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IABC Victoria End of year networking and drinks
Who: IABC members, non-members and students welcome
When: 6.00pm - 9.00pm Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Where: Ludlow Bar, 6 Riverside Quay, Southbank, 3006
Special Guest: Russell Grossman ABC, International Chair, IABC
We are pleased to announce that International Chair of the IABC, Russell Grossman ABC, will be joining us at our final IABC VIC function of the year.
Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy a relaxed evening of networking with peers and guest speakers from 2014 events, and hear a global update about new developments at IABC.
Tickets
Members: $25.00
Non-Member $50.00
Students: $20.00
This includes two complementary drinks and some nibbles. Plus take part in our Comms quiz with the chance to win a ticket to our February event.
Tickets are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment!
More about Russell Grossman ABC, DipPR(CAM), FCIPR, FCIM, FRSA
Russell is the International Chair of the IABC. He has been a communications practitioner for over thirty years in London and is Group Director of Communications at the UK Government Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: www.gov.uk/bis.
He was previously Head of Internal and Change Communications at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), focusing especially on change and integration issues following the merger of the UK Inland Revenue with Customs and Excise.
Before joining the UK Civil Service, Russell was Head of Internal Communications at the BBC for nearly seven years. He was closely connected there with the Corporation’s change programme ‘Make it Happen’, which won a number of industry awards.
Russell’s other previous roles include being Director of Communications at Royal Mail London; Public Relations Manager for construction of the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension; and Senior Consultant at international engineering consultancy Nichols Associates.
He worked for the London Docklands Development Corporation during the establishment of Canary Wharf and beyond, and began his career in Metropolitan Government. Russell has a strong practice interest in employee engagement and was a leading member of the UK Taskforce on Employee Engagement, set up by Prime Minister David Cameron in 2011, and is now a Director of the “Engage for Success” movement: www.engageforsuccess.org.
Russell holds a Masters in Transport Engineering and Planning and the CAM Diploma in Public Relations and is one of just 1100 Internationally Accredited Business Communicators (ABC).
He’s a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Headquartered in San Francisco and employing 22 staff, IABC is the largest global association for professional communicators with over 13,000 members in over 70 countries and over 100 chapters around the world.