New appointment to head London office
Shearwater is delighted to confirm today that Toby Orr will head its London office.
Toby joins Shearwater from the UK’s Department for International Trade, where he served as the department’s first Director of Communication and Marketing. He designed and built the department’s communications team, tasked with communicating the UK government’s new trade agenda at home and operating globally as the UK’s trade promotion agency. He was previously a Senior Partner at Portland, where he founded the company’s international team.
Commenting on his new role Toby said: “I couldn’t be more excited to be helping to launch Shearwater and reuniting with former colleagues with whom I worked for over a decade. Shearwater has a clear vision – to help business rediscover its voice in British, European and global policy-making – and has brought together a stellar group of experts to provide a distinctive new offer to the market.”
Tim Price, co-founder of Shearwater, said “Toby and I have known each other for years, he’s a first rate comms professional whose been at the heart of government for the past few years as Britain started to define its new role in the world. He will bring a distinct and valuable perspective to our clients in the post-Brexit era.”
At Shearwater, we understand like few others the intricacies of global trade policy and regulation, whether in energy, the environment, innovation and science, tech or healthcare. And we are well placed to help British-based businesses protect their markets in Europe after Brexit, and likewise global companies trading with the UK.
For more information please send us an email at contact@shearwater.global
