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{{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}}'''Jennifer Powers''' is a partner at lobbyists [[Westbourne Communications]] since April 2011, heading up public affairs and offering strategic advice across Westbourne's accounts.  
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{{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}}'''Jennifer Powers''' was a partner at lobbyists [[Westbourne Communications]] from April 2011, heading up public affairs and offering strategic advice across Westbourne's accounts. She was later appointed managing director until 2017.  
  
She heads its energy practice, with particular focus on smart metering and smart grids, as well as the UK gas and electricity market. <ref>[http://changeopinion.com/author/jpowers/ Westbourne Communications, 'Jennifer Powers Bio'], ''Changeopinion.com'', accessed 4 November 2015</ref>  
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Powers, who has previously worked for the Conservative Party, is currently an associate at [[Public First]], an agency founded in 2016 by her former Westbourne colleague and ex-Conservative government adviser [[James Frayne]]. <ref> [http://www.publicfirst.co.uk/our-people/jennifer-powers Jennifer Powers], company website, undated, last accessed 15 July 2017 </ref>
  
===Brief===
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==Background==
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===Westbourne Communications===
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Powers previously headed Westbourne's energy practice, with particular focus on smart metering and smart grids, as well as the UK gas and electricity market.  Her brief there included:
 
*Direction of public affairs activity agency-wide
 
*Direction of public affairs activity agency-wide
 
*Providing senior strategic counsel to clients on reputation management
 
*Providing senior strategic counsel to clients on reputation management
 
*Leader of energy practice
 
*Leader of energy practice
 
*Responsibility for new business
 
*Responsibility for new business
*Management of account managers, account executives and interns
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*Management of account managers, account executives and interns <ref>[http://changeopinion.com/author/jpowers/ Westbourne Communications, 'Jennifer Powers Bio'], ''Changeopinion.com'', accessed 4 November 2015</ref>
 
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===Previous roles==
==Background==
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Before joining Westbourne, Powers was head of corporate affairs at the [[Energy Saving Trust]], starting in 2007. Her responsibilities covered public affairs, media relations and stakeholder management.  
Before joining Westbourne, Powers was head of corporate affairs at the [[Energy Saving Trust]], starting in 2007. Her responsibilities there covered public affairs, media relations and stakeholder management.  
 
  
 
Powers has also worked in public affairs for food and beverage company [[Nestle]], the UK [[Food Standards Agency]] and [[TXU Energy]], where she again headed the company's public relations work.  
 
Powers has also worked in public affairs for food and beverage company [[Nestle]], the UK [[Food Standards Agency]] and [[TXU Energy]], where she again headed the company's public relations work.  
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
Telephone: 020 3397 0100
 
  
 
Email: jennifer.powers@westbournecoms.com
 
Email: jennifer.powers@westbournecoms.com

Revision as of 13:17, 15 July 2019

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Jennifer Powers was a partner at lobbyists Westbourne Communications from April 2011, heading up public affairs and offering strategic advice across Westbourne's accounts. She was later appointed managing director until 2017.

Powers, who has previously worked for the Conservative Party, is currently an associate at Public First, an agency founded in 2016 by her former Westbourne colleague and ex-Conservative government adviser James Frayne. [1]

Background

Westbourne Communications

Powers previously headed Westbourne's energy practice, with particular focus on smart metering and smart grids, as well as the UK gas and electricity market. Her brief there included:

  • Direction of public affairs activity agency-wide
  • Providing senior strategic counsel to clients on reputation management
  • Leader of energy practice
  • Responsibility for new business
  • Management of account managers, account executives and interns [2]

=Previous roles

Before joining Westbourne, Powers was head of corporate affairs at the Energy Saving Trust, starting in 2007. Her responsibilities covered public affairs, media relations and stakeholder management.

Powers has also worked in public affairs for food and beverage company Nestle, the UK Food Standards Agency and TXU Energy, where she again headed the company's public relations work.

Affiliations

Contact

Email: jennifer.powers@westbournecoms.com

Notes

  1. Jennifer Powers, company website, undated, last accessed 15 July 2017
  2. Westbourne Communications, 'Jennifer Powers Bio', Changeopinion.com, accessed 4 November 2015