The Government Affairs Group executive committee consists of a chairman, two vice chairmen, an honorary secretary, an honorary treasurer, a membership secretary and six ordinary members of the committee. The committee is elected annually at the Group's AGM in March or April, although there is some scope for additional co-options.
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Chairman
Keith Johnston MCIPR
keith.johnston@step.org
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Keith is Head of Policy and Communications at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He was elected Chairman of CIPR GAG in April 2008. He is a former Secretary and Treasurer of CIPR GAG. |
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Vice Chairman
Elizabeth Brogan
elizabeth.brogan@dsl.pipex.com
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Elizabeth Brogan is senior policy officer at the National Landlords Association, the leading membership association for private landlords. She represents the interests of NLA members and the wider private rented sector to external organisations and works closely with policy officials to influence the debate on a number of issues related to private rented housing. Elizabeth began her career working for senior Labour MPs. She has worked in a range of roles in consultancies and in-house public affairs. |
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Vice Chairman
Jonathan French MCIPR
jonathan.french@abi.org.uk
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Jon is Assistant Director, Media Relations at the Association of British Insurers. As well as running the ABI's media relations team, he leads its communications work on pensions and life insurance issues, working closely with senior policy advisers to influence Government thinking through media channels. He is a member of the CIPR Board and Council and joined the GAG Committee at the start of 2006. |
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Treasurer
Deborah Powton FCIPR
deborah@swa-pr.co.uk
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Deborah is Director of Sam Weller Associates (PR). |
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Membership Secretary
George Crozier
crozierg@yahoo.co.uk
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George is a political communications professional, most recently working as Manager of the Liberal Democrats' Political Information and Communications Section. He was previously Senior Political Adviser to the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party, and before that senior speechwriter and head of research to the Rt. Hon. Paddy Ashdown, during his time as party leader. He has been a member of the GAG Committee since 2003, and Membership Secretary since 2008. |
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Iain Anderson ACIPR
iain.anderson@cicero-europe.com
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Director, Chief Corporate Counsel, Cicero Consulting.
Iain leads Cicero Consulting's corporate communications practice and has over 18 years' experience in politics, public affairs campaigning and business journalism. Iain has advised numerous organisations, including financial institutions, trade and regulatory bodies, NGOs and political parties in the UK and US. Iain is a regular contributor on financial services issues to broadcast media and the financial press. |
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Robert Khan MCIPR
Robert.Khan@csci.gsi.gov.uk
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Robert Khan MCIPR is the Head of Parliamentary and Public Affairs for the Commission for Social Care Inspection, the national regulator of social care. A qualified barrister, he has also worked at the LGA, as an adviser to the Labour Party in local government and, before that, as the Public Affairs Manager for London Councils. He has been a member of the Government Affairs Group since 2002 and is the Deputy Chairman of the CIPR's Professional Practices Committee. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Group. |
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Secretary
Laura Webb
sivy117@yahoo.co.uk
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Laura has worked in membership for a professional organisation, Alumni relations, fundraising and arts management. While not directly working in the field of public affairs Laura provides an independent voice and perspective on the Group's activities as a senior practitioner from another sector. |
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Lionel Zetter FCIPR
lionel.zetter@o2email.co.uk
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Lionel is a former President of the CIPR and a former chairman of GAG.
He is currently an independent public affairs consultant, a director of ComRes, a director of the Enterprise Forum and a Vice-President of Publicaffairsasia.
He is author of 'The Political Campaigning Handbook' and ‘Lobbying - the art of political persuasion'.
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Gavin Ellwood
gavin@ellwoodandatfield.com
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Gavin Ellwood is Director of Ellwood & Atfield, leading recruitment company for public affairs, government relations and communications in a political and regulatory context. He has nearly 15 years search and selection experience and has been a member of the Government Affairs Group since 2001. Gavin has a wealth of experience working for a large and diverse group of organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors to advise and assist in the hiring of government relations expertise. He is also on the editorial advisory board of PublicAffairsWorld.com. |
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Simon Astley
Simon.Astley@baesystems.com
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Simon is Director of Parliamentary Relations for BAE Systems and is responsible for the company’s UK public affairs activity. Over the last 16 years Simon has worked in aircraft communications at BAE Systems, in Public Affairs for the construction industry and in local and national politics. He has been a member of the CIPR and GAG since 1998. |