Chris Dugmore, Corporate Affairs Director at Mars Food & Nutrition Europe, discusses the strategies, challenges, and evolution of corporate communication within this global powerhouse.Key takeaways:Navigating Diversity: Discover how Mars effe

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We’re joined by Michael Bodansky, Head of Corporate Communications at Revolut, to explore his journey from agency life to in-house corporate communications. Drawing from his diverse background at agencies like Ogilvy and Freud's, Michael shares

Rachel Garstang of Grosvenor on the Power of Finding Your Champions

Jan 23rd, 2024 25m 8s

Rachel Garstang, Head of Corporate Communications and Stakeholder Engagement at Grosvenor, shares insights into the renowned urban property portfolio, including managing iconic spaces like London's Mayfair and Belgravia.Rachel shares her strat

The Evolution of Corporate Communications with Visa’s Jennifer Scardino

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Jennifer Scardino, Senior VP; Head of Communications Europe at Visa, shares her dynamic career journey spanning the corridors of power in political offices to the helm of global communications and corporate affairs at Citi, Santander, and Visa.

Aligning Corporate Affairs with Impact: Judith Everett at The Crown Estate

Dec 5th, 2023 41m 22s

In this episode, we unravel the wisdom of Judith Everett, Executive Director Purpose, Sustainability & Stakeholder at The Crown Estate. Discover the stark differences between corporate affairs at major global entities like AstraZeneca and Shell

A Unique Vantage Point: The Corporate Affairs Journey of Sky’s Matt Ridsdale

Nov 28th, 2023 29m 53s

Matt Ridsdale, Group Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Sky, shares his diverse career journey, from becoming joint CEO at Tavistock at 28, then initiating transformative strategies as Executive Director at Camelot (operator of the National Lot

The Role of Corporate Comms in Tackling Climate Change: Luke Herbert at Climate Group

Nov 21st, 2023 33m 58s

Luke Herbert, the Executive Director of International Communications at Climate Group, discusses how companies can navigate talking about climate action and some of the latest twists from greenwashing to net zero challenges.Discover the smart

A leading framework for Corporate Affairians – Alex Cole of the Ithaca Centre

May 16th, 2023 54m 18s

After 20 years leading corporate affairs for three multinational organisations, Alex Cole is dedicated to developing her peers and successors to become better “corporate affairians” at the Ithaca Centre for Corporate Affairs Leadership. From a

Matt Grayson of Redrow on football and housebuilding

May 2nd, 2023 46m 31s

What have Premier League football and housebuilding got in common when it comes to comms? Matt Grayson knows thanks to a career that has taken him from Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, to Redrow via a stint in banking with HBOS.In this e

Banking on reputation – Andrew Walton of Lloyds Banking Group

Apr 18th, 2023 49m 6s

In banking, trust is the key commodity. Andrew Walton, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Lloyds Banking Group, shares his insight into managing reputation and effective communications at a time when banking is once again under intense scrutiny

Communications and the Law – Jo Sanders & Tom Rudkin

Apr 4th, 2023 52m 54s

Corporate affairs professionals increasingly work alongside lawyers to manage the reputations and communications strategies for companies and individuals. Damian speaks to leading reputation and media lawyers, Jo Sanders, Partner at Withers Wor

Corporate affairs on a global scale – with Unilever’s Paul Matthews

Mar 21st, 2023 49m 10s

Starting as a journalist, Paul Matthews was headhunted from a travel PR agency to work at Unilever in 2008. After 15 years, Paul now heads communications at the global brands giant. In this first episode of the podcast's second season, Paul rev

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Dec 6th, 2022 41m 55s

Rebecca’s long and varied career at the forefront of corporate affairs has seen her take the helm for reputation at The Prudential, Tesco and TP ICAP. She has tackled the thorniest issues in financial communications and investor relations, the

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Nov 22nd, 2022 36m 56s

Before becoming Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Vodafone UK, Nicki worked for Walgreen Boots Alliance, PepsiCo, Unilever and a stint in government communications. Here she talks to Damian Reece and his Instinctif co-host Katie Gabriel about

Reputation and communications in healthcare - with Rupert Gowrley of Bupa

Nov 8th, 2022 44m 33s

How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the healthcare sector’s reputation? Where is the public versus private healthcare debate going? What is the role of corporate affairs in healthcare? Rupert Gowrley, Director of Corporate Affairs at Bupa, dis

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Oct 25th, 2022 34m 1s

Damian and his co-host Annabelle Duke speak to Sam Fulton, Director of Corporate Affairs at consumer goods giant Nomad Foods, which owns brands including Birds Eye and Findus. Drawing on her experience at Nomad, Apple, Kellogg's, Nestlé and McD

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Oct 11th, 2022 44m 17s

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Spin Unspun Trailer

Oct 3rd, 2022 1m 7s

Introduction to Instinctif Partners' new podcast on corporate affairs and communications. We interview the best and brightest leaders in the comms industry on their thought and media insights, and find out what makes their role so highly values

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