Julian C. Bray  Brief Commercial Profile 

Marketing & Communications Strategy Management Consultant :

Media/PR/Investor Relations and HR/Marketing Communication)

Areas of expertise:  Change Management. Internal Communications, Communications Strategy, Marketing Communications, Business Re-engineering, PR, Media Relations, IT Project, Reconstructions and roll-outs. Incident/Crisis management. Business & New Product Development. All HR disciplines (TUPE and Tribunals).  Completed assignments include Fujitsu Services Public Sector Bid, Environment Agency-Flood Warning National & Regional Campaign,  Public Relations Head of Function EA Anglian Region; Interim assignment. Consultant Trade sale achieved for a new multi-million arts and entertainment complex in Peterborough. 2005/6/7/8 Royal Caribbean International and other major cruise lines - Guest Lecturer -‘flyback’ series activated between interim assignments. BBC Radio Contributor – Expert in Aviation and business matters. Journalist, Broadcaster and Copywriter. International corporate lecturer and keynote speaker.

Management Consultant, Corporate Strategist

Providing best practice strategies and input in marketing, media and public relations capacities as part of major international projects, re-structures and change management programmes. Business and process re-engineering; expert to major consulting groups.

 

1986-91     C.E.O Leadenhall Associates Ltd

City of London based corporate, investor relations, financial public relations and marketing consultancy. Clients included: Abbey National, Alitalia, IRI, British Island Airways, Cellnet, Clark Whitehill, Department for Trade and Industry/ European Commission Eureka Information Bureau, Daily Mail - Associated Newspapers, Girobank, Grosvenor Venture Managers – Private Equity Partners, National Mutual Life Assurance Society

Board Director & Commercial Director, NTN Television News Ltd  (Leadenhall/CNS/ ITV WALES:) formed to bid for the BSB ‘Now News’ Satellite TV Contract – precursor to SKY NEWS

Managing Editor CNS - City News Service

Production, syndication of financial and business news (Leadenhall associate).

Business Development Group Head

                Grandfield, Rork, Collins Financial Ltd.

London Financial PR/Advertising Agency Clients: National Mutual Life Assurance Society and several development accounts which formed the start up core business for Leadenhall Associates when Saatchi & Saatchi acquired GRCF.

Business Development Director   Extel Financial PR

Calendar reporting, financial media relations, investor relations

 

1982-86     Senior Consultant  KH Publicity CityPR (Kit Hobday)

Corporate PR/Marketing, Consumer PR and Event Management

Clients: Norwest Holst, BMK Carpets, Americas Cup Victory Challenge, United Leasing (IBM mainframe leasing company), Huntleigh Technology Life Sciences Biotechnology.

 

Account Director Peter Tarrant & Associates

Embryonic Information Technology PR/Strategy Clients: National Computing Centre, Milton     Keynes Development Corporation (ITC Strategy) British Computer Soc.

1978-82     Independent Broadcaster/Producer

LWT & Thames productions plus Euston Films and LWT International.

BBC Radio 4  and BBC World Service contributor; 

1981-2       Marketing Consultant Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

1976-78     Media Relations Director  Welbeck PR/FCB - Foote Cone & Belding

Public Relations/Marketing/Below the line Agency

                Advertising Agency /Marketing /PR/City/Design House

Clients included: Distillers, Gallagher, British Airways, Bottle Bank launch, ICI Dulux. Editor, ICI TRADETALK

 

1971-82     National Journalist & Broadcaster  (run in tandem with professional activity above)

Fleet Street, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mirror, BBC, ILR, LBC and IRN Canadian Broadcasting and Australian Broadcasting. During this period, contract broadcaster BBC Domestic and BBC World Service. Major shareholder in Chelsea Wine Bar ‘Brays’

1970         Senior PR Account Executive BBD&O Public Relations

        London PR office of US Advertising Agency Batten, Barton,

Durstine and Osborne holding brief for main Agency business development

1968-70     Corporate PR Executive Brian Dowling City Public Relations

                City PR Agency / Kleinwort Benson Lonsdale

                        ‘house’ pr service for leading merchant bankers

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Memberships and Associations:

Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK (MCIPR) (29685E)

NUJ London Radio / Press & PR/ Full Member (0354678)

British Actors Equity (UK) Full Member (M00139447)

British Institute of Innkeeping Full Member (MBII)

The Magic Circle, (UK)  (MMC) Full Member

BBC External Services (BBC World Service) Broadcast Radio News Training

BBC Domestic Service - Radio & Television News and Contract Reporter

Wine & Spirit Educational Trust

Guest Lecturer: Princess Cruises,  Royal Caribbean International, Disney Cruise Line,  Historian, Special Interest and Destination On-board Lecture Program

Expert Witness Register  

 

Julian C. Bray MCIPR MMC      

17 Kedleston

Heritage Park

Peterborough Cambs.

PE2 8XL uk  

Mobile: 07944 217476

Tel: +44 (0)1733 345581    

e-mail: julianbray@aol.com