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From November 2008 to May 2010, Kehoe served as Director Communications & Stakeholder Engagment at the [[Identity and Passport Service]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dermot-kehoe/21/3a7/6a0 Dermot Kehoe], LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
 
From November 2008 to May 2010, Kehoe served as Director Communications & Stakeholder Engagment at the [[Identity and Passport Service]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dermot-kehoe/21/3a7/6a0 Dermot Kehoe], LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
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Kehoe is a trustee of the [[David Cairns Foundation]], which commemorates Kehoe's partner, the late [[David Cairns]], who was Labour MP for Inverclyde from 2001 until his death in 2011.
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==BICOM==
  
 
Kehoe joined [[BICOM]] in summer 2011 as Director of Media and Public Affairs and was promoted to acting chief of executive of in March 2012 after the departure of [[Lorna Fitzsimons]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dermot-kehoe/21/3a7/6a0 Dermot Kehoe], LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
 
Kehoe joined [[BICOM]] in summer 2011 as Director of Media and Public Affairs and was promoted to acting chief of executive of in March 2012 after the departure of [[Lorna Fitzsimons]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dermot-kehoe/21/3a7/6a0 Dermot Kehoe], LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.</ref>
  
Kehoe is a trustee of the [[David Cairns Foundation]], which commemorates Kehoe's partner, the late [[David Cairns]], who was Labour MP for Inverclyde from 2001 until his death in 2011.
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==Progress elections 2012==
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Kehoe stood as a candidate in the [[Progress]] Strategy Board election in September 2012.<ref>[http://progress.allvotingmatters.com/node/129 Dermot Kehoe], Progress Online, accessed 29 October 2012</ref>
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He came fifth out of 28 candidates, just missing out on securing one of 4 positions<ref>[http://www.progressonline.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/membersresults2012.pdf Progress Strategy Board Elections 2012], 27 September 2012, accessed 29 October 2012</ref>
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Revision as of 10:56, 29 October 2012

Dermot Kehoe is the acting chief executive of BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre.[1]He has had 'twenty years experience in journalism and communications'. including 'a career in broadcasting that spans the BBC, ITV, GMTV and Channel 4 and in communications at the Home Office, Social Market Foundation and the Fabian Society.'[2]

Education

Kehoe graduated in 1990 with a BSc Hons in Sociology and Politics from the University of Salford, where he also served as President of the Student Union.[3]

Career

From 1992 to 1994 he served as Vice President Education at the National Union of Students.[4]

Early in his career, Kehoe was a broadcast journalist and producer with GMTV.[5]

From 1997 to 1998 he was a programme director of the Fabian Society specialising in Constitution Reform and Modernising Government].[6][5]

From 1998 to 2006, Kehoe worked at the BBC on Public Policy, Strategy and Communications.[7][5] According to his LinkedIn profile:

At BBC Public Affairs we won two licence fee increases, secured a new Royal Charter, successfully amended the Communications Bill and gained Government approval for new digital services.[8]

Kehoe acted as Secretariat to the Iraq Commission, which included writing the report for the Foreign Policy Centre and Channel 4.[5]

In 2007-2008, Kehoe served as managing director of the Social Market Foundation.[9]

From November 2008 to May 2010, Kehoe served as Director Communications & Stakeholder Engagment at the Identity and Passport Service.[10]

Kehoe is a trustee of the David Cairns Foundation, which commemorates Kehoe's partner, the late David Cairns, who was Labour MP for Inverclyde from 2001 until his death in 2011.

BICOM

Kehoe joined BICOM in summer 2011 as Director of Media and Public Affairs and was promoted to acting chief of executive of in March 2012 after the departure of Lorna Fitzsimons.[11]

Progress elections 2012

Kehoe stood as a candidate in the Progress Strategy Board election in September 2012.[12] He came fifth out of 28 candidates, just missing out on securing one of 4 positions[13]

Resources

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DermotKehoe

Notes

  1. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  2. Huffington Post Dermot Kehoe, accessed 22 October 2012
  3. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  4. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Dermot Kehoe, Social Market Foundation, archived by the Internet Archive, 21 October 2007.
  6. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  7. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  8. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  9. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  10. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  11. Dermot Kehoe, LinkedIn, accessed 9 August 2012.
  12. Dermot Kehoe, Progress Online, accessed 29 October 2012
  13. Progress Strategy Board Elections 2012, 27 September 2012, accessed 29 October 2012