Projects
Past and current projects (2000 - present day) have included:
Freelance journalism/creative writing
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| The Leisure Media Company |
Freelance assignments for Leisure Management, Health Club Management and Spa Business magazines. I interview 'captains of industry' for this respected group of leisure industry trade journals. |
| Alchemy Media |
Freelance assignments for Club Mirror magazine
Member of judging panel for Club Mirror Awards |
Quantum Business Media/CMP
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Member of judging panel for The Publican Awards
and The Publican Pub Food Awards
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| Rhodia SA |
Writing and editing of English-language intranet site for employee-shareholders of this multi-national chemicals company, based in Paris.
Creation and editing of all written website content for Rhodia SA's corporate website, www.rhodia.com, which went live in September 2008.
My projects with Rhodia are in association with Replay Films and New Media and Okarito SA. |
Capital & Regional/Xscape |
Creation of leisure-specific area of investors’ report. |
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| Marketing/PR consultancy |
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Nexum Leisure Ltd.
| I handle corporate media relations and crisis management for this major leisure operator.
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| Eclectic Bars Ltd. |
Various ad-hoc corporate relations projects. |
First Leisure Corporation
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Reputation management and external communications consultant, responsible for the public relations function in general, working above and alongside the company’s outside PR consultancy.
Specific responsibilities also included corporate and financial PR and investor relations and serving as a member of the company’s social responsibility committee.
The company is no longer in existence, but I continue to work for its former CEO, now head of Nexum Leisure.
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| Aludel Ltd./Reviva |
Corporate public relations consultant |
| Sycamore Leisure Ltd. |
Corporate public relations consultant |
| Esporta plc |
Recruitment of financial PR consultants |
| Penton Exhibitions Ltd. |
Organisation of seminars at Leisure Industry Week |
Internal/corporate communications Okarito (France) | |
| Strategic affiliations | Editorial contributor to staff magazine of Gemplus SA, the world’s biggest provider of smart card-enabled technology, products and services |
Freddie Ross & Associates
(New York) |
International entertainment and consumer PR projects |
Keith Sherman and Associates
(New York) |
Public Relations |
| Sports Plus Management Ltd. |
I am a director of this company which specialises in boxing event management |
| Charity | Trustee,
The Arts and Entertainment Charitable Trust (honorary)
Executive committee member,
Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund (honorary) |