Experience

Forty Shillings

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director - North

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Surbiton, England, United Kingdom



Boxed Off Communications Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services

• Founding Director

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Boxed Off is a PR and communications agency which does exactly as its name suggests – boxes it off. Whether a big brand, or not so big brand; or a high profile individual who wants to be in the news (or out of it), we’ve been there and done it and got the case studies to prove it. Based in Liverpool, Boxed Off works with companies and organisations of all shapes and sizes, across the UK. Don’t think out the box. Think boxed off.



Liverpool City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Councillor

  • May 2021 - Present

  Liverpool Elected May 2021 as Councillor for Cressington ward in Liverpool. Re-elected in May 2023 as Councillor for Grassendale & Cressington. Chair of Audit (2023- ) Opposition spokesperson on Neighbourhood Services Select Committee (2021-3) Member of Social Care & Health Select Committee (2021-3). Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Merseyside Police and Crime Panel (2021-3).



CM Consultants Ltd

• Founding Director

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2019

  Knutsford, United Kingdom CM Consultants Ltd is a 24/7 crisis response service. Many companies feel priced out of ensuring a professional response when crisis hits and simply see “no comment” as the most appropriate way to deal with media enquiries. Your crisis response requires specialist support. CM Consultants can provide the expert knowledge, guidance and advice you need. For an affordable monthly fee our team of trained former journalists and crisis experts provide a cost effective insurance policy giving peace of… Show more CM Consultants Ltd is a 24/7 crisis response service. Many companies feel priced out of ensuring a professional response when crisis hits and simply see “no comment” as the most appropriate way to deal with media enquiries. Your crisis response requires specialist support. CM Consultants can provide the expert knowledge, guidance and advice you need. For an affordable monthly fee our team of trained former journalists and crisis experts provide a cost effective insurance policy giving peace of mind and allowing you to focus on resolving the issues you face. We’d really like you to be prepared before crisis hits and can offer media training, help with writing or reviewing your existing communication plan and crisis simulation exercises. Show less



Good Relations Regional

• Associate Director

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Good Relations North (part of the Good Relations Group) was re-branded in January 2013 and became Good Relations Regional to reflect it's UK-wide reach and regional emphasis.



Good Relations North (formerly Bell Pottinger North)

• Associate Director

  • Jun 2012 - Jan 2013

  Liverpool • Working across the public, private and third sectors including healthcare, professional services and property & planning with clients including DWF, NSPCC, Wates Construction, Suttons Group and Knowsley Hall. • Led Liverpool’s Challenge, Lose A Million Pounds - the biggest social marketing campaign in the UK for Liverpool PCT. • Led media relations activity for Soccerex European Forum 2010, using contacts in sporting media to set up interviews for Club CEOs and raise the event's… Show more • Working across the public, private and third sectors including healthcare, professional services and property & planning with clients including DWF, NSPCC, Wates Construction, Suttons Group and Knowsley Hall. • Led Liverpool’s Challenge, Lose A Million Pounds - the biggest social marketing campaign in the UK for Liverpool PCT. • Led media relations activity for Soccerex European Forum 2010, using contacts in sporting media to set up interviews for Club CEOs and raise the event's profile. • Reputation management for Oldham Council and high profile individuals including Gillian Gibbons, the schoolteacher jailed in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Mohammed. • Headed up the crisis communications response during the first week after contaminated saline was discovered at Stepping Hill Hospital in July 2011. • Handled communications for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress held in Liverpool which included hosting media interviews and briefing high profile delegates including Sir Richard Branson. • Positioned Merseyside as the specialist healthcare capital of the UK by working with five hospitals to showcase their expertise. • Experienced media trainer for Chief Executives and MDs of major organisations and most recently first team players of a Premier League football club. Show less



Bell Pottinger North

• Associate Director

  • Jul 2006 - May 2012

  Set up and successfully launched the Liverpool office. Key clients included Liverpool PCT, Knowsley Hall, DWF, Wates Construction and Suttons Group.



Liberal Democrats

• United Kingdom
• Political Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Federal Executive

  • 2006 - 2008

  Introduced the Belinda Eyre-Brook award to recognise those working in local government



October Communications Ltd

• Director of Media and Campaigns

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2006

  • Helped establish and grow the agency, leading on media relations, public affairs, consultation and media training. • Working with local authorities, developers, architects and public sector bodies including Liverpool Vision, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, West Lancashire Council/Arena Housing, South Derbyshire Council (stock transfer campaigns), Chester & District Housing Trust and Neptune Developments. • Spokesman for former Everton FC Director Paul Gregg. • Leisure sector clients… Show more • Helped establish and grow the agency, leading on media relations, public affairs, consultation and media training. • Working with local authorities, developers, architects and public sector bodies including Liverpool Vision, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, West Lancashire Council/Arena Housing, South Derbyshire Council (stock transfer campaigns), Chester & District Housing Trust and Neptune Developments. • Spokesman for former Everton FC Director Paul Gregg. • Leisure sector clients included Apollo Leisure, Cream and St Helens RLFC. Show less



BBC Radio Merseyside

• Broadcast Journalist

  • 1998 - 2003

  Liverpool, United Kingdom • Breakfast show producer, radio car reporter, news bulletin reader and Drivetime presenter. • News reporter at UEFA Cup Final in Dortmund (2001) which won a Frank Gillard award. • Wrote, produced and presented a radio documentary ‘Shanghai – City of the Future’ (2002). • Deputy FoC, National Union of Journalists



Liberal Democrats

• Lord Malcolm Bruce

  • Sep 1995 - Jun 1997

  Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Constituency Organiser for former Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce; full time employee running campaign, managing volunteers, fundraising and dealing with media for 1997 election which, due to boundary changes, Malcolm was widely predicted to lose. He won with a majority of 6,997.