BPBB Team

Kevin is a former political speech writer and management lecturer. His main focus is on resolving complex, international communications problems, shaping fresh, modern strategies and implementing integrated solutions that are typically spearheaded by PR.

He has more than 15 years senior consultancy experience and specialises in strategic planning and providing senior level business counsel. He has worked extensively for leading global brands (HSBC, British Gas, Unilever), a wide array of industry bodies (Nuclear, Food, Telecomms, Cosmetics, Drinks), government departments, NGOs and professional services firms. 

Kevin is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and sits on the marketing committee for the University of Greenwich.

Steve has a wealth of aviation and travel experience having previously been Head of News at British Airways. He began his career in journalism, progressing from local/regional news reporting to emerge at the Daily Mail, Sunday Mirror (Assistant News Editor) and Sunday People, latterly as its Investigations Editor. Steve entered the PR industry as Media Relations Manager at The Football Association and, upon leaving BA, has more recently been Group Head of Media Communications at Cable & Wireless.

Christine has extensive experience of managing and delivering communications strategies for a wide range of public and private sector organisations. As a communications practitioner for 20 years, she has worked both in-house and agency-side on global communications projects for NGO, government and corporate clients.

She has worked on transformational projects with high profile public bodies and not-for-profit organisations. Christine also has broad experience in the private sector, leading on projects with professional services and leading international corporate brands. She has CSR expertise, helping clients to communicate their green credentials.

Christine is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

Adam has many years experience in the communications industry, with a career spanning journalism, in-house press and public affairs and public relations consultancy.

From the mid-1990s he worked as a journalist on regional and national newspapers, including six years as a reporter and subsequently news editor on the Daily Mail.  In 2005 he joined the CBI, advising its senior policy development, lobbying and management directors as well as specialising in corporate affairs, professional and financial services.

Adam has firsthand knowledge of the media and how it thinks and operates, extensive corporate and media contacts and can draw on his experiences managing the reputation and brands of individuals and organisations in both business and politics.

At Bell Pottinger he has worked on a range of UK and international clients, ranging from City start-ups to global brands, prominent individuals and governments.

Emily is a skilled communications practitioner with nine years’ experience of developing integrated media and stakeholder engagement programmes for public and private sector clients.

She implements b2b and corporate communications for clients across the professional services spectrum, from construction and financial to legal and marketing services.  She has led campaigns in sectors as diverse as construction, education and the environment, and manages one of Business & Brand’s key country branding briefs.  All activity focuses on building reputations and driving a change in behaviour.

Emily is also an experienced public sector communicator, having spent several years working for a top public sector agency.  Her campaigns have helped government departments and not-for-profit organisations reach businesses, consumers and NGOs, and have influenced decision-makers in the public sector on behalf of leading corporates.

Formerly media relations manager for Cisco, Cable & Wireless and Microsoft, Neville’s wide experience in corporate communications is set against many B2B issue-led campaigns in the area of technology, media & telecommunications. His industry knowledge spans defence and consumer electronics, technology, media & telecommunications and energy & environment. He runs reputational management and media outreach activity at Bell Pottinger for clients such as Inmarsat, the UK’s leading satellite communications network provider, and Alstom, one of the world’s largest engineering businesses in energy and transport. 

Neville has also driven international media relations programme for Middle East start-ups in the aviation, mobile telecommunications and financial sectors.

Mary has more than five years’ experience of devising b2b and b2c media and stakeholder relations campaigns for leading organisations across the professional services spectrum.

At Bell Pottinger Business & Brand, she takes a leading role in developing and implementing social media and CSR strategies for major blue chips including Unilever, HSBC and Selfridges.

Other key current clients include Sky, the management consultancy division of Serco Group plc and leading City law firm Lawrence Graham.

Charlie is a travel and aviation specialist, having delivered a wide variety of trade and consumer campaigns on clients including Emirates and Canadian Affair.  He began his career in travel marketing, covering advertising, destination representation, marketing and public relations for a range of clients, including the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. State of Vermont.  He has also worked with other destinations including Bermuda, Jamaica and Macau.

Claire is a travel media relations specialist with over ten years’ experience.  She has devised and implemented trade and consumer campaigns for a diverse range of high profile brands, including Emirates Airline, Emirates Tours, Canadian Affair and Budget Rent-a-Car.  Other previous clients include One&Only Resorts, Chicago & Illinois Tourist Board, and the U.S. Department of Commerce – launching its first integrated tourism campaign in the UK.

Sally has more than four years’ experience of developing and implementing campaigns with national and international reach for a variety of clients both in the public and private sector.

Current client responsibilities include working with an NHS Trust to raise the positive profile of the medical care it provides to support their bid for Foundation Trust status; developing and implementing a media strategy to promote a major sustainability report for a global consumer goods business; and helping a leading law firm secure comment opportunities reflecting the company’s areas ofexpertise in broadcast, national and specialist media outlets.

Sarah has experience of working across sectors from retail to construction, delivering integrated PR and marketing campaigns that engage consumers and business decision-makers.

She has strong national broadcast and print media contacts and also boasts solid events management experience, having spent several years devising and implementing senior stakeholder events at a UK and international level. 

Christopher started his career in politics as a researcher for a Westminster MP and then moved into public relations. Since then he has worked for a number of London agencies in b2b, corporate and technology PR and has been involved in many high profile national and international campaigns for leading global brands.

He has extensive media relations and political experience as well as a passionate belief in the potential for PR to change the narrative surrounding a brand to positively impact the bottom line.

At Bell Pottinger he has worked on a range of UK and international clients, including outsourcing consultancies, defence companies and prominent individuals.