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Warwick Smith is managing director at [[Instinctif Partners]].
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'''Warwick Smith''' is managing director at [[Instinctif Partners]].
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
Smith is a former policy adviser, international negotiator and ministerial aide at [[Department of Environment]] and [[Department of Transport]] for 16 years, starting in 1973, including working as a parliamentary secretary to Tory sports and planning minister, Sir [[Ian McFarlane]]<ref name="MQ"> Peter Simpson [http://www.prweek.com/article/141713/profile-warwick-smith-appc---modest-diplomat-helm-association---citigate-public-affairs-md-seeks-appc-pride-grown-up-lobbying-world PROFILE: Warwick Smith, APPC - Modest diplomat at helm of association - Citigate Public Affairs MD seeks APPC pride in a grown-up lobbying world] ''PR Week'', 5 April 2002, accessed 16 October 2014 </ref>
 
Smith is a former policy adviser, international negotiator and ministerial aide at [[Department of Environment]] and [[Department of Transport]] for 16 years, starting in 1973, including working as a parliamentary secretary to Tory sports and planning minister, Sir [[Ian McFarlane]]<ref name="MQ"> Peter Simpson [http://www.prweek.com/article/141713/profile-warwick-smith-appc---modest-diplomat-helm-association---citigate-public-affairs-md-seeks-appc-pride-grown-up-lobbying-world PROFILE: Warwick Smith, APPC - Modest diplomat at helm of association - Citigate Public Affairs MD seeks APPC pride in a grown-up lobbying world] ''PR Week'', 5 April 2002, accessed 16 October 2014 </ref>

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Warwick Smith is managing director at Instinctif Partners.

Career

Smith is a former policy adviser, international negotiator and ministerial aide at Department of Environment and Department of Transport for 16 years, starting in 1973, including working as a parliamentary secretary to Tory sports and planning minister, Sir Ian McFarlane[1]

He was then chairman and CEO at Citigate Public Affairs until September 2006, when he became a managing partner at College Hill, now rebranded as Instinctif Partners[2]

In 2002 he was elected unopposed as chairman of the APPC. On this appointment, Steven Norris, a former Conservative minister and London mayoral candidate who Smith employed at Citigate, said: "Warwick is a shrewd person who knows the Government and PA system inside out. He's also a big company man. He'll add value to the APPC. He's quiet, not flashy. He can read a situation very well and get 99 out of 100 decisions spot on"[1]

In June 1995 he also became director general at British Generic Manufacturers Association, a role he still holds.

Education

  • BSc, Botany and Zoology, University of Wales, Cardiff 1969 – 1972[2]

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