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CIPR GAG Speaker Meeting - Dick Fedorcio
Date: 15 May 2007, 6.30pm
Venue: CIPR HQ, 32 St. James's Square, London SW1Y 4JR
Speaker: Dick Fedorcio OBE
Topic: Crisis management, public affairs and the Metropolitan Police
Dick Fedorcio is Director of Public Affairs and Internal Communication for the Metropolitan Police Service, a post he has held since September 1997.
Dick spoke to the Group on the public affairs and communications challenges he has faced in his current role, and more generally about the interaction of the police with both the media and politicians. The meeting was be followed by a drinks and canapé reception.
As Director of Public Affairs and Internal Communication, Dick is a member of the Met's Management Board and is responsible for explaining and promoting the work of the Met's 30,000 police officers and over 10,000 police staff. Based at New Scotland Yard, he leads a team handling media, public relations, publicity, advertising, public affairs and internal communication.
On leaving school he started his career with the Greater London Council where he spent 12 years before being appointed county information officer for West Sussex County Council in 1983. In 1986 he joined Kent County Council as director of corporate communication, where he stayed for 8 years, before joining the Electricity Association in 1994 as director of communication. In 1996 he moved into consultancy with Westminster Advisers.
He was President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in 1992, having previously served on its council since 1986 and chaired the Professional Practices and Local Government Committees. He was made a Fellow of the Institute in 1991, a Fellow of the British Association of Communicators in Business in 2001 and is also a member of the Market Research Society.