Reputation Institute

RI United Kingdom

RI United Kingdom brings together a diverse group of academics and corporate practitioners from institutions around the country.

Principals

Spencer Fox Managing Director, United Kingdom

Reputation Institute UK
16 Park Crescent
London W1B 1AH
UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 291 5347

Bio

Spencer Fox MBA (Hons) is Managing Director for Reputation Institute United Kingdom. He is a branding expert with a wealth of experience in defining and developing unique brand positions. Spencer spent a number of years at J. Walter Thompson leading their London specialized communications team where he delivered major brand projects for Visit Britain, Securicor (G4S) and Guinness Brewing, amongst others. Spencer went on to launch Axis Communications, a niche brand and advertising planning consultancy that worked with major UK companies, providing insight and direction on how to realize the power of a uniquely positioned brand strategy. Whilst at Axis, Spencer developed 'The Foundry'—a research based consulting offering that uncovered an organization's brand position as defined by its key stakeholders i.e. it's reputation. This work was of particular interest to Spencer and led him to pursue the role at Reputation Institute.

Raakesh Savji Parmar Head of Business Development, United Kingdom

Reputation Institute UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 291 5345

Bio

As Head of Business Development for Reputation Institute UK, Raakesh Savji Parmar (BA, MSc) is responsible for working closely with the firm's executive management and senior practice leaders and tasked with the strategy, execution, and ownership of the business development function. Prior to joining Reputation Institute, Raakesh spent seven years in Barcelona, four of which were spent working as a sales manager for German software company SAP, where he successfully grew the business and increased their footprint in the Financial, and Professional services markets, and was responsible for sales, channel management, and business development activities across the whole of the SAP portfolio of products. He also spent three years heading up a sales team at Global Events company, Marcus Evans, where he increased the year on year revenues in the telecoms, software, and pharmaceutical markets, whilst forging commercial partnerships with key trade associations such as GSMA and Telemanagement Forum, to successfully increase offerings to incubator companies across the world, as well as dealing with major corporations.

Seamus Gillen Senior Advisor,
Reputational Risk Practice

Reputation Institute UK
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 291 5347

Bio

Seamus Gillen BA MBA FCIS set up the UK operation of Reputation Institute and now acts as a senior policy adviser to RI. He focuses on the links between reputational risk and corporate governance and the strategic importance of these issues in creating value, generating investor confidence and building sustainable advantage with wider groups of stakeholders. Seamus worked for the UK Government as a policy adviser, becoming Private Secretary to the UK Secretary of State for the Environment, and then the UK Deputy Prime Minister. He oversaw a number of significant policy initiatives, including the Kyoto Protocol and the development of London Docklands. He moved into industry as the Company Secretary and Director of Regulation at AWG plc, a water and utilities company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and subsequently became Head of Public Policy and Regulation at O2 plc, another UK listed company, before it was acquired by Telefónica.

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30 May 2012
Milan, Italy
Reputation Institute's 16th International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity and Competitiveness.
9 November 2011
London, England
'The importance of trust in helping business do business' Breakfast seminar. The level of trust in which a company is held is an important aspect of its ability to do business. Companies suffering from a lack of credibility among their stakeholders experience increased transaction costs?customers are harder to attract, staff may feel less comfortable explaining what they do, providers of debt and equity capital will need greater levels of reassurance, or will increase the costs of finance to compensate for perceived higher levels of risk.
28 July 2011
London, United Kingdom
Reputation Institute UK Charities results 2011 - ICSA briefing
Following the research undertaken by the Reputation Institute on behalf of ICSA on the reputations of the top 10 charities, ICSA takes a closer look at the importance of reputation to charities, how to define it, identify drivers and stakeholders, and develop it strategically and manage it to improve competitive advantage. Comparisons to the public sector results, which will be announced at the event, will also be made. For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.icsa.org.uk/policy-guidance/special-interest-groups.
22 June 2011
London, United Kingdom
CIPR Reputation Conference supported by Reputation Institute
A good reputation is an essential asset for every business. This is the message CIPR and Reputation Institute constantly promote in their work together in the UK. Reputation Institute is therefore delighted to be supporting, and exhibiting at, CIPR?s conference taking place in London later this month. The conference aims to ensure the key asset of reputation continuously drives business results. The event will address how to manage and measure your reputation through practical sessions with speakers from areas such as Corporate Communications, and Media Relations. Topics include social responsibility, reputational risk, who owns your company's reputation, and employee engagement.

Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
10:30 AM- 4:40PM

Venue:
CIPR Public Relations Centre
52-53 Russell Square
London, WC1B 4HP

Special offer:
Book before midnight on 20 June 2011 to save 100 GBP on the conference fee.

Click here for conference details and registration: http://bit.ly/jtfL3V.

For more information on Reputation Institute's work in the UK please contact Spencer Fox at sfox@reputationinstitute.com or on +44 (0) 207 219 5347
09 Jun 2011
Global
Reputation Institute presents The RepTrak(TM) 100: The Most Reputable Companies in the World 2011.

Reputation Institute's Executive Partners Kasper Ulf Nielsen and Nicolas Georges Trad will be hosting two live webinars and will further explore key findings and present insights from the 2011 study at 15:00 Central European Time and 11:00 Eastern Standard Time.

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