Darren Briggs
Darren is the Managing Director and founder of Flametree Communication. He has twenty years’ global, pan-European and national experience developing and leading high-performing, world-class internal communications teams, working at Chief Executive and Board level. Darren has had an extraordinary career spanning some of the world’s largest and most fast-changing companies. From 1984-2006 he worked at British Airways, Microsoft, Nike, PepsiCo and Vodafone in the HR, Marketing and Corporate Communication functions. This experience led to the development of strong competencies and skills in reputation and cultural change management through the strategic application of internal communications. In 2006 Darren joined The Company Agency, a management consultancy specialising in communications, to drive the growth of the team’s internal communications practice before establishing Flametree Communication two years later. Darren is a sought-after international speaker on leadership and employee communication, holds an MBA and is married with three children. darren@flametreecommunication.co.uk
SAMANTHA GRANT
Sam is co-founder of Flametree Communication and has more than 16 years’ experience in internal communications working in senior business communications roles for some of the world’s leading brands, including British Airways and Vodafone. She has also worked as an independent employee engagement consultant with clients such as BUPA and Microsoft on a range of communications strategy, change management and employee communication projects. Sam is an active member of the key professional bodies in communications, including the IABC. samantha@flametreecommunication.co.uk
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Flametree Communication is an internal communications consultancy that specialises in three areas: communications coaching, consultancy and capability.
Our principal aim is to amplify your own internal communication activity and make sure that everything we deliver for you has lasting value for your business.
To do this, we work with some of the best internal communications professionals in the world, chosen for their experience, diligence and expertise.
We deliver solutions to your business communication challenges that are both creative and practical. We have been where you are and we know how important that is.
We love what we do, practice what we preach and have a strong set of principles to which we adhere.
We value our people and offer good career opportunities to those who are keen to work with us.
We are based in Reading, Berkshire in the UK and work with companies all over the world. Our clients are global companies, medium-sized businesses and non-governmental organisations, and they return to us time and again for our sound strategic counsel and ability to deliver.
Our extensive team of consultants and international associates is drawn from a broad variety of backgrounds; from management coaching, film, media and public relations to human resources, organisational psychology and journalism.
Each has a deep understanding of the value of internal communications and a solid set of specialist skills and experience from which to draw for each project.
We take time to ensure that our team members meet regularly to share learning and experiences. This means that our high-performing project teams are always made up of people who are great at what they do, work well together and are supported by their colleagues. In this way, we are able to deliver real value for money.