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More than just a lick of paint
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 01/12/2011| Issue: 62
John McLaren, global director of corporate communications at AkzoNobel, has a refreshing view of the world
Fired up and ready for action
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/11/2011| Issue: 61
Helen Dunne meets Richard Stokoe, head of communications for the London Fire Brigade, and learns about risky Dot Cottons and youthful Yepples
Powerful counsel
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/10/2011| Issue: 60
Helen Dunne talks to Fiona Stark, director of corporate affairs at E.ON UK, and learns how customer relations have risen to the top of her busy workload
One for all
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/09/2011| Issue: 59
Helen Dunne meets Fiona Cannon OBE, diversity and inclusion director at Lloyds Banking Group, and learns about how recognising that one size does not fit all is good for business
From buses to ambulances
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 05/08/2011| Issue: 58
Helen Dunne meets Sarah Pinch, the first recipient of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Institute of Directors annual prize for PR Director of the Year, and learns about the bumpy journey from buses, to trains, to Private Eye
Championing the consumers' champion
Author: Charlotte Beugge | Date: 15/06/2011| Issue: 57
Charlotte Beugge meets Alex Ellis, head of external affairs at Which?, and learns how she treads a delicate balancing act
A just cause
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/05/2011| Issue: 56
Helen Dunne meets Kate James, chief communications officer at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and learns about the role of PR in philanthropy
Fighting for children's rights
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/04/2011| Issue: 55
Helen Dunne meets Gregg Vines, director of communications at Action for Children, and learns about his passionate approach to fighting for recognition for the charity and its young people
Fashionable impact
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/03/2011| Issue: 54
Helen Dunne meets Ed Watson, head of PR at Debenhams, who brings a down to earth approach to communications
Battling on all fronts
Author: Andrew Cave | Date: 10/02/2011| Issue: 53
Andrew Cave meets Charlotte Lambkin, group communications director at BAE Systems, and winner of CorpComms Magazine's ‘Communications professional of the year 2010'
The communications troubleshooter
Author: Charlotte Beugge | Date: 10/01/2011| Issue: 52
Charlotte Beugge meets former Equitable Life spokesman Tony McGarahan who now spends his time sorting out troubled corporate communications departments
Pressing for change
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/10/2010| Issue: 50
Helen Dunne meets Jonathan Collett, director of communications at the Press Complaints Commission, who believes that it is time to adopt a transparent approach
A Wyllie operator
Author: Charlotte Beugge | Date: 10/09/2010| Issue: 49
Charlotte Beugge meets Alicia Wyllie, head of communications at Jupiter, and learns how the former journalist copes with the demand of a PR career
A news agenda
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/06/2010| Issue: 47
Helen Dunne meets American-born Jolie Hunt, global head of public relations at Thomson Reuters Markets, and a whirlwind of energy and ideas
A smooth transition
Author: Andrew Cave | Date: 21/04/2010| Issue: 45
Andrew Cave meets Peter Morgan, group communications director at Rolls-Royce, and finds out why his sympathies no longer lie with journalists
The Krays, David Brent and asylum seekers seekers
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/12/2009| Issue: 42
Helen Dunne meets David Holdstock, head of corporate communications at Hillingdon, and learns about the myriad challenges his career has thrown at him
The new face of the public sector
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 05/11/2009| Issue: 41
Helen Dunne meets Mike Hoban, communications and engagement director for Directgov, and learns about making the website part of the nation's psyche
The other rose at M&S
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/08/2009| Issue: 39
Helen Dunne meets Flic Howard-Allen, former director of communications at Marks & Spencer, who has returned to agency life after seven years at the nation's favourite retailer
Never stumped
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/07/2009| Issue: 38
Helen Dunne meets Suzi Kent, head of marketing and communications at Surrey County Cricket Club, and learns about fans and planning inquiries
Essex Man does things differently
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/06/2009| Issue: 37
Helen Dunne meets Giles Roca, head of communications at Essex County Council, and learns of a different approach to resident relations
