Simon Richards

Head of Public Affairs, Corporate and Public Affairs UK 

Simon Richards is Head of Public Affairs at BCW London. He has deep expertise in helping clients and companies flourish at the intersection of politics, policy and reputation management; ensuring licence to operate is secured and reputations are enhanced.

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Simon has directed and led multiple client briefs across a range of sectors including healthcare, technology, FMCG and energy. Prior to joining BCW he worked in-house as Head of Communications at the property arm of the NHS where he oversaw and delivered a reputation recovery and the organisation’s first cut to its corporate reputation risk score.

He is an alumni of PR Week’s 30 under 30 and has delivered award-winning work for companies including Danone, PepsiCo, Gilead, Qualcomm, Go-Ahead and Nike.