S2E3 Behind the Bob - the one with Mary Whenman
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In this episode, Carrie-Ann Wade and Mary Whenman discuss Mary's career highlights and her advice and insight for aspiring communications directors.
Mary is Director, Group Communications at the British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank. Before moving in-house, Mary had a 25-year global agency career. She is a Fellow of the CIPR, has featured in the PR Week Powerbook since 2015 and was President of Women in PR 2015-2018.
The conversation ranges from holiday camps to high end diamonds, with everything in between. And Mary shares her experience of moving from agency to in-house. With advice on speaking truth to power when you are a communications leader, there are plenty of gems in this episode.
Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director
Welcome to Behind the Bob, Diary of a Comms Director with Carrie-Ann Wade.
This podcast is all about developing communications leaders of the future and supporting you to grow and thrive in your comms career. You’ll hear from Carrie-Ann about her own personal experiences and insights and there might even be a special guest or two popping up.
The first series focused on diversity in the communications profession and how to create more opportunities for people to see communications as a profession they would like to work in. The second series explores the lives of communications directors to help inspire and support communications leaders of the future.
Behind the Bob gives you a sneak peek into life as a comms director and provides you with all the "behind the scenes" knowledge to help you thrive as a communications leader.
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