Kempson Communications was founded in 2015 and is led by Toby Bates, a strategic corporate and financial communications expert. He is a trusted adviser to his clients and works hard to ensure their stories are making an impact with the right audiences

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Toby has 23 years’ experience in communications and held a number of senior in-house roles at industry leading companies. High profile roles include working in the Goldman Sachs EMEA Corporate Communications team, Global Head of Communications at 3i Group, advising on the $50bn BG Group and Royal Dutch Shell merger, the recent restructuring of Aston Martin Lagonda, and as Head of External Communications at Currys

 

As a consultant, he has advised a wide range of corporates ranging from blue chips companies to start ups across a range of sectors including consumer, retail, leisure, financial services, autos

and oil & gas

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He has a keen interest in and deep knowledge of ESG and creates and runs bespoke online ESG training courses for professionals at corporates and investment firms as well as a 5 hour modular online introductory ESG course for IFF Training, owned by Informa plc. For information on the IFF ESG training course please go to https://informaconnect.com/focus-on-esg/ 

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His qualifications include: CIM Diploma in Marketing, CFI Introduction to ESG Certification, BA Hons degree in Combined Arts