Patrick has more than 25 years of experience in improving how companies communicate with their senior stakeholders - with particular expertise in integrated communications to support corporate profile, issue management, mergers, demergers, and management changes. He has advised five FTSE 100 CEOs on communications strategy particularly on building narratives and then delivering communication programmes with senior politicians and government officials, the media, shareholders and company employees. Patrick has also written widely for CEOs including speeches, presentations and articles for national newspapers.

Patrick is the former Director of Corporate Affairs at Barratt Developments where he built up expertise across the housing market and oversaw a step change in the company’s reputation through a period of turbulence following the collapse of the housing market and put in place a major refresh of the organisation’s vision and priorities.

Prior to Barratt, Patrick held various senior roles in the energy /utility sectors, including Director of Communications at British Gas and Director of Public Affairs at Centrica. He handled numerous high profile media and public policy issues ranging from regulatory inquiries, to price rises and tax changes.