Nick Stace
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Nick Stace is the chief executive at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the chair of The Wild Network and the former strategic communications director to Gordon Brown, CEO of Which? and director of Citigate Communications.
Career
Stace worked with the Labour Party during the 1992 General Election campaign.[1]
In 1995 he was put in charge of public affairs at Age Concern England and then of Which? in 1998.
He moved to lobbying company Citigate Communications as a director in 2001, before moving back to Which? in 2003 as deputy CEO and director of campaigns and communications.
In January 2008 he was appointed strategic communications director to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, working in the role until January 2009. He worked alongside Stephen Carter and David Muir "with a brief to turn policies into campaigning ideas garnering public support".[1] It's rumoured that he left due to "strained relations with the ‘old guard' of advisers around PM Gordon Brown, headed by Brown's top special advisor on press Damian McBride." His time working with Brown was a turbulent one where he was frequently falsely accused of leaking to the press, and was 'locked out of the loop' since the summer after being accused of leaking Brown's economic renewal plan.[2]
He then moved to CEO at CHOICE in Australia, until September 2012. He was given "unconditional approval" by ACOBA to take up this role.[3]
He is currently chief executive at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the chair of The Wild Network.[4]
Education
- Politics and legislative studies, politics, economics, sociology, philosophy, The University of Hull, 1989 – 1993[4]
Affiliiations
- Chair / co-founder, Sheila McKechnie Foundation, 2004 – 2008[4]
- Chair, The Squad, 2000 – 2008[4]
Publications
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Resources
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gaby Hinsliff Get Carter! Why Gordon Brown sent for the master fixer The Observer, 23 March 2008, accessed 25 November 2008
- ↑ David Singleton Stace walks out of Downing Street PR Week, 1 December 2008, accessed 25 November 20014
- ↑ Tenth Report 2008-2009 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 25 November 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nick Stace Linkedin, accessed 25 November 2014
