Russell Grossman, Group Director of Communications for the UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, and the Chair of IABC’s International Executive Board will be in Paris on March 26, 2015. To coincide with his visit, IABC France is organizing a seminar to tap on his expertise and experience as a well-respected senior communication professional.
Russell is responsible for communications strategy and standards across its 48 agencies, and non-departmental public bodies. He administers and manages an annual communications spend of £30M with an overall 625 strong staff, covering campaigns, media relations, internal communications, digital communication, stakeholder engagement and corporate communications. Actively involved in IABC since 2002, holding various board positions, he is currently the global chair for the 13,000 member strong global association of business communicators
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Russell Grossman will speak about the model he introduced to transform internal communications and leader engagement across the UK Government’s 354 bodies with 395,000 people, including some 4,000 communicators.