A member of the PRCA, Jennifer is one of the best young talents in the industry – evidenced by her CIPR award as the Outstanding Young Communicator in 2019. Jennifer is passionate about PR measurement and evaluation to help provide interpretive analysis, actionable insights and strategic guidance for her clients. Jennifer started her career at PRIME Research before joining CARMA in 2020. She has vast experience working on international media analysis solutions for a variety of government entities and large global organisations such as HSBC, Honda, L’Oréal and KPMG. Jennifer has recently been awarded a Specialist Diploma in Crisis Communication from the CIPR. She is also a Committee member of the CIPR’s Greater London group where she leads the Measurement and Evaluation branch of the group.

Nick Crawford is the founder and CEO of Work Networks, a UK based company with a mission to connect everyone inside the World’s organisations. Nick has always been passionate about building authentic human connections at work, improving communications flow, and ensuring everyone has a voice, from the frontline to the board.

One of the UK’s first Workplace from Meta Partners, Nick and the Work Networks team have led over 60 successful implementations of Workplace, enabling over 120 million connections a year and counting, at organisations as diverse as AstraZeneca, All3Media, Danone, multiple NHS Trusts, Hydro, pladis (Ulker, McVities, Godiva), RVU (confused.com, Uswitch, Money..) Unicef UK, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization. Work Networks and its customers have won multiple awards for internal communications, crisis comms and employee engagement.

A communications specialist and accredited Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Member, with experience working in Energy, Higher Education, Public Sector, Life Sciences, Waste Management, Retail, NHS, Professional Services, and Digital since 2008.

She is a Stakeholder Whisperer, helping individuals and teams overcome engagement barriers and influence their audiences.

Credentials:

• Accredited Public Relations Professional
• BA in Global Studies
• MA in International Relations
• MSc in Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

After graduating university with a film degree, Sam worked as an assistant on small film productions and later in other industry’s before taking some time out to volunteer abroad. When he returned to the UK he joined SUEZ, first as an assistant on a large rebrand project, and then as their Assistant Visual Content Manager, finding his way back into film eventually. Sam works on every step of the in-house video content, from conception, scripting, filming, editing, postproduction, and release. Through his work on the large scale rebrand project, Sam honed his skills for brand imaging and the importance it plays in building a successful company . This would serve as a key learning point in taking on his next role as Visual Content Manager in 2020, which also allowed the team to expand and bring on an assistant manager to cope with the ever-growing need for more video content throughout the company. The team currently produce around 100 videos a year on a vast array of fields from health and safety, event filming, education, awareness raising and more.

Richard is responsible for all things creative at Resource, heading up the agency’s creative and strategic offering.

With a strong passion for brand building, Richard works in a close and consultative capacity with clients to deliver creative solutions to their unique challenges.

An ‘agency’ man through and through, he has been working with household brands across multiple sectors for over 20 years. A creative thinker that’s not afraid to tackle the impossible, Richard has enjoyed award winning success with the likes of William Hill, Asda, and LNER whilst also helping a range of new start-ups to develop their brand and story.

A ‘jack of all trades’ by his own admission, Richard is a natural integrated marketeer – allowing him to always advise his clients of the best approach for them – regardless of channel.

Richard is also a guest lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, where he teaches brand advocacy and strategy to business school undergraduates.

Out of the office, you’ll find Richard in the kitchen where he combines his love of cooking and drinking of red wine.

Marya is an Account Director at Blink, a mobile app for frontline workers. Blink is a platform that gives frontline workers access to the people, processes, communications and applications they need to do their jobs – all through their corporate or personal devices. In doing so, it delivers higher productivity, increased retention and more conversations that close the gap between frontline workers and executives. Since launching in 2018, it now serves 230 customers across the UK, APAC and US, including Network Rail, Stagecoach and the NHS. Marya works with Blink customers all over the UK, in roles from internal comms to HR and IT, helping them use Blink to solve their challenges.

Denis Campbell has covered health for the Guardian and Observer newspapers since 2007. He is the health policy editor of both papers. He writes about a wide range of subjects, including medicine and public health, but focuses in particular on the NHS and also mental health. He writes regularly about key NHS issues including staffing, funding and waiting times. He shares health writing duties at the Guardian with the health editor Andrew Gregory. Before joining the Observer in 1999 Denis worked at the (Glasgow) Herald, Scotland on Sunday and Irish Times newspapers.

Claire Riley is the Executive Director of corporate governance, communications and involvement for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and joined them in 2022 from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where she was Executive Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs. Claire is multi award winning leader, a qualified marketer and has a post-graduate diploma in Marketing and a BA (Hons) in Business Management & Organisations with extensive experience in business, marketing and communications across public and private sectors and is a qualified and experienced lecturer. Claire joined the Trust in 2010 from her role as director of communications for the North East Strategic Health Authority, previous to this Claire was the marketing manager for Northumbrian Water Ltd. Claire is a non-executive director for a number of local and national organisations including; Explain Market Research Ltd, Helpforce and is also Chair of Governors for Ashington Academy in Northumberland and Chair of Seven Stories The National Centre for Children’s Books. Claire holds the Freedom of the City of London, is married with two girls, is a long-suffering Newcastle United fan and a life-long Wham! fan.

Ranjeet is responsible for leading an award-winning communications, stakeholder engagement and public affairs service at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South East London Integrated Care Board where he is the Executive Director of Communications and Engagement. Ranjeet is an expert in his field with over 20 years of experience working in some of the country’s most dynamic public sector arenas. He has held several senior communication roles throughout his career, including as special adviser for the Department of Health, Houses of Parliament and a number of Local Authorities

Kate is Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at Milton Keynes University Hospital and co-founder of Flex NHS, a movement to promote and enable flexible working in the NHS. Kate co-founded Flex NHS and teamed up with social media influencers and grass-roots campaigners to make flexible working more accessible to the 1.5 million staff working in the NHS. Flex NHS champions flex for all and promotes a better work/life balance as a vital part of recruiting and retaining staff now and in the future. Kate has worked in the NHS for more than 15 years, leading communications teams and working across corporate affairs portfolios. Prior to joining the NHS, Kate worked in the criminal justice system, leading communications and media planning and responses for major police investigations and criminal trials. Kate is particularly interested in open, inclusive communication and engagement with staff, service users and communities and passionate about equal opportunities and representation for women in the NHS.