Art, media & communications | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Art, media & communications

  • Cassian Harrison

    Born in Glasgow, Donegal ancestry, comprehensive educated, got into making film and television after leaving university. Worked my way up from duplicating video cassettes to editing to directing corporate videos, and from there into TV documentaries. Have done hard-core current affairs in Taliban Afghanistan and sundry other skippy spots, but also glossy history and science […]

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  • Portrait of Patrick Harrison

    Patrick Harrison

    Patrick Harrison was Prince Charles’ Press Secretary for 11 years, playing a key role in shaping and enhancing the Royal Family’s reputation, including introducing the Duchess of Cornwall to public life, protecting Princes William’s and Harry’s privacy and encouraging a more proactive approach to media relations. This work combined crisis communications with strategic reputational management […]

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  • Portrait of Jonathan Harman

    Jonathan Harman

    Jonathan is Managing Director, Media and a member of the Group Executive Team at Royal Mail Group. He has worked in Direct Marketing for more than 20 years. Previous roles include Managing Director of Omnicom’s Claydon Heeley, Chief Executive of WPP’s RMG Connect and President, EMEA of Carlson Marketing where he was also a member […]

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  • Portrait of David Harrigan

    David Harrigan

    David joined Paramount Pictures in July 2016, and he is currently responsible for advising Paramount on all legal and regulatory aspects of Paramount’s film licensing business throughout Europe and beyond. David’s arrival at Paramount Pictures followed a six year stint as a senior lawyer at Disney, during which time he guided Disney on a range […]

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  • Portrait of Robert Hardman

    Robert Hardman

    Robert Hardman is one of the foremost observers of the modern British royal scene. He has covered all aspects of the Monarchy for British newspapers and television for 20 years and has interviewed the Royal Family many times for a series of internationally-acclaimed films including Our Queen (ITV 2013), Charles at 60 (BBC1 2008), Monarchy: […]

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  • Portrait of Chief Constable Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen

    Rod Hansen joined Gloucestershire Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable in May 2013 and in May 2017 took over as Chief Constable. Rod started his career at Avon & Somerset Constabulary more than 30 years ago and during that time has covered a variety of roles from patrol inspector in central Bristol to District Commander for […]

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  • Baroness Dido Harding

    Dido has recently been appointed Non Executive Chair of NHS Improvement. NHS Improvement is responsible for overseeing foundation trusts and NHS trusts in England, as well as independent providers that provide NHS-funded care. She is a non-executive director on The Court of The Bank of England and Chair of the Bank’s Remuneration Committee. She was […]

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  • Portrait of James Harding

    James Harding

    James Harding was the Director of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, the world’s largest news organisation, until January 2018. Prior to that he was Editor of The Times of London from 2007-2012, winning the Newspaper of the Year in two of the five years he edited the paper. He was previously The Times’ […]

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  • Portrait of James Hanbury

    James Hanbury

    James Hanbury has spent the majority of his career running a variety of media businesses. Most recently he was Chairman of Drivetribe, a social media platform set up by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond after they left TopGear. Previously, James co founded Incisive Media in 1994, with 8 staff and ÂŁ275k of funding, […]

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  • David Handley

    I have extensive experience in the Middle East and South Asia with particular expertise in the aerospace and defence sector. Prior to joining Veracity, I was Head of Group Strategic Analysis for a leading defence company, and tracked international defence politics, monitored the changing military, security, and threat environment, and provided detailed analyses of the […]

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