Event Overview

Join Hanson Search and The Work Crowd for a panel event exploring how senior communications and corporate affairs leaders are navigating an increasingly complex world, and why the function has never been more critical.

Geopolitical instability, regulatory change, stakeholder activism and heightened public scrutiny are reshaping how organisations protect reputation and make decisions at the highest level. Communications is no longer simply responsible for the message. It has earned its place at the top table.

This session brings together senior leaders from across business, communications and policy to examine what strategic counsel looks like in practice, and how organisations are building the capability to meet the challenges ahead.

Our Panel

The panel will explore

  • The evolving role of communications and corporate affairs at the top table
  • Navigating geopolitical complexity and reputational risk
  • How insight and intelligence are shaping leadership decisions
  • Where capability gaps are emerging and how organisations are filling them

Event Details

  • Date: Tuesday 14th July
  • Time: 8.30am Arrivals and networking
  • Panel 8.45am – 9.45am
  • Location: The Ivy Club, London

Strengthen Your Strategic Communications Function

Whether you are a communications professional looking to move into this kind of advisory work, or a firm building out these capabilities and needing to find the rare talent that can operate at this intersection, we would love to talk. Hanson Search has spent years placing senior communications professionals into exactly these roles, and we understand what good looks like at this level. Should you wish to discuss future leadership needs, we would welcome the opportunity to speak. Please contact our team via the form below.

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