Topic: Political communications through the credit crunch
Synopsis: Using case studies from Europe and across the UK, Jolyon will be speaking on how governments communicated during the recent credit crunch. He will examine how differences in the severity of exposure and variance in the sophistication of communications functions affected the way different countries weathered the storm. Drawing on interviews with those well-placed at the apex of national governments, he will rate countries on whether they had 'a good crisis' or a bad one.
Jolyon Kimble is Director of Middle East, Africa and Asia for Sovereign Strategy, based in Kuwait. He consults widely across the GCC region, and has recently advised the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan.
A corporate communications expert, Jolyon has particular experience in conceiving strategic political communications plans and directing Crisis Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability programs for leading companies.
Jolyon was previously Editor of Public Affairs News magazine, the global government relations and public affairs magazine, from 2004 until 2006. Before that he was Chief Political Correspondent for the political website ePolitix.com, covering the political stories of the day. He began his career on The House Magazine, the respected journal for MPs and peers, in 1998. Soon after joining he took over the “Committee Corridor” column on The House Magazine, and later began interviewing MPs and peers for the weekly “Profile” feature. He has interviewed over 100 parliamentarians, and written in detail on the full range of subjects across the political spectrum. He has written extensively for many titles including The Parliamentary Monitor and Whitehall and Westminster World. Jolyon is a member of the CIPR.