Poppy Love
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/05/2009| Issue: 36
Helen Dunne meets Stuart Gendall, director of corporate communications at the Royal British Legion, and learns about more than just remembrance
In his members' interests
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/04/2009| Issue: 35
Helen Dunne meets Francis Ingham, director general of the Public Relations Consultants Association, and learns of his work to drive the professional body to the next level
A side order of conversation
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 18/02/2009| Issue: 34
Nick Hindle, vice president of corporate affairs of McDonald's UK, discusses his efforts to get the company out of the frying pan and away from the fire
Well grounded
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/12/2008| Issue: 32
Helen Dunne meets John Grounds, director of communications at the NSPCC, and learns how his experience at campaigning Body Shop serves him well today
Planting support
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/11/2008| Issue: 31
Helen Dunne meets Alan Kennedy, director of communications at the Woodland Trust, and learns about new and ancient forests
In Camden Town
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/09/2008| Issue: 30
Helen Dunne meets Ashley Wilcox, head of corporate communications at Camden Council, and learns how to connect with a diverse stakeholder group on a shoestring
Pragmatic reaction
Author: Rosie Murray-West | Date: 01/06/2008| Issue: 29
Rosie Murray-West meets Margaret Gardner, director of communications at Practical Action, and learns about the difficulties in dealing with charity fatigue
Chartering a course
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/05/2008| Issue: 28
Helen Dunne meets Colin Farrington, director general of the CIPR, who has worked hard to improve the public perception of the industry
Mobile conscience
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/04/2008| Issue: 27
Helen Dunne talks to Chris Burgess, director of corporate responsibility at Vodafone, about the company's initiatives to help less advantaged countries
Spreading the word
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/03/2008| Issue: 26
Helen Dunne meets Adrian Hosford, head of corporate responsibility at BT, who explains how the company recognises the social importance of communication
Manners in mining
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/02/2008| Issue: 25
Helen Dunne meets Nick von Schirnding, head of investor and corporate affairs at Anglo American and winner of CorpComms' inaugural corporate communications officer of the year award
uSwitch in time saves...
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/11/2007| Issue: 23
Helen Dunne meets Christina Rebollo, head of PR at uSwitch, and learns about passion and campaigning media
In-jean-ious
Author: Rosie Murray-West | Date: 01/10/2007| Issue: 22
Rosie Murray-West meets Ros Freeborn, head of communications at Jeans for Genes, and learns about her quest to ‘denimise’ the world
Centrica’s frugal force
Author: Andrew Cave | Date: 01/09/2007| Issue: 21
Andrew Cave meets Catherine May, director of corporate affairs at Centrica, and hears about the struggle to persuade customers that profits are not all bad
A visual challenge
Author: Rosie Murray-West | Date: 01/06/2007| Issue: 19
Rosie Murray-West meets Fiona Burles, director of marketing and communications at the Royal National Institute of the Blind
Tube Lives
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/05/2007| Issue: 18
Louise Brooker-Carey, director of communications at Tube Lines, talks to Helen Dunne about the struggle to communicate down the tracks.
From Buck House to council house
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/04/2007| Issue: 17
Alex Aiken, director of corporate communications at Westminster City Council, explains to Helen Dunne why his team always needs to prove its value
Go ahead, take the train
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/03/2007| Issue: 16
Helen Dunne meets Jim Boyd, director of corporate affairs at transport group Go-Ahead
Putting Wholesale Banking ING the limelight
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/12/2006| Issue: 14
Andy Muncer is rebranding and revitalising ING Wholesale Banking’s corporate communications division, as he tells Helen Dunne
Charity begins in his home
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/09/2006| Issue: 11
Helen Dunne meets Judith Barnard, communications director at Leonard Cheshire, who is transforming a 60-year-old charity into a global force
Down to Earth
Author: Rosie Murray-West | Date: 01/07/2006| Issue: 10
Rosie Murray-West meets Robin Maynard, who gets his hands dirty with the Soil Association
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