Acumen’s two directors have between them many years of experience managing public relations programmes for a wide variety of clients.
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Paul Tustin – ex-journalist at regional and national level, a former reporter, sub editor and Chief Sub Editor working for the Lancashire Evening Post, the Daily Mail and the Westminster Press Group.
Paul is a former senior account director for a national pr business in Manchester with experience of handling communications programmes for clients including UKAEA Windscale, Mersey Care NHS Trust, BICC Cables, AEI Cables, Grosvenor Estates and the Health & Safety Executive.
Paul's public affairs work at Windscale has been highly commended in the Institute of Pulic Relations Excellence Awards. |
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Sally Neary – formerly Associate Director heading up the same pr business managing the Manchester office and leading new business development.
With experience of running major national networked campaigns such as the National Lottery, Sally has also led specific campaigns for clients including BICC Cables, the University of Liverpool and Peel Holdings (the launch of John Lennon International Airport). Sally also sits on the board of Business in the Arts: North West.
Whether it is a media relations campaign aimed at your trade sector, a major lobbying campaign or initiative which needs political support or a major event to help raise your profile, we will be targeting our resource where it has most impact. |