat based in London, responsible for all external and internal communications on behalf of the Communications and Outreach Committee. Guiding the development of WEC’s studies, providing strategic communications counsel to the Secretary General and acting as spokesperson for the organisation.- Delivered a seven fold increase in global media coverage of the organisation over a three year period, equivalent to annual coverage worth over £27 million.- Winner of the 2015 SABRE award for best use of Analytics for Campaign Planning plus a Certificate of Excellence in the category of “Measurement”. - Shortlisted at the ICCO Global Awards for the World’s Best PR Campaign.- Redeveloped the Council’s online and social media strategy significantly increasing viewership and impact.- Accountable for the marketing and communications for the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey and the 22nd Congress in Daegu, South Korea along with a wide range of international high level events.- Led the global rebrand of the World Energy Council.- Facilitated the Council’s Chair being appointed to the UN Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board and the led the Council’s participation at the annual Clean Energy Ministerial meeting and the APEC Energy Working Group.

Leading the World Energy Council's global communications operation, enhancing the organisations ability to inform global, regional and national energy strategies.- Delivered a four fold increase in global media coverage of the organisation within eighteen months of joining the organisation, whilst reducing the overall communications budget.-  Led the re-design of the www.worldenergy.org website, including full stakeholder consultation, analysis and audience archetyping. Oversaw the wireframe development and design language to present a more modern image of the organisation, whilst still accommodating the needs of the network.

Supported the reinvigoration of the organisation’s reputation and managed the strategic communication and news agenda for all aspects of the agency’s activities. Working within the political framework to advise the Chief Executive on the communication implications of the organisation’s policies and managing the press office.• Directed the media strategy for London’s participation in the Shanghai Expo. Achieving positive coverage equating to £600.000 of advertising value and an ROI of 10:1 for London Week alone. • Transformed the News Team into the core section within the Communications department. Coached and led previously underperforming staff to achieve the exceptional rating in their peer group appraisal.• Trained the LDA’s senior management to effectively communicate with the media and present the agency’s revised positioning to key stakeholders.

Member of The Queen’s Household and one of Her Majesty’s key advisers. Responsible for providing strategic communications advice to the Household, creating and directing major media projects to positively reposition the institution in the public perception, and acting as a spokesperson for The Queen and Members of the Royal Family.• Developed a strategy of engaging with and managing a range of landmark television series and programmes designed to improve the profile of the institution. Examples include: Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work, The Queen’s Castle, Time Team Live: The Big Royal Dig, The Girl Who Would Be Queen, Queen and Country and The Queen at 80.• Managed all major worldwide live broadcast activity for the Royal Household, including The Queen’s State Visit to America and the Wedding of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. • Responsible for leading the Communication Strategy with the Prime Minister’s Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, police and other government departments for all inward State Visits, including those by President George W Bush, President Vladimir Putin and President Nicolas Sarkozy.• Responsible for the Communications Strategy of The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Central Weekend Celebrations, engaging with media and the public which encouraged over one and a half million people to join the celebrations on the streets of London. This involved managing over 3,000 media and negotiating with a wide range of stakeholders.• Planned and implemented the media strategy following the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. This involved devising a strategic approach to the management of this global media story requiring a robust infrastructure and a proactive approach to the news agenda. • Developed the www.royal.gov.uk website team. The site is visited by 250,000 users from across the world each week and the team also runs the Monarchy’s YouTube channel which has nearly 2 million channel views.

Advised clients on strategic marketing and communication plans and developed projects in the motor, retail and property sectors. • Helped develop the Canary Wharf Motor Expo from a niche dealer event into a luxury manufacturer-based event targeted at high net worth individuals. • Guided the repositioning and launch of a significant London landmark office development, ensuring a return exceeding the £700 million valuation.

Responsible for advising the senior management of major blue chip companies and governments on their communications strategies focusing on media, reputation and crisis management disciplines for high profile international projects, both in the UK and overseas. As part of the marketing and events division of the Bell Pottinger Group directing a number of key campaigns for clients in the property sector, including significant promotional activity for the London Docklands Development Corporation. This included devising and managing advertising campaigns, market research activity, direct mail and event organisation. • Advised the Chancellor of the Exchequer for India on the presentation of his first National Budget in 1999, including creating the core framework of the budget statement.• Negotiated with the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the “Cool Britannia Summit” to take place at Canary Wharf which delivered definitive public and investor recognition for the Capital’s new business district.• Advised the Permanent Secretary to The Sultan of Brunei on media, reputation and crisis management matters surrounding the State Visit made by HM The Queen during a particularly difficult period for his country.• Advised The Stationary Office on their internal and client communications programme, following the organisation’s privatisation from government ownership and during a period of substantial rationalisation, to deliver improved profitability and sales growth

Promoted from VIP Visits Co-ordinator responsible for creating and managing the organisation’s public affairs programme of encouraging visits by VIP’s and opinion formers to this high profile urban regeneration agency. As part of the corporation’s in-house Marketing and PR team responsibilities included the creation and management of corporate and public events, marketing and implementing the exhibition programme, supporting the Director of Strategic Affairs in the delivery of key marketing and investor relations initiatives. Creating a series of community initiatives in partnership with the Director of Community Affairs aimed at improving the development corporation’s community relations. Created and chaired a marketing partnership with hotels and conference venues to promote London Docklands as a conference and meeting location, improving venue utilisation by 23%.

Responsible for organising visits to the UK by foreign heads of state and government, including President Bush senior and President Regan of the USA, President Gorbacev of the USSR and various European Summit meetings. This culminated in being appointed UK Task Force Co-ordinator for the 1990 NATO Heads of Government Summit Meeting in London.Prior to promotion into the Government Hospitality Fund gained experience in a range of departments.