JOURNALISM
1984: first UK lead news story: Ian Botham drugs allegations (for BRMB, Birmingham)
1987: Herald of Free Enterprise Zeebrugge ferry disaster: onsite reporting, Belgium
1988: Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103 bombing: WCBS (New York) live onsite reporting, Scotland
1989-2003: freelance reporter at EuroNews, Reuters TV, BBC TV Plymouth, Associated Press, Anglia TV, European Business News (CNBC), BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live
1998: presenter of Opening Night weekly arts show: BBC News 24, BBC World: features on Fleetwood Mac, Julia Fordham, Olivia Newton-John, Antonio Banderas
1999: BBC World/News 24 60 mins documentary on Robert Redford: Cannes, Deauville Film Festivals
Interviewees: Lady Thatcher, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Sir Richard Branson, George Clooney, Michael Douglas, Sir Michael Caine, Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, David Gilmour, Tony Curtis, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Nicolas Cage, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, Raquel Welch, Demi Moore
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CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
1999: founded predecessor GVPR in London with ITN News at Ten’s Carol Barnes
2000: client wins: BHP Billiton, The Crown Estate, Greenpeace, PizzaExpress, Somerfield, fish, City Centre Restaurants, YO! Sushi, Royal Institute of International Affairs
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2003: launched Segafredo Zanetti coffee brand in UK: blanket TV, radio, press, trade media coverage; retained PR for Puccino’s UK coffee chain |
2006: 15th Asian Games Doha: senior media adviser to Games’ spokesman, Ahmad Al-Khuleifi, notably following death of an Olympic equestrian competitor |
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2007: moved base to UAE, winning clients like Zed Communications, Regester Larkin, Weber Shandwick, Matrix PR and working with Standard Chartered Bank, Emaar, Dubai Islamic Bank, the PR Office, Grayling, d’Abo, ARN, Fairmont, etc.
2009: European Parliament, Brussels: media trained MEPs such as Mathieu Grosch
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2010-13: Government-owned Abu Dhabi Ports Company, Kizad: media specialist: designated writer of all English copy: newsletters, Annual Reports, social media; produced films on Khalifa Port, Kizad industrial zone |
2014: moderator and speaker at BOC Awards, Tbilisi, Georgia
