Jonathan Palmer

Experience

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  Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology (HUFLIT)

  Jan 2003 - Jun 2003

  TEFL teacher

  TEFL teacher at HUFLIT, the first private University in Ho Chi Minh City and South Vietnam.

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  RBS

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Crisis Communications Analyst

  Crisis Communications Analyst for RBS Greenwich Capital, a US-based investment bank (now RBS Securities) within the Global Banking and Markets Division, developing risk management strategies, business impact analyses, and communications plans for disaster recovery.

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  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2009

  Policy Communications Officer

  Embedded Communications Officer within the Policy and Research Division Cabinet of DFID (Now FCDO). A department of the Government of the United Kingdom that safeguards the UK's security, defends values, reduces global poverty, promotes sustainable development, and tackles global challenges via international diplomacy.

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  Government Digital Service

  Jan 2010 - May 2011

  Stakeholder Communications Executive

  Stakeholder Communications Manager for The Government Digital Service (formerly Directgov). A unit of the Government of the United Kingdom's Cabinet Office tasked with transforming the provision of online public services.

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  Cabinet Office

  May 2011 - Sept 2013

  Strategic Communications Adviser, Deputy Prime Minister'​s Office

  Strategic communications adviser to former Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Sir Nick Clegg MP, covering multi-channel media planning, ministerial briefing, content creation for news, online, ministerial events and visits and assistant speechwriting.

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  LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

  Sept 2013 - Oct 2017

  Group Internal Communications Manager

  Group Internal Communications Manager covering UK, Italy, France, Russia, USA and Sri Lanka. London Stock Exchange Group plc is a United Kingdom-based stock exchange and financial information company. It owns the London Stock Exchange, Refinitiv, LSEG Technology, FTSE Russell, and majority stakes in LCH and Tradeweb.

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  Standard Chartered Bank

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Global Internal Communications Manager

  Global Internal Communications Manager for Standard Chartered plc - a multinational bank with circa 85,000 employees and operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Standard Chartered has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

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  Arup

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2023

  Head of Strategic Communications

  Global communications leader at Arup - a collective of circa 19,000 engineering and sustainability, consultants, designers, architects and experts working globally to shape a more sustainable world and equitable world. Arup operates across circa 90 offices in 36 countries.

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  HSBC

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Communications Manager, Global Private Banking

  Global internal communications lead at HSBC Global Private Banking and Wealth - providing wealth, business and family succession solutions in the largest and fastest-growing markets around the world.