Adrian Russell (Freelancer)
Director/Partner
Based in London, London (Greater)
Joined 34 months ago (joined 27/04/2009)
Status: Available now
Career History
| 01/01/2009 - Ongoing | Freelance, Cadogan Communication, London
Freelance communications constultant |
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| 01/03/2007 - 01/12/2008 | Head of Communications, Citigroup Inc, London
Leadership Team member reporting to CEO for Citi’s UK Consumer business. Created a seven person function which ran the integration and business change communications for Citi’s acquisition of internet bank Egg, plus ongoing internal, external, media and community relations programmes. |
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| 28/01/2004 - 28/02/2007 | Deputy Director Public Affairs EMEA, Citigroup Inc, London
As deputy director, public affairs, Citi EMEA, oversaw communications across 30 countries, including planning, budgeting, staffing, PR agency management, developing and sharing best practice, issues management, product launches, and reporting to global head office. |
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| 01/09/1996 - 21/01/2004 | Corprorate Comminucations Manager, HSBC Holdings, London
Key in creating HSBC’s 19-person strong Group External Relations team; directly managed the corporate/international team of six press officers on global corporate, financial calendar, acquisition/demerger and crisis communications, worked with executive directors. |
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| 01/03/1990 - 01/09/1996 | PR Manager, Barclays PLC, London
Managed a wide range of financial calendar, corporate PR and crisis management issues – including the impact of the recession of the early 1990s on the bank and its customers.
Wrote internal communications and customer newsletters and developed internal communications plans.
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Relevant Skills & Experience
Skills
Budget responsibility, Crisis Management, Management of people, Managing a team, Press Releases, Senior level contact with clients.
Sector Experience
Business to Business, Consumer, Corporate Affairs, Crisis Management, External, Financial, Internal, Investor Relations, Media Relations.
Professional Qualifications & Membership
Qualifications
CAM Qualification.
Professional Membership
Member of CIPR.
Education
| 01/09/1982 - 01/07/1983 | University of North London
Contemporary European Studies
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About Me
A senior communications professional with extensive experience working with board level management in complex FTSE 100 multinationals and leading teams to deliver corporate, financial, acquisition, crisis, business change and restructuring communications alongside proactive, internal and external brand building public relations programmes.
Experienced in briefing, directing, leading and being a trusted advisor to senior executives on communications issues and strategies; influencing business decisions with a communications impact; effective at managing and negotiating competing priorities, issues, projects, deadlines, internal and external stakeholders simultaneously across time zones.