The 2025 Judging Panel Aisha Jefferson Global Head of Consumer Communications, Deliveroo Alexandra Frean Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Starling Bank Alex Black Senior Director, Issues & Crisis, Burson Alison Forth Director of PR & Communications, Hearst UK Angela Balakrishnan Exec Director of Communication and Public Affairs, Information Commissioner's Office Anna Penson Associate Director, Citypress Ariadna Peretz Managing Director, FTI Consulting Ben Webster Director of Programme Publicity, ITV Catherine Anderson Associate Director, Strategic Communications, Internal Comms and Social Media, Mediazoo Caz Nicholls Head of Comms - Planning, Strategy & Engagement, England & Wales Cricket Board Chantal Bowman-Boyles Managing Partner, EMEA, FINN Partners Charlie Meredith-Hardy Co-founder, Fight or Flight Chloe Franses CEO, Franses Global Chris Hides Managing Director, The Academy Claire Murray Director, Aurora Healthcare Communications Claire Quansah Founder, Quansah Consulting Dan Lambden Creative Director, Red Consultancy Dan Turner Deputy MD, COW David Fraser Founder, Ready Media Group David Hamilton Exec Director Engagement, Marketing and Communications, BFI David Bowles Head Public Affairs, RSPCA David Lucas Head of Technology, Zeno London Debbie Little Head of PRCA Matchmaker, PRCA DK Cheung PR & Influence Lead, Edrington UK Elissa Cregan Policy and Influencing Advisor, RCSLT Ellie Ball Senior Communications Manager, Virgin Group Emily Vassallo Managing Partner, M&C Saatchi Talk Emma Young Group Corporate Affairs Director, MONY Group PLC Euan Steedman UK and Ireland PR Lead, Vinted Finley Wright Head of Communications, The 93% Club Gabriella Mascia Creative Planner, PrettyGreen Holly Mitchell Head of PR and Public Affairs, easyJet Imogen Nation Head of EMEA Comms, Databricks Jake Davis Managing Partner, Langland Jenna Gifford Senior Consulting Director, Creative Strategist, Blurred Jenny Ousbey CEO, OVID Health Jeremy Townsend Communications Director, Stellantis John Neilson Director, International Communications, Lockheed Martin Jo Ouvry Head of Corporate Affairs, Deloitte Jo Carr Co-founder and Chief Client Officer, Hope&Glory PR Jo Ogunleye B2B Communications Lead, Google Julia Sammons Business Director, Ogilvy Justine Bower Director, Communications, Global Kate Hinton External Relations Lead, Material Focus Kate Smith Deputy MD, Brands2Life Kieran Kent CEO, Propeller Group Koray Camgoz CEO, Taylor Bennett Foundation Lalu Dasgupta Corporate affairs advisor, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. Laura Burch Founder and managing partner, Work & Class Laura Peters Associate Director of External Relations, Alzheimer's Society Lauren Winter Global MD Consumer Culture, Fleishman Hillard Lawrence Francis Manging Director, Premier Lawrence Rosenberg Senior Account Manager, Spreckley Lija Kresowaty Head of External Communications, Reach Lisa Lee Executive Director of Brand, Campaigns and Communications, WWF Lucy Somers Deputy Director of Digital, PLMR Lucy McGettigan Partner, The Romans Mandy Sharp Founder & CEO, Tin Man Matt Drage Global Communication & Marketing Director, Ingka Centres Max Puller Business Strategy and Communications Director, Computacenter Michael White Head of PR and Communications, Six Nations Rugby Naomi Jones CA Director Mars Wrigley UK and Ireland, Mars Natalie Allen Senior Account Director, Battenhall Nicky Eaton Senior Director, Head of Communications and Editorial, EMEA, Christie's Paul Fincham Group Head, Communications, Corporate Affairs & Marketing, LSEG Paul Lucas Partner, Fanclub Priya Brahmbhatt-Patel Executive Director Communications and Engagement, Ofgem Rachael Sansom CEO UK & Europe Havas Red, Havas Red Rachel Carr Director of Communications, Department of Health and Social Care Rachel Gilley CEO, Clarity Global Ranjeet Kaile Director of Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Rebecca Holmes Creative Strategy Director, Cirkle Richard Agnew Communications and Insights Director, Jaguar Landrover Rob Foyle Head of Communications, Vivo Energy Samantha Ndebele Account Director, Burson Sam Corry Managing Director, Taylor Herring Sam Brown Head of PR, 72Point Sarah Warman Director of Communications, BrewDog Sara Vogt Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Justice Sarita Shah Strategic Communications, Weber Shandwick Selena Callas Senior Managing Director, Teneo Sharon Sawers Chief Communications Officer, Metropolitan Police Sharon Hanley Head of Comms, Radio 2, 6 Music and Pop Music TV, BBC Shelley Cukier Account Director, Broadcast Revolution Sneha Patel Senior Vice President, Blackstone Stuart Williamson Chief corporate affairs officer, The Jockey Club Sujit Jasani Communications & Marketing Lead, UEFA EURO 2028 UK & Ireland - The Football Association Susie Dullard co-founder and director, Woosah Suzy Socker Managing Director, Edelman Syeda Hasnain Head of Communications, Merck Healthcare Tara Berry Head of PR & Communications, giffgaff Victoria Biggs SVP, Global Communications, Creator & Social, 160over90, an Endeavor Company
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