Ardi Kolah elected to PRCA Council to represent interests of UK members
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 4 October 2013 -- The PRCA represents PR consultancies, in-house communications teams, PR freelancers and individuals. With over 300 agency members from around the world, including the majority of the top 150 UK consultancies and over 100 in-house communications teams from multi-nationals, UK charities and leading UK public sector organisations. It is the largest professional body of its kind in the UK.
More than 900 PRCA members participated in the voting process.
Ardi Kolah said: “It’s a real privilege to join the PRCA Council at a time when the PR industry is facing some of its toughest challenges with proposed regulation of lobbying and the media likely to change the way the industry develops in the future. The leadership of the PRCA is incredibly effective at continuing to make the business case for supporting the growth of this vibrant and talented sector and I’m delighted to be able to support that process along with my colleagues on the PRCA Council.”
PRCA Director General Francis Ingham adds: “We’ve been absolutely overwhelmed by the response to this year’s PR Council election, with a record number of members voting."
"The quality of the new Council speaks for itself – senior industry leaders with a pedigree of great communications. I’m sure they will continue the great work we saw from last year’s Council, which drove great initiatives like the ‘Future of PR’ project. I would like to congratulate the newly elected Council and I’m looking forward to working with it.”
Kolah served on the Council and Board of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations for over eight years as chairman of membership as well as its first chairman of diversity and brings a wealth of experience in the private, public, agency and voluntary sectors that he’s achieved over the past 20 years. He’s also a Trustee of the art-charity The House of Illustration and currently Interim Director of Marketing and Communications at The Scout Association.
The 2013-14 elected members of the PR Council are: James Acheson-Gray (APCO Worldwide), Penny Anderson (Precise), Mark Barber (Weber Shandwick), Jamie Brookes (BNY Mellon), Brandon Craigie (Hotwire PR), Michael Darragh (Ogilvy PR), Helen Dickinson (Gavin Anderson), Cameron Grant (3x1 Public Relations), Phil Hall (PHA Media), David Hamilton (Action for Children), Rhodri Harries (Kaizo PR), Sam Holl (Kindred), Tanya Hughes (Talk PR), Tanya Joseph (Sport England), Nigel Kennedy (Commucan), Ardi Kolah (The Scout Association), Howard Kosky (Markettiers4dc), Tony Langham (Lansons Communications), Chris McLaughlin (Inmarsat), Blair Metcalfe (Ogilvy PR), Robin Minton-Taylor (Leeds Business School), Dominick Moxton-Tritsch (International Fur Trade Association), Lee Nugent (Nelson Bostock Group), Laura Oliphant (Stand Agency), Eleanor Orebi Gann (Visa Europe), Laura Petty (Grayling), Sandy Purewal (Octopus Group), James Thomlinson (Bell Pottinger Wired), Sally Ward (Porter Novelli), and Zoe Ward Waring (Publicasity).
All PRCA members are bound by a professional charter and codes of conduct and benefit from exceptional training. The Association also works for the greater benefit of the industry, sharing best practice and lobbying on the industry’s behalf.
Ardi Kolah, Guru in a Bottle, http://www.guruinabottle.com, +44 (0)208 542 8786, [email protected]
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