 John Brown, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, has over 35 years experience in local government, public relations and the media. Currently, he works as an independent public relations and communications consultant.
For over 8 years, John was Head of Public Relations and Marketing for Glasgow City Council (1996-March 2004), and prior to that Head of Public Relations for Strathclyde Regional Council (1993-96).
John has extensive experience in handling the media in Scotland – proactively, reactively and during a crisis. He was the main adviser on media relations and main spokesperson for the City Council and the Regional Council. Prior to that, Brown worked as a journalist for Scottish Television on news, social affairs, consumer and political programmes. From 1985 – 91 he was senior producer for all the station’s political programmes, including output from Westminster and European parliaments.
In 1991, John left Scottish TV and was headhunted to join the North of Scotland TV bid team during the ITV franchise round in l991. The bid was unsuccessful and John worked for several months as a part-time senior public relations consultant for Hill & Knowlton before setting up in l992 Lomond Television, an independent production company in Glasgow for the Guardian Media Group.
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