Managing Director and Senior Partner, FleishmanHillard
Claudia is a Managing Director and Senior Partner in London, leading key Sectors and Specialisms and serving on the UK Executive Committee. As Head of the Technology practice and a member of the Global Technology Leadership team, she brings 20 years of corporate communications expertise. She has advised top global firms and start-ups across tech, finance, and professional services, with strengths in strategy, brand messaging, campaigns, executive profiling, and media relations.
Eileen heads up The PR Network, a virtual consultancy that builds bespoke teams for clients, across a network of 1,400 senior practitioners in 60 countries globally. With a career spanning 20 years, she has worked with some of the world’s leading technology brands including Samsung, Dropbox and Workday.
Chris is a corporate communications and reputation expert with 18+ years' experience advising start-ups to global firms across sectors like healthcare, fintech, tech, and public services. At Pagefield, he’s worked with clients like Klarna and London City Airport. Formerly at AstraZeneca, he’s led media strategy, training, and crisis comms. A past PRCA Council member and Crisis Group Chair, he’s featured in PR Week, the BBC, Sky News, and more on reputation topics.
With over 20 years in Broadcast PR, Phil founded Broadcast Revolution in 2019 to offer a fresh, creative approach to securing quality coverage across TV, radio, and owned channels. As a content-led consultant, Phil helps brands achieve their communication goals through strong media relations and measurable results and is passionate about the buzz of seeing clients featured on national TV or radio.
Head of Communications and Engagement, London Borough of Havering
Marcus Chrysostomou CMPRCA is a seasoned strategic professional who has worked in both the private and public sector that includes the Downing Street press office, Westco Communications and a number of local authorities. Currently the Head of Communications and Engagement at Havering Council and leads a large team that, year on year, has been successful in winning awards for key external and internal campaigns. He is the Co-Chair of the London Councils Director/Heads of Comms group.
One of the industry’s most experienced and awarded creative leaders, Charlie bridges creative and strategy to ensure the agency develops world-class, earned-first creative ideas for a wide range of clients, built on compelling tensions informed by data, insights and what’s going on in culture. With over 20 years’ experience in PR, influence and social, working across consumer, corporate and technology accounts, he has delivered award-winning campaigns for the world’s biggest brands.
Deputy Director of Communications, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Lucy brings extensive experience in strategic communications, specializing in behaviour change campaigns across the public and third sectors. At MHRA, she has led multidisciplinary teams in delivering cost-effective campaigns, strong media relations, and impactful crisis communications. Passionate about creativity, team culture, and building public trust, she’s excited to join the PRCA Awards judging panel and celebrate industry excellence.
Steph is a Director at Fight or Flight, PR Week’s fastest growing agency of the decade. She leads the agency’s Growth Tech practice, specialising in B2B Communications for high growth disruptive brands. Steph has led communications programmes and campaigns for the likes of LinkedIn, Motorway and Quantexa. She was recognised in PR Week’s 30 under 30 list in 2025 for her contributions to the industry.
Matt leans on over 25 years of industry experience, during which he has led integrated comms campaigns for some of the world’s best-known brands. Matt is Managing Director of the multi award-winning, Richmond & Towers, a PR, social media and influencer marketing agency, specialising in food, drink, wellbeing and lifestyle brands. An experienced agency leader, Matt has a passion for talent development, agency culture, and “what keeps a client up at night”.
Sandeep is an award-winning communications leader with 15 years’ experience in media relations, crisis comms, and strategic storytelling. Currently Head of Media Relations at Govia Thameslink Railway, he has managed teams and led campaigns in both the public and private sectors across the rail, policing, healthcare, and logistics industries.
Seb has worked in PR and Comms for nearly 20 years and is currently joint-managing Director at multi-award-winning UK consumer agency Hope&Glory. He has been at the agency since 2013, following spells at Freuds and Mischief, and is a consumer brand generalist with experience across FMCG, Consumer Tech, Retail and F&B sectors.
Katie Earlam is an experienced Campaigns Director and Creative Strategist, specialising in storytelling, media relations, and PR strategy across print, broadcast, and digital platforms. As Director of Creative Strategy at 72Point, she crafts high-impact campaigns that cut through the noise. A former journalist and columnist at The Sun and interviews producer at Sky News, Katie has an unrivalled a deep understanding of the media and blends editorial expertise with creative vision.
Senior Vice President and Head of Communications for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the Research & Economics division,Bank of America
Tomos Rhys Edwards is a Senior Vice President and EMEA Head of Communications for the Research & Economics division of Bank of America, the leading global investment bank. Tomos has over 25 years of experience as a marketing communications professional in both the private and public sectors.
