PEOPLE MOVES

The communications professional has a family connection to Rolls-Royce.

A senior comms director is moving agency-side after 20 years in government roles.

Smiths Group has turned to a former journalist to add to its corporate comms team.

The FTSE 100 firm has expanded the role of its director of corporate affairs.

Comms pro swapping one sports body for another.

Comms head makes move to climate innovation agency.

The company is the affiliate of Philip Morris International in the UK and Ireland.

Lewisham elected its first ever Green Party mayor last week, ending decades of Labour rule in the London borough.

The global girls' rights charity has appointed an experienced charity comms specialist to raise awareness of its work.

The media trade body was created by the merger of the Newspaper Society and the Newspaper Publishers Association in 2014.

A PR professional has moved in-house for the first time, taking a job with his former client.

The incoming chief executive has worked in public affairs and corporate relations for more than two decades.

The trade association represents betting shops, casinos, online betting, gaming and bingo.

The FTSE 100 energy company has announced Lucy Yurek will join the company next month.

ITN has secured the services of a senior comms professional at one of its rivals.

The international trade body has made a senior hire to boost its comms efforts.

The trade body offers a range of accredited qualifications at foundation, certificate, and diploma levels.

The trade association represents over 1,000 companies in the UK, from global brands to SMEs.

The French company owns a number of premium alcohol brands.

Andrew Ward will lead United Utilities' internal and external comms.

Stephen Kiely previously worked at Grayling before taking up the role at the LGBTQ+ charity.

After a spell agency-side, a fashion PR specialist has moved back in-house.

The Japanese energy firm has secured the services of a diplomat who spent more than 20 years at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

The collagen supplements company is investing in communications as part of its growth plan.

The seasoned comms veteran took up the role at the end of last month.

An experienced comms professional with more than two decades experience in travel PR has been promoted.

London Stock Exchange Group has secured the services of an experienced comms operator.

As head of comms, Wheeler will help strengthen the network’s presence in the comms sector.

The organisation that describes itself as ‘London’s growth agency’ has found a replacement for Mark Inger, who recently stepped down as head of public affairs.

James Taylor will lead the newly created communications function at Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services.

A former consultant at public affairs agency Blakeney has moved in-house.

The UK government has made a senior appointment to help ‘transform’ its communications function.

The UK charity has appointed a former Downing Street man to its board of trustees.

The French fashion house has promoted from within to fill one of its top comms jobs.

Lucy Thomas is leaving the financial sector to lead comms across the UK, India and Switzerland for the Big Four consultant.

The jewellery brand has secured the services of an experienced fashion PR.

The market research organisation has appointed a government comms professional to a senior comms position.

An experienced public affairs professional has been brought in by the group, which owns a digital bank, mortgage provider and software business.

One of the UK’s largest banks has made the move following a major merger.

A police comms professional has made a move back into local government.

Hugo Eyre-Varnier appointed to the holding company at “such an exciting inflection point”.

The banking giant has brought in an experienced public affairs professional to boost its comms team.

The homelessness charity has finally found a permanent replacement for its former brand, marketing and fundraising chief.

Having announced his departure from the Home Office last month, Robert Hall is taking on a unique role.

Lauren Easton becomes chief communications officer and will lead on all aspects of the not–for–profit news agency's reputation and brand integrity.

The newly created role at the Foundling Museum brings together its comms and philanthropy teams.

The banking and finance industry trade body has reinforced its comms team with a new senior appointment.

The media giant’s comms exec is set to leave after four years.

Energy provider Ovo has revealed its new director of communications, following the news that Alex Doorey is set to join Marks & Spencer in March.

An experienced fundraiser with more than 20 years experience has been recruited to a newly created comms and fundraising role.

Public affairs specialist brought in to boost comms function.

The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations has boosted its comms team with a senior hire from the academic sector.

The British heritage car brand owned by the German Volkswagen Group has replaced its outgoing comms chief.

UK AI startup Wayve has recruited an internal comms lead to ensure ‘clear, effective, and strategic communication’.

Hannah Wilkinson, formerly director of communications at Unicef UK, has taken on a new charity sector role.

The independent regulator for nurses and midwives has brought in an experienced comms professional, who spent a decade leading internal comms at Serco.

Zack Polanski has drafted in a new advisor from a former party co-leader.

The FMCG giant has recruited an internal communications specialist from Sky.

Walker Books is focusing on integrated campaigns to promote the work of its authors.

An ex-tabloid reporter turned government comms professional is to join HM Treasury’s comms team.

The professional services firm has named a company veteran for the newly created role

The British retailer has recruited Alex Doorey to replace Victoria McKenzie-Gould, who stepped down last year.

RSM UK, a major audit, tax and consulting firm, has created a new role to boost its profile.

Robert Hall has accepted a role “outside of government”, creating an opening for a new comms director.

The ticket marketplace and distributor has appointed a former agency chief as a director

A marketing and comms manager has been elevated to director level.

With six months to go before the Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow, the organisers have boosted their comms team.

Motor racing team Aston Martin Aramco F1 has named its new communications director, following chief comms officer Luke Skipper’s departure.

A senior editor has left journalism to move into an in-house comms role.

The chief executive of Music Support has turned to a former colleague to fill a senior comms role.

