Partner Profiles
 Christiane Morris, MIPR
A founding partner in The Counsel House, Christiane Morris is a highly experienced marketing communications consultant and interim manager in the corporate and professional services sector, having undertaken assignments at HLB Kidsons (now Baker Tilly), Logica, QCA, PKF and Wordbank.
Christiane also has considerable experience of the working with housing associations, SMEs and independent schools for whom she provides complete marketing communications support ranging from strategic marketing reviews and plan development to client satisfaction surveys, collateral production and media relations.
She has undertaken a number of strategic marketing reviews for independent schools including the development of marketing plans and regularly runs marketing workshops for this sector.
Christiane provides in-house marcoms consultancy to a localization company where she has undertaken a number of customer and supplier sensing projects as well as the development and implementation of a marketing strategy and plan.
Specialist skills:
- Marketing reviews and plan development
- Client care and targeting programmes
- Client satisfaction surveys
- Copywriting and collateral production
- Surveys and research projects
- Business to business communications
Industry sectors:
- Accountancy and other professional services
- Commercial property
- Housing associations
- Independent schools
- Localization and translation
- Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
 Robin Swinbank, MIPR
A founding partner in The Counsel House, Robin Swinbank is an experienced interim PR manager having undertaken secondments with blue chip organisations such as Eurotunnel, Vickers, Logica and Nabarro Nathanson.
Examples of his interim management work include a period at Eurotunnel, where he reported to co-chairman, Sir Alastair Morton, and the public affairs director, John Noulton, in both an advisory and executive capacity across a range of PR roles. These included crisis and issues management and media relations. Specifically, he was tasked with the planning and organisation of the inauguration of the Channel Tunnel by The Queen and President Mitterrand.
At Logica plc Robin undertook a marketing and communications role for the international computer consultancy, systems integration and software company. This also involved the development of a global corporate PR strategy and plan for the company and its various divisions linked to a range of services, including Year 2000 compliance. He also provided senior management with crisis and issues management advice.
Robin’s most recent secondment was at the law firm Nabarro Nathanson. He has also advised several other professional service sector clients including Mishcon de Reya, KPMG and HLB Kidsons.
He has advised senior management on issues management and crisis PR in a number of leading corporations including BT, Pepsi-Cola, Logica plc, and Vickers plc.
In the last two years, Robin has becoming increasingly involved with the social enterprise sector advising organizations such as UnLtd and Community Action Network (CAN). He has recently worked with CAN on the production of a report for the DTI’s Social Enterprise Unit on the collaboration between social enterprises and the private sector.
Specialist skills:
- Business to business communication
- Corporate counselling
- Crisis and issues management
- Strategy and plan development
Industry sector experience:
- Charities
- Commercial property
- Defence
- Drinks
- Legal
- Social Enterprise
- Technology
- Transport
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