GERALDINE PLATTEN
Associate Director
Geraldine is a strategic communications specialist with 25 years of experience across multiple sectors.
As a trusted advisor to secretaries of state, directors and boards, she has enabled local, national and global organisations to navigate complex challenges and drive positive change for people and the planet.
She brings expertise in science, environmental sustainability, and international development communications.
While at the Department for Education and Skills, she led change communications for the largest teaching workforce reforms in over a century, achieving 97% awareness and 75% implementation by head teachers, across UK schools in less than six months.
At the Department for International Development, she led communications on global humanitarian crisis responses, international climate change mitigation, and strategic communications on its work across Africa.
She went on to lead communications for two world-leading scientific research institutes and designed and delivered environment and sustainability campaigns for HS2 Ltd.