An earned-first creative with over 15 years of agency experience, Ollie’s work has garnered widespread industry recognition, including multi-award-winning campaigns for the likes of Starling Bank, Virgin Media, Celebrity Cruises, Zoopla and Rentokil. He’s worked for many of Britain's most beloved brands, including John Lewis, Krispy Kreme, Tesco and Lidl, and remains a believer in the power of a pun or portmanteau to lift a campaign from also-ran to iconic status.
Ebony Gayle is an award-winning PR and comms strategist, author, and speaker with 20+ years’ experience. She was the first Black woman appointed to the Women in PR UK board, co-founded CIPR’s Independent Network, and hosts the 9to5workrebels podcast spotlighting inclusive comms through her Gems in Comms series.
Kate is Managing Director of the award winning consumer brands team at Cirkle where she looks after the agency’s team of publicists, creatives, social and influencer experts working on some brilliant clients including Dulux, Tango, Birds Eye and Mars Petcare. With over 20 years working in the comms industry, Kate has worked at top agencies of all shapes and sizes and has developed and led integrated comms strategies and award winning creative campaigns for some of the UK's best known brands.
Sarah has 20 years’ experience in corporate communications, working across the urban development space. She acts as the ESG lead for her team and advises clients on sustainability from a reputation and regulatory perspective. Her client base spans the property, infrastructure, tech, sustainability, and energy sectors, with assignments ranging from launching a global fintech accelerator at Canary Wharf through to the promotion of some of the world’s most renowned, sustainable neighbourhoods.
Director and Head of Integrated Communications, Havas
Jo is a seasoned leader communications in healthcare communications with over 20 years of experience partnering with major pharmaceutical companies. Key career highlights include the successful launches of the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine and supporting the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine. Jo’s expertise spans the full spectrum of healthcare communications—from public relations to medical communications— bringing strategic insight and creative energy to every project.
Lexie leads PR at Costa Coffee, bringing nearly 20 years of experience spanning agency and in-house roles. She has delivered award-winning campaigns, managed reputational challenges, and driven strategic communications. Lexie is recognised for her expertise in media relations, stakeholder engagement and building brand trust across complex public and private sector landscapes.
Director of Communications, Good Faith Partnership.
Myra Johnson is a freelance Communications Consultant and Director of Communications for Good Faith Partnership. Myra has 35 years’ communications experience and specialises in brand strategy. She has built her reputation on reframing taboo issues and tackling injustice, working with charities in the disability, homelessness, domestic abuse, baby loss, bereavement and children’s palliative care sectors.
Sarah joined M+F in November 2022. She has worked in healthcare policy and communications for over 17 years, leading integrated campaigns for life sciences and healthcare organisations at a UK and European level. She has also previously worked in the parliamentary team at the Royal College of Nursing.
I’m a senior comms and media relations lead with a track record of helping organisations cut through the noise – whether that’s in the charity world, the NHS, or the science sector. Right now, I'm loving my role heading up PR at Dogs Trust, where I lead a brilliant team behind standout campaigns, a 'Christmas Number One' spot in Cision’s Charity Barometer last year, and the most-watched show on the W channel in 2024 (thank you, Pete Wicks).
Practice Lead, Integrated Communications, Real Chemistry
Meg has 25 years of communications experience and is a trusted senior advisor to her clients. She is passionate that creativity and innovation feature in her strategic counsel across the product lifecycle - be that when developing a global disease awareness campaign, managing corporate reputation, delivering trusted product communications or designing patient advocacy programmes. At Real Chemistry Meg oversees Global to local UK corporate and product communication campaigns.
Erin Lovett is an Associate Director at Missive with a background in B2B enterprise technology and fintech communications. She specialises in SaaS, AI, open banking and payments and is well-respected for her deeply analytical, tenacious mindset. Erin is passionate about designing and implementing integrated campaigns that lead to measurable business impact.
Stephanie is a Director in Golin London’s Corporate Affairs team and brings extensive experience working on regional and global corporate FMCG and technology accounts. Having worked in communications at Golin Hong Kong for over five years, she brings a strong understanding of world affairs and the intricacies of international cultures, alongside in-depth knowledge of the global media landscape and crisis communications.
Lucy oversees the PR client portfolio as One Green Bean Head of PR with a passion for driving storytelling and cultural relevance. She is a consumer communications specialist with nearly 20 years’ experience delivering earned first creative campaigns across multiple sectors, from travel and tourism to FMCG, food and retail and consumer technology. She has experience working with a breadth of well known client names, such as TUI, Virgin, David Lloyd Clubs, P&G brands, BarclayCard and Sainsbury's.
