Lee Smith

Current

• Director at Gasp! Events
• Past Chair at CIPR Inside
• Director at Gatehouse Consulting Ltd

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Past

• Guest speaker at Trinity & All Saints
• Communication consultant at Foureighty
• Head of Internal Communication at Ernst & Young

• Head of communications at Birmingham Midshires
• PR Manager at West Bromwich Building Society
• PR Executive at Transax Equifax

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Education

• The University of Manchester
• Solihull College
• Sharmans Cross School

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Connections

227 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Lee Smith’s Summary

Lee is one of the co-founders of Gatehouse, a UK-based consultancy specialising in employee communication, engagement and change (see www.gatehousegroup.co.uk). He is also Past Chair of CIPR Inside, the employee communication group of the UK's Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and a popular blogger on employee/internal communication (see www.talkingic.typepad.com).

His track record, gained primarily in the financial and professional services sectors, spans leadership and line manager communication, employee engagement, internal branding, vision & values, major organisational change (mergers, acquisitions, office relocation), crisis communication and infrastructure development (building effective face-to-face and support channels). He was previously Head of Internal Communication for the global accountancy firm Ernst & Young and Head of Communications with the HBoS group.

Lee is a Fellow and Council member for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and holds an MSc in Corporate Communication.

Lee Smith’s Specialties:

Communication strategy, employee engagement, internal communication, employee communication, change communication, change management, project management, tactical implementation.

Lee Smith’s Experience

• Director

  Gasp! Events

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Past Chair

  CIPR Inside

  (Educational Institution; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• Director

  Gatehouse Consulting Ltd

  (Management Consulting industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Founded in 2006 by two former senior in-house communicators, Gatehouse provides high quality, focused and results-driven internal communication advice and support to a range of private and public sector organisations.
  
  From our offices in London and the Midlands we work with leaders, managers and in-house communicators, in the UK and globally, to help shape their organisation’s culture, mobilise employees behind change, bring values to life and communicate in a way that delivers real, tangible results.
  
  Our clients range from large corporates to small public sector bodies and span a wide variety of sectors, including professional and financial services, retail, FMCG, travel & leisure, utilities, government departments and regulators.

• Guest speaker

  Trinity & All Saints

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Communication consultant

  Foureighty

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

• Head of Internal Communication

  Ernst & Young

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 2002 — September 2005 (3 years 9 months)

• Head of communications

  Birmingham Midshires

  (Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years )

• PR Manager

  West Bromwich Building Society

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 1995 — December 1997 (3 years )

• PR Executive

  Transax Equifax

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  April 1994 — December 1995 (1 year 9 months)

Lee Smith’s Education

• The University of Manchester

  MSc , Corporate Communication & Reputation Management , 2001 — 2006

• Solihull College

  CAM Diploma (PR) , PR, Communication Studies, Art, Film, Sociology, Graphic Design , 1989 — 1991

• Sharmans Cross School

  1984 — 1989

Additional Information

Lee Smith’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Lee Smith’s Interests:

West Bromwich Albion FC. Music. Film.

Lee Smith’s Groups:

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Public Relations
Council Member, Internal Communication Alliance
Regional Director (West Midlands), PM Forum

•    Ernst & Young Alumni
•    Internal Branding
•    International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
•    Communication Professionals
•    Corporate Communications Executive Network
•    Internal Communication
•    Strategic Corporate Communication - Internal & External Communications, Engagement & Reputation
•    PM Forum
•    Melcrum's Communicators' Network
•    The World Café
•    Internal Communications UK
•    Middle East Communicators' Network
•    Communications evaluation
•    Strategic Communication Management Summit UK
•    Professions Global
•    CIPR Inside
•    CIPR trainers

Lee Smith’s Honors:

CIPR Award for Outstanding Achievement in the CAM PR Diploma

Lee Smith’s Contact Settings

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