Deborah Mc Donald

Managing the east regional communications team and setting the strategy for communications and stakeholder engagement across the region’s multi-million pound major road construction projects and later their maintenance programmes. Working with senior leaders, project teams and the supply chain to deliver communications for vital regional projects that enable sustainable economic growth, connecting business and people. Specific tasks · Identifying risk and reputational issues, and being a source of authoritative advice on communications policy and practice to project managers and senior regional leaders. · Advising on stakeholder and communications techniques and approaches as well as best practice to positively engage local influencers and deliver public events and consultations for nationally significant planning applications · Developing, planning, managing and evaluating multi-channel communications campaigns.