Rhodri Phillips
Deputy Director of Communication @Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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WORK HISTORY
Deputy Director of Communication @Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
London, GB
Senior civil servant, overseeing strategic communication and campaigns team to: o help the UK achieve its foreign policy objectives o promote and explain the UK government’s work in media, both in the UK and around the worldo engage with key international stakeholders to land positive UK messaging • Major areas of focus in role include: o International development and climate changeo Middle East and Africao Paid-for campaigns including around improving the perception of the UK overseas and shaping the behaviour of British Nationals overseas to reduce consular cases• Press Secretary to International Development Minister, travelling with her and media on trips, including to the Chad-Sudan border and the West Bank, to tell the story of the UK\'s work.• Have led FCDO crisis communication team on 100+ shifts, including: o on multiple Middle East crises following October 7, 2023 o following the Sudan coup of April 2023, helping 2500+ British Nationals leave the country o during the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 o during UK’s evacuation from Afghanistan in August/September 2021
EDUCATION
University of Southampton
Bachelor's degree, Modern languages
SKILLS
ABOUT RHODRI PHILLIPS
I am a Director at Brunswick Group based in London. Previously, I was the Deputy…
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