60 Seconds with Lucinda Kemeny
Lucinda Kemeny, who recently (19 July) joined British American Tobacco as head of communications of Next Generation Products (NGP), talks about her decision to move in-house [...]
60 Seconds with Louie St Claire, Harvard
Louie St Claire, managing director at Harvard, talks to Gorkana about tech specialism, hiring the right people and what it takes to be successful in the PR industry. What led [...]
60 Seconds with Dave Samson, Chevron Corporation
Dave Samson, general manager of public affairs at energy company Chevron Corporation, and chairman of the association for senior public relations professionals, the Arthur [...]
60 Seconds with Manifest CEO Alex Myers
Alex Myers, founder and CEO at Manifest, talks about office moves, international growth and his ambition to have five offices on five continents by 2020. He insists that if [...]
60 Seconds with Gemma Oakes, Mercieca
Gemma Oakes, director at Mercieca, talks about sport and lifestyle PR and its closeness to FMCG. In the aftermath of the Olympics, she shares her own favourite sports to watch [...]
60 Seconds with Rachael Sansom, MHP Communications
Rachael Sansom, head of brand at MHP Communications, tells us about the blurred line between corporate and consumer PR, the importance of engaging content in relation to brand [...]
60 Seconds with Simon Hayes, director at Redleaf Communications
In June 2016, insurance specialist Simon Hayes became director at Redleaf Communications. He talks to Gorkana about the move, his ambitions for the industry and his early [...]
60 Seconds with Dan Masser, LEWIS
Dan Masser became head of corporate at LEWIS in June, 2016. He talks to Gorkana about agency life, his idea of a productive work environment and what excites him about his new [...]
60 Seconds with Rebecca Rhodes, Virgo Health and Golin Health
Rebecca Rhodes, chief creative officer for Virgo Health and Golin Health, talks to Gorkana about healthcare and the health and wellness trend, creative thinking and the best [...]
60 seconds with David Paterson, Heineken
David Paterson, UK corporate relations director at beer and cider producer Heineken, talks about the dynamic sector he works in and the challenges it presents. He also talks [...]
60 seconds with Chris Mostyn, Murphy
Chris Mostyn recently joined Murphy (J. Murphy & Sons Ltd) as head of marketing and communications. He talks about his career to date, what makes a good comms team and why [...]
60 seconds with Fiona Pargeter, Jaguar Land Rover
Fiona Pargeter, head of global PR communications at Jaguar Land Rover, has been named as the leader in the communications category of Autocar magazine’s ‘Great [...]
60 seconds with Joe Mitton, PLMR
Following a special advisor role at the Office of the Mayor of London, Joe Mitton has taken up a senior consultant position at political lobbying specialist, PLMR. Mitton [...]
James Herring: How to perfect the PR stunt
Ahead of his talk on Zen and the art of the publicity stunt at Cannes Lions next week, James Herring, owner at Taylor Herring, talks about the value of stunts, how a good [...]
60 Seconds with Neil Gordon-Henderson, Which?
Neil Gordon-Henderson, head of media content at Which? on his switch from journalism to PR and working for a campaigning publication. What made you decide to switch from [...]
60 seconds with Tim Williamson, Cognito
Tim Willliamson, MD of Cognito‘s APAC region, on the challenges of communicating in different countries, how his journalistic ‘nosiness’ led to a career in [...]
60 seconds with Maria Darby-Walker, Citigate
Maria Darby-Walker, senior director at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, on getting into PR by accident, the importance of not leaving a void when communicating during a crisis and her [...]
60 seconds with Claire Maugham, Smart Energy GB
Claire Maugham, director of policy and communications at Smart Energy GB, on effecting national behaviour change around the government’s complete rollout of smart meters [...]