The Chief Director at Global Media Alliance, Emma Wenani joins nine other notable PR and communications professionals from across the world to speak at the World PR Day Fireside Chats on Twitter Spaces on Friday, July 15, 2022 and Monday, July 18, 2022 as part of the annual celebrations.
Themed ‘Trust, Truth and Transparency’, the second edition presents another opportunity for professionals to put forward a unified global agenda and propel each other to answer a call of duty, help stakeholders to communicate more responsibly and be more deliberate about using public relations to build, innovate and develop.
“The Fireside Chats give us an opportunity to hear from revered professionals across the globe on the need for practitioners to help people, companies and governments communicate more honestly and responsibly,” Convener, World PR Day, Ayeni Adekunle says.
Amongst the speakers are leaders of global PR associations, agencies, media and companies.
Emma Wenani is a Communications Professional (Public Relations, Digital Marketing, Project Management and Events Management) with over 10 years of experience working in different capacities at senior management level in mainly consulting and media firms.
Confirmed as the moderator of the fireside chat; Emma currently oversees the Communication Units for Global Media Alliance Group as its Chief Director leading her teams in providing strategic and objective advisory services to the clients they work with. The team currently works with and services clients in the telecommunication, banking, agriculture, non-governmental, nutrition, government, technology industries among others.
Other speakers include Alastair McCapra, Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations; Francis Ingham, Director General of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA); Jacob Puthenparambil, Founder and CEO of Redhill and Nitin Mantri, Group CEO of Avian WE and the President of International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO).
The rest are Obabiyi Fagade, Trade Marketing Manager for the Africa Middle East and Eastern Europe region at Heineken; Rachel Roberts, Founder and CEO of spottydog communications; Steve Barrett, VP and Editorial Director, of PRWeek & Campaign US; Sylvester Chauke, Founder of DNA Brand Architects; and Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, Group Managing Director, CMC Connect (Perception Managers).