Liam English
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Liam English was deputy director of communications and head of media relations at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury for three-and-a-half years until May 2011. He is now an associate director for the Australian, Canada and Europe (ACE) region for one of the world’s largest pharma firms Eli Lilly.[1]
His autobiography states: 'With over fifteen years’ corporate communications experience working in a variety of high-profile and complex organisations such as the BBC, European Commission, HM Treasury and Cabinet Office, I have developed significant capability in leading traditional and social media relations, public affairs, storytelling, change communications, internal communications, stakeholder relations and brand reputation management.' [2]
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Activities
Consultancy firm
In October 2014, he established a consultancy offering freelance strategic communications and public affairs support and advice.
Contracts included:
- British pharmaceutical trade body, ABPI. He 'built a story and message house for the organisation and industry on behalf of the CEO';
- Genus plc., a leading global animal genetics and healthcare company based in the UK. He 'completed a project to design a corporate affairs and communications function for the company. This included preparing the company, and strategic partners, for an announcement of a significant technological breakthrough in porcine healthcare using gene-editing technology.' [2]
Pharmaceutical company
He worked briefly with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations as their Communications Director. His assignment included:
- Transforming communication operations for the trade association leading EFPIA’s communication team:
- Acting as a beacon of best practice and consultant to strengthen EFPIA employee communications; building an understanding of the organisational vision and journey and enhancing engagement and the customer experience with members;
- Improving the communication channels for internal and external communications (eg sharing tools and communication platforms including social media – establishing the new blog PharmaViews.EU);
- Strengthening collaboration with membership for on-going communication campaigns, to contribute to the successful delivery of priorities;
- Delivering strategic communication campaigns to increase the positive impact of the voice of the pharmaceutical industry and improve trust and reputation. [2]
Affiliations
- Philip Morris International: Director of Corporate Communications. September 2016 - present
- Liam English Communications Ltd.: Director. October 2014 - August 2016
- EFPIA; European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations: Communications Director. May 2014 - September 2014
- Eli Lilly and Company: Associate Communications Director for the Australia, Canada and Europe (ACE) region. May 2011 - April 2014
- Office of Government Commerce: Deputy Director of Communications / Head of Media Relations. September 2007 – April 2011
- BBC: Communications Manager / Spokesman. March 2001 – September 2007
- UK Government Department of Health: Communications and Press Officer / Private Secretary. August 1999 – March 2001
- European Commission: Communications Consultant / Press Officer. October 1997 – July 1999
- Hewland International: Producer. June 1996 – September 1997 [2]
Clients
Contact
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-english-21723427
Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/mrliamenglish
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Nadirah Kaba, Whitehall comms chief Liam English lands Eli Lilly job, 24 May 2011,accessed 7 June 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Liam English: profile, LinkedIn, accessed 20 October 2016.