Gemma is co-founder of SHOOK, the PRCA’s New Agency of the Year 2022, and an agency described as “A very intelligent, creative agency” by industry guru Andrew Bloch. SHOOK's superpower is behaviour design x creativity to make ideas that shake. Gemma was PRCA Leader of the Year in 2019.
Founder and MD of Another Word, Nichola has spent 20 years in corporate comms, consulting and leading award-winning campaigns for global brands including DHL, Bupa and Amazon.
Senior Account Manager and PR specialist with 6+ years’ experience across B2C and B2B sectors including retail, FMCG, travel, tech, and insurance. Debbie delivers integrated, results-driven campaigns through media relations, social media, influencer marketing, and paid advertising - combining strategic insight to elevate brand visibility.
Associate Director, Corporate Reputation and Brand Purpose
With over 11 years of experience across corporate affairs and corporate communications, Samir has worked both in-house at The Kraft Heinz Company and Haleon, as well as within leading international PR agencies We. Communications, Milk & Honey PR, Weber Shandwick and Porter Novelli. His expertise spans advising businesses, NGOs, and governments on strategic communications, crisis communications and public policy.
Samantha, a British Zimbabwean and Account Director at Burson, has 5 years of healthcare communications experience and a drive for sustainable, systemic change. Named to PR Week’s 30 Under 30 in 2024, she holds degrees in communications and radiography and is also a spoken word artist and patient advocate.
Safi is Head of Media and Campaigns at the NSPCC, leading campaigns to keep children safe and hold the Government to account on children’s policy. Previously, Safi spent several years in Government communications including most recently leading media work on online safety at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Daisy has over 20 years of consumer lifestyle and thought leadership experience for a combination of mainstream, premium and luxury brands. A specialist in insight-driven, multi-platform campaigns which earn media attention, excite influencers, and engage consumers, Daisy has delivered award winning work for some of the world’s most famous names as well as challenger brands and start-ups.
Hasan Salim Patel is a strategic communications advisor and former BBC and Al Jazeera journalist. He’s led campaigns for major institutions and advised NGOs and civil society groups. A trustee of Soul City Arts, he specialises in narrative change, public engagement and political strategic communications. He also enjoys reading, writing cricket and running.
With almost two decades of experience in B2B Technology PR, Richard has advised some of the most innovative and exciting brands in the sector. He brings a strategic lens and sharp editorial judgement to every brief to help companies of all sizes articulate not only what they do – but why it matters. With a passion for making complex technologies feel clear, relevant and human Richard is known for developing creative media strategies that drive reputation, capture attention and measurable results
Global People & Organisations Communications Lead, Mars Petcare
Ishtar is the global people, inclusion and diversity communications lead for Mars Petcare – a business of over 100,000 Associates in more than 130 countries around the world. In her role Ishtar helps facilitate the execution of the organization’s bold people strategy through strategic communications and brave leadership. Before joining Mars, she spent 5+ years at Edelman as a member of the Health practice senior leadership team leading the strategic direction for global clients.
Emma Sharpe is a Director at Citizen Relations London, with deep earned media expertise thanks to a background in journalism. She has partnered with some of the biggest consumer brands in the world to deliver integrated comms campaigns that are grounded in culture.
Whitney is a strategic communications leader with a decade of experience spanning the US and UK tech sectors. She’s dedicated her career to transforming how companies approach equity and inclusion. As the founder of Missive's groundbreaking DEI Consulting Division, she spearheaded the agency's first expansion beyond its core PR foundations, delivering transformative programmes across four continents for startups, nonprofits, and global corporations.
Dan Stainsby is Managing Partner at the broadcast PR specialist markettiers and PRCA Broadcast Group Chairman. He’s a creative senior professional who for more than 20 years has overseen the creation and execution of highly successful strategies and campaigns, across a range of sectors.
Head of Creative Operations, Clarion Communications
Matt heads up Creative Operations at Clarion, responsible for management and delivery of creative output. With over 25 years' PR experience, Matt has worked across creative consumer campaigns for the likes of Aldi, Wickes, The Shard, Hovis and Ford.
Alison Is the Director for Strategy and Growth at CARMA UK, USA and Europe. Building on her experience across operational and commercial teams over the last 15 years, she is now focused on how CARMA delivers, evolves, and markets its award-winning analysis and consultancy work. At CARMA, she has built and led award-winning teams, as well as designed and overseen research programmes for dozens of UK, US and international brands.
