Richard Bowen

Experience

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  Westminster Publications, London

  Apr 1993 - Apr 1997

  Deputy Editor/Editor

  Deputy Editor of Parliamentary Review magazine, a journal that considered contemporary public affairs issues of the day and circulated among politicians, civil servants and lobbyists.Editor of Defence Review. Key articles published included the first western journal interview of Russian Defence Minister Gen Igor Rodionov (adapted by The Times newspaper) as well as his US counterpart William Perry, Secretary for Defence - both on the topic of NATO expansion.

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  Partnership Media Group, Manchester

  Sept 1997 - Apr 1999

  Editor

  Editor of Government IT, Criminal Justice Management and Green Government magazines.

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  Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games

  Apr 1999 - Sept 2002

  Website Manager/Editor

  Manager of the official 2002 Commonwealth Games website. At its peak I managed a team of 10 editorial and design staff, was getting 128,000 daily web visits from around the world and helped facilitate sales of over 500,000 event tickets online.The site was shortlisted for Website of the Year 2002 by EMAP's Internet magazine.

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  Remarkable Pendragon - Energy & Infrastructure Division of the Remarkable Group

  Feb 2006 - Feb 2016

  Account Director

  I specialise in land use and infrastructure PR. If you are planning a development project that requires community consultation and stakeholder engagement and may meet with opposition, come and talk with me.Typical projects might include power stations, wind farms, overhead lines, gas storage, mining, airports, highways, railway lines, warehousing and residential housing.My role is to engage stakeholders, be they local residents and businesses, politicians or special interest and pressure groups. The objective is to explain the purpose of the scheme to the community effectively via consultation and good PR. Show less

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  Mott MacDonald

  Feb 2016 - now

  Social and Stakeholder Team Leader - Technical Director