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Stephen McCallion

Global Head of marketing Communications at TAQA, former Global Head of Corporate identity Communications , SHELL

Globally experienced marketing communications, corporate brand/ branding professional with strong technical & leadership skills. Strategist with ability to develop internal & external networks, achieve buy-in from senior stakeholders, gain C-suite support and deliver-with-excellence. Well- honed decision-making skills. Collaborative. Keep-it-simple approach.

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Stephen McCallion

Stephen McCallion

Global Head of marketing Communications at TAQA, former Global Head of Corporate identity Communications , SHELL

Andrew Flowers

Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Microsoft & Nokia

Andrew is a content strategist and producer with in-house experience from the likes of Microsoft, Nokia, Ericsson and nASDAQ OMX. In the past few years Andrew has mainly been focused on producing online videos and TV advertisements for smartphones, yet his broad career also spans financial communication, consumer PR and B2B copywriting.

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Andrew Flowers

Andrew Flowers

Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Microsoft & Nokia

James Stevenson

Founder And Managing Director Of Bletchley Group Digital Consultant of Marks And Spencer, UK

James helped businesses create, transform and grow their digital presence, products and teams using strategy, marketing, product and technology. Working for global brands, offering a range of digital services from e-commerce, to online brand protection, digital business strategies and online marketing, helping clients understand new busi- ness practices, new consumer behaviour, and new digital technologies available.

His Clients include: Guardian News and Media, Selfridges & Co, Bacardi, News Interna- tional, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Grey Goose Vodka Hilton Hotels.

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James Stevenson

James Stevenson

Founder And Managing Director Of Bletchley Group Digital Consultant of Marks And Spencer, UK

Martin Kirke

Non-Executive Director and Coach, Advisory Board Chairman at PushFar.

Martin has held international HR director roles with Dow Chemical, Ericsson, Serco and BP including vice President resource management for Ericsson based in Stockholm and HR Director Operations Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific for the BP Group. Martin has experience of running a business as a General Manager and has also led major change and transformation programmes.

Martin was the lead in HR at Transport for London for the 2012 Olympics after which he decided to focus on non-executive director and consultancy work. His clients include the Cabinet Office, UK (Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and ensures the effective running of government) and healthcare charity ‘Action for Change’ where he is also a non-executive director.

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Martin Kirke

Martin Kirke

Non-Executive Director and Coach, Advisory Board Chairman at PushFar.

Tony Coll

Media & Communication Consultant, former BBC Journalist

Tony Coll is one of the UK’s most experienced media and presentation coaches and trainers. A former BBC TV and BBC Radio reporter and producer, he has worked for many years with senior figures from companies and organisations of all sizes; politicians; national and local government officers; health service and utility managers; pressure group spokespeople; charity workers; chief police and fire officers. He worked at cabinet level with the late Veronica Crichton, former director of communications at the Labour Party, in media training several UK government ministers.
Tony’s training can be delivered in the form of personal coaching or consultancy, in groups or as part of wider emergency response training. It covers effective emergency communication with newspapers, radio, TV and social media as well as addressing live audiences.

Tony Coll is an Oxford law graduate who began his career as a newspaper reporter in North East London and Sheffield.  He moved on to the BBC World Service, BBC Radio One ‘Newsbeat’, BBC and commercial local radio and BBC regional TV in Manchester and London.  He has interviewed cabinet ministers and other public figures; researched, produced, reported and presented news and current affairs programmes, from hard news, sequence programmes and “built” documentaries, through live political discussions and phone-ins, to lighter features, celebrity profiles and vox pops.

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Tony Coll

Tony Coll

Media & Communication Consultant, former BBC Journalist

Simon Nicholson

Social Media Manager, Honda Motor Europe Ltd
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Simon Nicholson

Simon Nicholson

Social Media Manager, Honda Motor Europe Ltd

Omar Rostom

Consumer Engagement and Media Manager Near East, North Africa, Levant, & Emerging Asia, Microsoft
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Omar Rostom

Omar Rostom

Consumer Engagement and Media Manager Near East, North Africa, Levant, & Emerging Asia, Microsoft

Christophe Ginisty

President 2013 , International Public Relations Association, Former Digital Evangelist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Edelman

International public relations expert and a digital guru with more than 20 years of experience.
- Deputy Managing Director of Edelman EMEA, European Technology – Digital evangelist (2011-2012), fouunder and Managing Director Rumeur Publique (1988, 2011).
- President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) for 2013.
- Founder of NGO ‘Internet sans Frontières’ (Internet without Borders) in 2007 then WebDiversity in 2011.
- Published author of Allons, enfants de l'Internet! (Publisher: Diateino, 2010).
- Creator of the "ReputationWar" international conference (2013).
- Professor of Lobbying & Influence at INSEEC (since 2010).

