Sarah MacDonald has over 15 years of strategic communications experience. During her career within agencies and in-house roles, Sarah has gained skills in both external and internal communications, crisis communications and media relations.

Prior to her current role as Head of External Relations at Macmillan Science and Education, Sarah worked for over five years in the Barclays corporate affairs team, having taken up a media relations role at the bank in October 2008. Before that she worked for clients across a range of sectors, from Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Really Useful Group, to the Royal Opera House, the Walt Disney Company and Forbes.

Sarah is currently interested in the developing thinking around sustainability and corporate social responsibility and the ways companies and individuals can come together and collaborate to bring about positive social change.