North East PR consultant Sarah Hall has become President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) in its seventieth anniversary year.
The leading representative body for the PR profession and industry in Europe, the CIPR has a Royal Charter, giving it the power to grant Chartered Public Relations Practitioner status to individuals who meet the required standard of professional distinction. Sarah was the first practitioner in the North East to achieve this.
The president’s duties include acting as chairperson for the CIPR and as the representative of the public relations industry within the UK. Sarah will continue throughout as managing director of Sarah Hall Consulting Ltd, her North East-based PR and marketing consultancy which employs a team of ten. The agency’s client base includes the North East Local Enterprise Partnership, Invest North East England and JK Property Consultants.
Sarah said: “It’s a privilege to lead the CIPR. My vision is for a dynamic, progressive and assertive organisation to set the agenda and promote the value of public relations.”
It's a privilege to lead the CIPR. My vision is for a dynamic, progressive and assertive organisation to set the agenda and promote the value of public relations.
Sarah Hall, Sarah Hall Consulting