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Christophe Ginisty

Christophe Ginisty

President 2013 , International Public Relations Association, Former Digital Evangelist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Edelman

Hannu Koikkalainen

Head of Digital Planning, Microsoft, Finland
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Hannu Koikkalainen

Hannu Koikkalainen

Head of Digital Planning, Microsoft, Finland

Guy Perry

Managing Director, Gulf Media Experts, UAE

Guy has 30 years’ experience in international BBC TV news, corporate communications and media consultancy. Now based in the UAE since 2006, he founded and ran for 10 years a successful media training and consultancy firm in London, Greenwich Village PR, working with blue chip clients such as KPMG, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), L’Oreal (Paris) and the Crown Estate.
In 2006, as adviser to the spokesman of the Asian Games Doha, he led the official response to the media onslaught following the death of a competitor.
Guy has worked for many international news organisations such as BBC TV, BBC World Service Radio, International Television News (ITN), Reuters, EuroNews and Channel 4 News.

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Guy Perry

Guy Perry

Managing Director, Gulf Media Experts, UAE

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    Friday, 06 December 2019
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    IC Brilliance 2018 – WINNERS Announced

    Friday, 23 March 2018
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    ROLE MODELS OF EXCELLENCE The IC Brilliance Awards champion the vital role that Internal Communications plays in the success of any organisation. Winning an IC Brilliance Award is affirmation of excellence amongst employees, colleagues and industry peers. It can also help to assure clients and suppliers that your organisation is innovative and efficient. We believe
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    2017 BOC Brilliance Awards Winners Announced

    Monday, 11 December 2017
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    The 3rd Annual BOC Brilliance Award Winners Announced! Another year has flown by, and once again, BOC is honoured to announce the Brilliance Award Winners in HR, Business Marketing & PR Awards 2017! The evening was full of excitement and inspiration, thanks to those truly unforgettable performances by Drum Café (together with the awards participants)
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    Use SMS to Enhance the Recruitment and Training Done by Your HR Department

    Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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    When you have a dynamic, busy HR department, you want to give HR all the tools they need to be effective at employee recruitment and training. The first step is to make HR communications streamlined, while the next is to avoid internal communication mistakes. With text messaging, your communication with both potential employees and current
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    IC Conference 2017 [PRESS RELEASE]

    Thursday, 30 March 2017
    IC Conference 2017 Press Release
    In a fascinating three days at the IC Conference 2017 we all went on a wonderfully informative and inspiring journey, and what an experience it was. We had a brilliant line-up of speakers from HSBC, RB, BBC, London Stock Exchange, Virgin Trains and many more. If interested to learn more and get some valuable insights, feel
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    IC Conference 2017, Day 2 Recap By Chairman Liam FitzPatrick

    Thursday, 30 March 2017
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    The BOC IC conference is one of my treats every year; I love the chance to listen to colleagues talk about the challenges we all face and to hear the solutions which they came up with.  And this year we were lucky to have speakers who were generally willing to tell it like it was;
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    IC Conference 2017, Day One Recap by Chairman Tom Crawford

    Wednesday, 29 March 2017
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    My first observation as chair was what a full room we had. We had in excess of 75 delegates from countries as far afield as Kuwait, Brazil, Norway, USA, Belgium and France, to name but a few. My opening words reflected the fact that I believe people want to belong to communities in the workplace.
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    The Future of Internal Communications: based on some ‘take aways’ from our conferences [INTERVIEW]

    Monday, 30 January 2017
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    Interview with Kat Eletskih from BOC Global Events Group Technology has had a huge impact on almost every aspect of our lives, from the way we work to how we communicate. As one of the supporting partners Wisembly caught up with Kat Eletskih, Conference Director at BOC Global Events Group, just ahead of the 5th Annual Internal
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    Drew McMillan: Internal Comms is a Great Place to Work [INTERVIEW]

