Ben Mascall
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Ben Mascall is the deputy director of communications for the Conservative Party. [1] Patrick McLoughlin hired Mascall to focus on the Media. Until recently Mascall was fire-fighting on the education brief as a Conservative campaign headquarter press officer. [2]
Mascall was hired to replace Tim Collins in 2012. Giles Kenningham said that "Tim's departure is a big loss but in Ben we've got a first-class operator who will be a great asset to the press office." [1]
From lobbyist to Tory press aide
Mascall was political press adviser for health and education for the Conservative Party from November 2010 until September 2012. Before this, he was briefly an account director at Bell Pottinger from August to November 2010. [1]
Mascall worked as an account director and account manager at MS&L Worldwide in 2008-2009. He was also a senior consultant at lobbying and PR consultancy Financial Dynamics from June 2006 until May 2008. [1]
He is formerly the special adviser for the Department for Transport to David Cameron.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Daniel Farey-Jones Conservative Party loses deputy comms chief to Barratt PR Week, 23 September 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Mascall" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ SpAd Movements – Glover Out of No.10 order-order.com, 27 September 2012, accessed 16 October 2014
