Rebecca Smith
Managing Director
Rebecca@comknow.co.uk



Rebecca joined ComKnow as Managing Director in 2007. She was previously Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager at the Victoria & Albert Museum working closely with the corporate communications, CSR and sponsorship departments of FTSE companies, financial services, law and accountancy firms to create bespoke corporate partnerships between the arts and business sectors.

Prior to this Rebecca spent 6 years as Head of Events at the Investor Relations Society, the UK’s professional body for Investor Relations and Corporate Communications professionals. She has extensive experience running professional development courses, bespoke training, legislative and regulatory briefings, conferences, awards and networking events


Andrew Hawkins
Chairman
Andrew@comknow.co.uk

Andrew Hawkins has worked in communications and polling for more than 20 years.  A trained barrister, Andrew has worked in in-house communication roles at Shell UK and BTCellnet (now O2), and in communications consultancies in London and Brussels.  In the mid-1990s he led the political research function of a major polling firm.  Prior to establishing ComKnow Andrew was Chief Executive of the Investor Relations Society, the UK’s leading professional body for those working in financial communications.

Andrew combines his role as Chairman of ComKnow with being Chief Executive of sister company ComRes.