    Monday, 30 January 2017
    Drew is one of a selected group of speakers at the 5th Annual Internal Communications Conference, hosted by BOC, from 22nd – 24th March 2017 in London. Ahead of Drew’s appearance at the conference, one of the supporting partners of the event FS1 wanted to find out more about what makes him tick What is it about internal
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    BOC EMEA HR Summit 2016 – Chairman’s Review and Executive Summary

    Wednesday, 23 November 2016
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    Tom Griffin Behavioural Strategist & Storyteller Extraordinary People ———————————————– In a fascinating couple of days at the EMEA HR Summit 2016 we all went on a wonderfully informative and inspiring journey, and what an experience it was. As Chairman, I wanted to share my summary of thoughts and insights in the hope that they may
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    10 Internal Communication Mistakes You are Probably Making

    Monday, 24 October 2016
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    Internal communication is vital for an efficient company with good employee retention. In order to create a well-rounded brand that is backed by a strong employee foundation, you need to make sure all of your players are on the same page. Here are 10 common mistakes that are made in the workplace when it comes
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    EMEA HR Summit London 2016: Insights from Event Director Kat Eletskih [INTERVIEW]

    Tuesday, 13 September 2016
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    Europe, Middle-East and Africa will unite together under the EMEA HR Summit 2016 taking place in London. Putting in mind the political, ecological and economic changes and conflicts that occur within those three major regions, as a reader do you think that through HR professional, employees and business people we can have an impact and
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    How BG Group Motivated and Engaged Employees During the Merger with Royal Dutch Shell [interview]

    Tuesday, 13 September 2016
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    Next month the Internal Communications Camp will take place on October 7, 2016 in Amsterdam. This high end event enables you to adopt cutting-edge leadership skills, lead and manage sustainable change, facilitate winning Internal Communications strategy, transform and shape the future. During this inspiring day you will gain insights and examples of good practice adopted
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    Marketing & PR Conference 2016 [PRESS RELEASE]

    Tuesday, 17 May 2016
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    BOC will be host to this year’s Marketing & PR Conference and Brilliance awards, where leading professionals will discuss dynamic, up and coming topics which will offer attendees new perspectives of the industry with an excellent chance to network. The 2-day conference and award ceremony is due to take place on the 1st and 2nd
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    IC Conference 2016 [PRESS RELEASE]

    Wednesday, 23 March 2016
    We are pleased to announce yet another successful Internal Communications event! We had a wonderful line-up of speakers from globally leading brands such as; EY, Unilever, Aviva, Lloyds Banking Group, SABMiller, Societe Generale, Schneider Electric and many more. They shared their experience, expertise and touched on challenges they had overcome. A very warm thank you
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    Why Employee Training is a Must

    Friday, 22 January 2016
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    Investing in employee development is important for any business wishing to stand out in its sector. An important article published in the Harvard Business Review (entitled Why Top Young Managers Are in a Nonstop Job Hunt) notes that many of the most gifted achievers feel that they are being short-changed when it comes to training.
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    Emerging Markets HR Summit 2015 [PRESS RELEASE]

    Wednesday, 02 December 2015
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    We had a great turnout at the Emerging Markets HR Summit 2015!   We are delighted to announce we have added another successful event to the BOC history! The Emerging Markets HR Summit 2015 was an absolute pleasure to facilitate. We would like to thank our highly regarded speakers for their invaluable insights and our
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    IC Camp Paris 2015 [PRESS RELEASE]

    Monday, 12 October 2015
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    It’s Monday and BOC is back in the office after the Internal Communications Camp, held in Paris on 9th October 2015 at the Bpifrance Le hub!     Delegates got the chance to hear great IC insights from the experts themselves. Being in a more relaxed and contemporary setting such as the BpiFrance Le Hub;
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    Katharina Auer on How the IC Function Facilitates Change [INTERVIEW]

    Friday, 02 October 2015
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    Join the Internal Communications Camp in Paris on 9th October 2015! Katharina Auer, Global Head of Employee & Executive Communications, Group Marketing & Communications at Zurich Insurance, will be joining the IC Camp Paris in October as a speaker once again. Madmagz got the opportunity to interview and gain insights. How does the IC function
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