Kendal Sefton and Lucy Warren replace Elizabeth Tomlin, who remains with the organisation on the senior advisory committee.

The British car company has promoted from within to appoint a new sustainability and community communications manager.

Vicky Stedman and Zoe Kindler join the organisation to ‘strengthen’ its comms team.

The hotel giant has taken on a former Direct Line Group senior manager to handle its global external comms.

The former director of comms and engagement at FirstGroup's bus division joins the ranks at Engie UK.

The petcare brand has appointed a new global external comms lead for purpose and sustainability.

The shipping trade association has recruited a former SEC Newgate accounts manager as its new public affairs manager.

Madeleine Porter will join the insurance company in a newly created role.

Ex-director of communications at the UK Chamber of Shipping joins the global trade association for shipowners and operators.

The holiday firm, which has six resorts in the UK and Ireland, has recruited a new manager for its comms team.

Reform has boosted its comms team with several new appointments.

The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has created a new senior comms role.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company has recruited Marks & Spencer’s director of corporate affairs, Victoria McKenzie-Gould, to lead its global corporate affairs function following its separation from Unilever.

Guto Harri, who has held several high-profile in-house roles, has joined a global strategic comms and public affairs agency.

The UK arm of the brewing giant has appointed a corporate affairs director who previously held a senior sustainability role at the company.

A British PR professional has landed one of the biggest comms jobs in the music industry.

An experienced comms professional has landed the top job at the Magistrates’ Association.

The professional membership organisation, which represents 12k therapists, has hired a public affairs professional to a newly created senior role.

A senior comms professional has been picked for the top job at a youth charity.

The pharma giant has made several senior additions to its in-house communications team in recent months.

Sorrelle Harper joins a raft of high-profile new hires at the smart meter provider.

NatWest has hired a media relations lead for commercial and institutional banking.

A comms strategy is being developed to promote the work of the fledgling regulator which was established in September.

The ECB has taken on a new comms director to help grow cricket’s reach and relevance.

The Electoral Commission has made a senior hire to help it develop its digital comms.

Lindsay Landi is set to step down as head of PR and communications to take up a new in-house comms role at Good Energy.

The financial services giant is boosting internal communications at its asset management arm.

James Crampton takes his 25 years’ experience from Heineken UK to Vietnam.

Jordan McKibben will represent the public affairs team within steering committees and work to develop patient comms and advocacy at Gilead Sciences.

The organisation, which has six sites across the UK, has created a new senior role to oversee comms and digital engagement.

A former senior official at the government’s Office for Life Sciences has left the public sector to join the public affairs team at pharma giant GSK.

The fashion brand has recruited its first communications manager.

The East London healthcare charity has created a new senior comms role.

Jonathan Lima-Matthews will help shape policy and advocacy strategies across the EMEA region.

Rebecca Marmot, chief sustainability and corporate affairs officer at Unilever, hands the baton to a former Big Four comms leader.

Gabriel Milland, an ex-journalist who has held senior in-house and agency roles, has been brought in to lead external affairs at the scandal-hit police body.

The National Farmers’ Union is set to lose its current comms chief next year.

Sunseeker, the Poole-based luxury yacht brand, has split responsibility for marketing and sales.

The workplace pension provider has recruited a former policy specialist at Pensions UK to the newly created role.

Charlotte Butterick goes back in-house, as public affairs manager for England at energy operator, after leaving consultancy role.

Donal McCabe, one of the country’s most experienced PR professionals, has reunited with a former colleague who now runs The Jockey Club.

The Chartered Institute of Housing has hired a new head of policy and external affairs.

Domestic abuse charity Refuge has finally found a permanent director of fundraising, communications and policy more than a year after the post became vacant.

A communications professional with an unconventional career path has joined the team at Which?.

Michael Collins is set to join American Express Global Business Travel in a newly created comms role.

Joe Moor has left Hanbury Strategy after six years to take up a senior corporate affairs role in-house.

Andrew Bate has been recruited to head up a nine-strong team working across corporate media relations and PR, public affairs, and colleague and student communications.

Claire Thwaites takes charge of the pharma giant’s government affairs function.

Robert Halfon has taken charge of policy and external affairs at the manufacturing trade body.

Tim Snowball has returned in-house after more than a decade working for PR agencies.

One of the UK’s biggest bus and train operators has secured the services of a former senior comms figure at the British Retail Consortium.

The East London NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a director of communications and engagement who previously worked as a deputy comms director in Parliament.

Ben Goodwin will drive the Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s policy agenda and enhance stakeholder relationships.

Elizabeth Somerville ‘will bring a wealth of expertise’ to her new role raising the profile of the organisation.

Kasia Kehoe will oversee Reckitt’s external digital strategy and channels.

Former Philips’ lead Leslie McGibbon is set to manage BT’s reputation as it undergoes a 'radical digital transformation'.

The group comms head switches to the automotive parts multinational after a decade at Balfour Beatty.

Nadine Smith has more than 25 years comms experience and will now take on the NLCF’s comms strategy, marketing and external affairs.

ECB chief comms officer Kate Miller will handle supporter engagement and reputation management, plus engagement with key stakeholders, at Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Amanda Andrews, international comms director at AWS, will lead a team of both external and internal comms professionals at the banking group.