Former AMEC chair and CARMA CEO, Richard Bagnall, to take up global Non-Exec role

Milk & Honey PR, recognised as one of the fastest growing international communications agencies, has appointed Richard Bagnall as group non-executive director, effective immediately. The global media intelligence, data analytics and communications evaluation expert joins as board advisor alongside Claire Lematta who has been with the business since April 2023.

Bagnall, formerly Chair of AMEC has recently stepped down as co-CEO of CARMA, a position he had held since October 2018. Richard is a Cabinet Office advisor sitting on the evaluation council for over 11 years.

Reporting to Founder and Group CEO Kirsty Leighton, Richard will advise in Singapore, UK, US, and Germany on upleveling evaluation and data analytics best practice, as well as bringing his experience in scaling organisations to the global team. This ongoing uplevelling of the company’s offer comes hot on the heels of the formation of NU, a new technology and AI division led by Sanjiv Winayak; imPACT sustainability division led by Kirsty Howe and a newly created broadcast offer headed by Lewis Oakley.

“Richard brings the perfect blend of agency leadership, data analytics and measurement expertise and passion for client service excellence. He will play a pivotal role in the continued growth of our purpose and sustainability offering and more importantly, demonstration of return on investment.” said Leighton.

Richard Bagnall added, “Milk & Honey has stood out to me as a brilliant business for a long time. The agency’s multi award-winning team, approach to doing good business and the fact that it is majority employee-owned makes it so incredibly differentiated. ESG communications has never been more important and in the next 12 months we expect increased scrutiny, particularly as new regulations will pose challenges when it comes to greenwashing, however, there will also be new opportunities to ensure the integrity of stories being told. I can’t wait to get stuck into this exciting new role and be part of Milk & Honey’s ongoing success.”

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