In an interview episode, I talk to Richard Gard, Director and Head of External and Government Affairs Africa, Middle East, Europe, India, Oceania at Nissan Motor Corporation.

We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, how he leads a small team covering such a huge region, his use of agency support, how the work of agencies has evolved over the past 10-15 years and how he manages to keep track of so many markets and balance the pressures on his time.

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Thanks to my editor Callums World.

In an interview episode, I talk to Robert Magyar, Head of Healthcare, APAC at Weber Shandwick.

We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, his experience of public affairs and lobbying across Asia and, in particular, China, and how his experience of running a consultancy.

More details about the book that Robert contributed to, and his chapter on public affairs in China, can be found here.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Matt Day, Head of Government Relations, UK & Ireland.

We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, his experience of working for in consultancy and in-house roles, and how he sees the profession developing in the future.

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In an interview episode, I talk to John Johnston, author of the weekly London Influence email for Politico which covers campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K.

We talk about his background and how he got into journalism, how he has found navigating the industry, and trends for 2025.

There is also mention of the current consultation on the PRCA's Public Affairs Code. You can read details here.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Doug Pinkham, President of the Public Affairs Council.

We talk about the importance of public affairs, its role in reputation management, how the industry has changed and what we can expect from the future. We also couldn't avoid talking about the forthcoming US Presidential election!

This episode was recorded before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the withdrawal of President Biden from the Democratic nomination.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Zoe Cohen, a highly experienced board-level director and Master Coach.

We talk about the importance of taking action to save the planet, climate communications, her activism and work with Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil.

This episode was recorded before the recent UK General Election and *WARNING* it does contain some swearing.

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Zoe has kindly provided some links and reading materials for us as well.

In an interview episode, I talk to John Harrington, Editor, PR Week UK. 

We talk about his work at PR Week, stories that he is particularly proud of, the main challenges facing the public affairs, and how it may evolve in the coming years.

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All organisations need to manage risk. Some do it better than others. Some make basic mistakes; others try to drive out all aspects of risk. But the reality is that some risk needs to be maintained, not least in communications, otherwise innovation can die.

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Originally written for LabourList, and with Scott Goodstein, this episode outlines five crucial challenges for which every candidate should be prepared in creating their own winning election scenario.

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In a different type of episode, we hear from five of the leading monitoring companies.

Delivering public affairs training, I am often asked about who can monitoring services. So, I asked leading monitoring companies to tell us more about what they do.

A huge thank you to all those who took part.

To learn more about the companies took part (in alphabetical order):

DeHavilland

Dods

PolicyMogul - with a special offer of 10% off your first year's subscription

PoliMonitor - use the code STUARTSENTME for 13 months for the price of 12 if you trial and sign up

Vuelio - or email [email protected]

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