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Sarah-Jane Wakefield an internal communications specialist joins Hawthorn as a Director

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah-Jane Wakefield who has joined Hawthorn as a Director. Sarah-Jane specialises in internal communications with over 20 years of experience in global corporate communications, employee engagement, leadership communications, and organisational and cultural transformation.

Sarah-Jane has joined Hawthorn from Standard Chartered Bank where she was Head of Group Internal Communications overseeing all global internal communications and employee engagement across 96k people in over 70 markets and responsible for the CEO’s leadership communications. More recently she was Global Head of Communications for People and Culture driving strategic communications to support the Bank’s culture, organisation, and people transformation.

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Felix Meston a technology, media and financial services specialist joins Hawthorn as a Director

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Felix Meston who has joined Hawthorn as a Director. For over 10 years Felix has been a trusted advisor to corporates, startups and executives on communications strategy, narrative development, global media relations, thought leadership and ESG-related issues. He specialises in the technology, media, and financial services sectors. He has previously held senior communications roles at mytaxi (formerly Hailo), Europe’s largest taxi app, and Global, the media and entertainment company.

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Jamie Plotnek a sustainability, climate and ESG specialist joins Hawthorn as a Director

We are delighted to welcome Jamie Plotnek who joins Hawthorn as a Director. Jamie is a sustainability, climate and ESG specialist, with more than 15 years of experience advising companies and charities on confronting environmental challenges. He joined Hawthorn from the international non-profit Climate Group, where he developed and led a global campaign on zero emission vehicles. Jamie’s previous roles included leading communications on climate and energy at Unilever and heading up business and public sector engagement for one of Britain’s biggest climate change campaigns.

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Stephen Atkinson joins Hawthorn as a Managing Director

Hawthorn Advisors is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen Atkinson to lead our financial services business. He brings three decades of experience at the highest levels of banking after a long and successful career at Standard Chartered Bank. There, Stephen led the Investor Relations and Communications functions, was Corporate Affairs Head for the bank, operated as Chief of Staff to Standard Chartered’s Group CEO and latterly was Head of the Private Bank for Africa, Middle East and Europe. He joins Hawthorn Advisors as a Managing Director.

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We are delighted to announce the appointments of Director Josh Leigh and Associate Director Rebecca Durnin

We are delighted to announce the appointments of Director Josh Leigh and Associate Director Rebecca Durnin. Josh is a digital corporate affairs specialist who will be advising Hawthorn’s clients on search, and protecting and enhancing their reputations online. He helps craft digital campaigns that make sure clients’ messages get noticed.

Rebecca brings years of experience providing senior counsel and strategic direction to household name brands, including one of the world’s largest social media platforms, and a series of high profile companies in the luxury sector.

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