The PRCA’s Global COVID-19 Communications Taskforce was launched in March 2020 to provide practical support to public relations professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Its purpose is provide senior practitioner support to peers, in organisations and consultancies across the world, through targeted personal advice during the crisis.
Chaired by Lansons Chief Executive and Co-founder Tony Langham, the Taskforce is comprised of more 50 highly experienced communications leaders from across the world. Tony is supported by Deputy Chairs, Rod Cartwright and Rachel Friend.
Taskforce Forums
- Building a survival strategy for your agency (recorded 5 May)
- Communications & COVID-19: Lessons from East Asia (recorded 13 May)
- Safeguarding your organisation’s resilience and recovery – in conversation with Deloitte (recorded 19 May )
- Optimising client relationships – (recorded 27 may)
- COVID-19: A new age of conscious capitalism or a false dawn? (recorded 10 June)
Support for Communications Leaders in partnership with EACD, ICCO, IPRA, PRHK, IABC EMENA & PRCA Malaysia
On Thursday, 9 April the Taskforce partnered with a range of international associations to provide communications leaders with free advice on how to manage consultancies and in-house teams through the COVID-19 crisis.
The service connects Taskforce advisors with communications leaders seeking help. Advisors are available provide free, impartial and practical support in 30-minute consultations to professionals around the world.
The CV-19 Taskforce is comprised of highly experienced consultancy owners and communications professionals, adept at managing agencies and organisations through crises.
All consultations will be treated with the strictest confidence and all advisors have signed non-disclosure agreements.
How to seek support
To request a free consultations with a Taskforce advisor, please complete this form.
You will be contacted within 3 working days by an advisor to arrange your free 30-minute call or virtual meeting.
CV-19 Taskforce Advisors
| Melwyn | Abrahams | PR and Digital Director, Matrix Dubai |
| Yusur | Al Dabbah | Managing partner Rouya PR |
| Gustavo | Averbuj | Ketchum |
| Claudio | Barone | AESA (oil and gas) |
| Sugandha | Bhandari | Midas PR |
| Anne-Marie | Blake | HSBC |
| Philippe | Borremans | Risk Comms |
| Peter | Bowles | Clarity |
| Nicola | Brown | Reputation consultant, NB Thinks Ltd |
| Stuart | Bruce | Consultant |
| Stephen | Canning | |
| Phil | Caplin | Broadcast Revolution |
| Matt | Cartmell | Carta Communications |
| Rod | Cartwright | Rod Cartwright Consulting, ex-Ketchum, H&K and Text100 |
| Nathaniel | Cassidy | 3ManFactory |
| Maria | Cheong | PRHK / BCW (Hong Kong) |
| Esther | Cobbah | CEO Stratcomm Africa |
| Amanda | Coleman | Ex Greater Manchester Police |
| Simon | Corbett | Jargon PR |
| Aman | Dhall | Policy Bazaar |
| Steffen | Egelund | CARMA ASIA |
| Wyn | Evans | Forty Shillings |
| Jo | Field | JFG Communicatons |
| Rachel | Friend | Ex-Weber Shandwick |
| Maria | Gergova | CEO United Partners |
| Lea-Anne | Germinder | President Germinder Associates |
| Rachel | Gilley | Clarity |
| Michael | Gonzalez | Clarity |
| Alastair | Gornall | |
| Kate | Hartley | Polpeo |
| Neil | Henderson | Zurich Insurance Group |
| Ong | Hock Chuan | Consultant / Trainer |
| Lauren | Holt | Co-op |
| Richard | Houghton | |
| Mark | Hutcheon | Deloitte |
| Anne-Gret | Iturriaga Abarzua | Head communications INEOS |
| Lyndon | Johnson | Think Differently |
| Sarah | Johnson | Sarah Johnson Consulting |
| Michael | Kelly | W Communications |
| Justin | Kerr-Stevens | Portland |
| Stephen | King | Middlesex University (Dubai) |
| Katie | King | CEO, Zoodikers |
| Susan | Kinnear | Cardiff University |
| Mike | Klein | Changing The Terms |
| Helen | Lacey | |
| Tony | Langham | Lansons |
| Karin | Lohitnavy | Midas PR |
| Alex | MacLaverty | Clarity |
| Loth | Makuza | President PRST |
| Alex | Malouf | Schneinder Electric |
| Sheila | Manzano | Three Little Birds PR |
| Antonio | Marques Mendes | Major pharma company’ |
| Conall | McDevitt | Hume Brophy |
| Tracy | McKelligott | |
| Padraig | McKeon | Independent communications and business adviser |
| Molly | Mcpherson | Consultant |
| Jim | McQueeney | CEO Winning Strategies |
| Anna | Meacham | Huxley |
| Jared | Meade | Owens Community College/Consultant |
| John | Megaughin | Clearbox |
| Raju | Miah | National Crime Agency |
| Rachel | Millington | Contact – for families with disabled children |
| Ella | Minty | Consultant |
| Martin | Mosbacher | Lansons Intermarket |
| Ruksina | Mutthikuljones | Midas PR |
| Barbara | Nash | Barbara Nash & Associates LLC (Senior Strategist) |
| Helen | Neal | HN Communications |
| Michelle | Nelson | |
| Michelle | Nelson | |
| Bossoro | Ngo | Remark Group |
| Shane | O’Donoghue | Nelson Bostock |
| Enric | Ordeix | Academic Director Blanquerna |
| Natasa | Pavlovic | MD Blumen PR |
| Ann | Peru Knabe | US Air Force |
| Adam | Powell | Fourtold |
| Michelle | Press | |
| Jacqueline | Purcell | MD Jasper Alliance |
| Iain | Rackley | Avison Young |
| Jenny | Riddell-Carpenter | BECG |
| Mike | Robb | Bold White Space |
| Jennifer | Robertson | SPEY, full-service communications agency |
| Nigel | Sarbutts | PR Cavalry |
| Kerry | Sheehan | Government Communications Service |
| Kiri | Sinclair | Sinclair Comms |
| Sudha | Singh | Consultant |
| Emma | Smith | Sandpiper Communications |
| Lena | Soh Ng | Huntingdon |
| Curtis | Sparrer | Bospar |
| Marc | Sparrow | The Hoffman Agency |
| Vicki | Spencer-Francis | Cowshed |
| Jennifer | Sproul | Institute of Internal Communications |
| Svetlana | Stavreva | External relations manager IBM |
| Samantha | Strawford | Belmon |
| Paul | Sutton | Digital Media Consultant |
| David | Tarbuck | Salisbury Group |
| Penelope | Thomas | Freelance in maritime Communications |
| Sheena | Thomson | Consultant, Conduit Associates |
| Emma | Thwaites | Allegory |
| Stephen | Waddington | Metia |
| Peter | Walker | Pielle Consulting |
| Louise | Watson | Idea Scout |
| Stephen | Welch | IABC |
| Mary Beth | West | Fletcher PR |
| Rae | White | Rae White Communications |
| Paul | Williamson | Managing Director, Realia Marketing |
| Bess | Winston | The Winston Agency – Full Service Corporate Communications |
| Kerri | Worrall | |
| Yoonhee | Choi | Phillips |
| Faisal | Zahrani | Ex-PR director Ministry of Health |
| Hasan | Zuberi | Momentum PR / Council of PR Pakistan |
Further information
For further information on the taskforce, please email Koray Camgoz
