Edelman UK makes new senior appointment

Former Labour MP Luciana Berger has been hired by Edelman UK as Managing Director of Advocacy and Public Affairs, specialising in health, food and drink, climate change and energy policy. 2010-2016 Ms Berger was Labour’s shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Shadow Minister for Public Health and Shadow Cabinet Member for Mental Health. 2016-2019 she was a leading member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, and then appointed as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Spokesperson for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing.

Edelman UK’s General Manager, Hugh Taggart, said: “In Luciana we have a leader, a campaigner and an advocate with a whip smart political mind, an outstanding record of delivery, and that rarest of attributes – respect across the political divide. Luciana’s shadow ministerial experience, in particular in Public Health and Climate Change, will be invaluable to our clients as they seek to navigate a raft of societal changes, challenges and concerns. Luciana embodies our approach to action-based leadership, is widely recognised for her tenacity as a campaigner and will bring a dynamic approach to how we deliver integrated advocacy and public affairs programmes for our clients.”

Ms Berger said: “As Edelman has evidenced, there has never been a more important time in my lifetime for governments, companies, NGOs and the media to build trust. People now rightly expect the institutions around them to educate, advocate for change but above all else to lead by example. I can’t wait to deliver campaigns which bring together the formidable political, research, creative and digital capability from within Edelman, to make a difference across the UK and beyond.”