Gavin Devine

Current

• Member, Management Committee at Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC)
• Chief Operating Officer at Mandate Communications

Past

• Executive Director at Sea & Water
• Deputy Principal Clerk at House of Commons
• Clerk at House of Commons

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Education

• The Open University
• University of York
• Royal Grammar School Guildford

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Connections

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Industry

Government Relations

Gavin Devine’s Summary

Chief Operating Officer, Mandate Communications

Member, Management Committee, Association of Professional Political Consultants

Formerly Managing Director, Mandate Communications
Deputy Managing Director, AS Biss & Co
(AS Biss merged with Republic PR to form Mandate)

Formerly Executive Director, Sea & Water

Gavin Devine’s Specialties:

Corporate communications; public affairs and lobbying; responding to and amending legislation, strategic planning, internal and external comms.

Gavin Devine’s Experience

• Member, Management Committee

  Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC)

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Member of the Management Committee of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC), which both represents and self-regulates the public affairs industry in the UK. Around 85% of consultancies are members.
  
  See: www.appc.org.uk.
  
  The Management Committee sets the strategy and carries out the work of the organisation, and also is responsible for ensuring compliance of member companies with the APPC Code of Conduct.

• Chief Operating Officer

  Mandate Communications

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

  In November 2007, AS Biss (a Public Affairs consultancy) came together with Republic PR to form Mandate Communications.
  
  See: www.yourmandate.com.

Gavin Devine’s Education

• The Open University

  MBA , Business Administration , 2000 — 2004

• University of York

  BA (Hons) , Politics , 1989 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Hockey

• Royal Grammar School Guildford

  1981 — 1988