Rod Clayton, Joint Head of Corporate Communications & Head of Issues and Crisis Communications

Rod Clayton is based in London where he is Head of Issues and Crisis Communications and Joint Head of the Corporate Communications practice. Over the years, Rod has dealt with a wide variety of complex issues and crises for many, diverse clients, ranging from global product recalls to extraordinary events such terrorist attacks. Matters that he handles typically include major litigation and government enforcement actions, natural and man-made disasters, environmental, health and safety issues, M&A (including proxy battles), board disputes, industrial action, product recalls and market exits, to name a few. In these and other contexts, he has dealt with a wide range of high profile, hostile print and television investigative stories.

Rod also has considerable experience training CEOs and other major figures who need to be able to answer tough questions not only from the media, but also in legislative committees, depositions and other challenging situations.

Prior to transferring to London, Rod worked in the company's Los Angeles office for almost nine years, where he was the lead for corporate issues assignments on the West Coast and, latterly, General Manager of Weber Shandwick’s Southern California operations. He spent three years beforehand in the company’s New York office working on corporate issues.

Despite his long period in the USA, Rod was born and raised in Suffolk, England, and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read Literae Humaniores and took a doctorate in Modern History.

Contact

Rod Clayton
+44 (0)207 067 0431
rclayton@webershandwick.com

Jo-ann Robertson, Head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

Jo-ann Robertson was a Labour party political activist and a TV reporter before entering PR.

She joined Weber Shandwick in 2003 and has delivered engaging campaigns for a diverse range of clients including Cadbury, Coca-Cola, IKEA, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, the University of Central Lancashire and MasterCard.

In 2005 Jo-ann spent 8 weeks working at the heart of Labour’s General Election campaign.

Jo-ann’s experience includes corporate reputation management, corporate positioning, strategic media relations, regulatory and government relations, and issues management. Her role spans across corporate PR and public affairs where she delivers high-impact integrated campaigns. 

She is a graduate of Strathclyde University.

Contact

Jo-Ann Robertson
+44 (0)207 067 0597
jrobertson@webershandwick.com