Mark Rushton

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ABOUT MARK RUSHTON

Expert in government and regulatory affairs, trade policy and external communications, with experience:• Developing and managing high-profile and technical government advocacy strategies, policy campaigns and crisis management responses for multinational companies, in particular in the fields of information security and healthcare• Heading external communications for an influential lobbying organization, responsible for drafting, disseminating and acting as a spokesperson for trade and investment-related strategic communications to government, media and relevant third party associations• Leading detailed research assignments, as well as the writing of prominent publications, reports, advocacy documents, presentations, speeches, press releases and media articles• Managing both an office and a department, as well as mentoring and training colleagues and building cross-departmental collaboration• Developing sectoral trade policy, regulatory and market analysis reports to determine business impact, trends and to set priorities for advocacy and cooperation• Leading networking outreach for agenda-setting and relationship-building among third party organisations, including trade associations, media, academia, think-tanks and NGOsAdditional skills• Advanced level Chinese Mandarin speaker and reader• Strong knowledge of the ICT, information security, telecommunications and healthcare industries• International relations and politics, with a focus on Asia, in particular China, and the EU• Ability to learn new concepts quickly and absorb and interpret large quantities of complex information• Sound macroeconomic analysis skills• Problem solving and strategic planning• Leadership, influencing and mentoring• Public-speaking and presentations• Media relations, internal communications of key messaging and the prepping of spokespeople for press conferences and interviews• Business-planning and budgeting• Working to tight deadlines and managing concurrent projects