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Our team - meet the collective

As a collective consultancy, we have a team of experts to help you with all sorts of projects. We work with small businesses and global teams to help them navigate digital change programmes, diversity and inclusion campaigns, internal events and more.

Our experts are some of the best in the industry and you’ll see below that they include copywriting, inclusion, cultural change, events, graphic design and internal communication professionals. We also have some executive coaches to help your leadership team thrive and digital experts too.

You might need just one person, or you might need a few people to help you with a project or longer-term support for the team. The collective team model ensures there’s flexibility, so you have the help you need, when you need it. To move you from chaos to calm, we’ve made sure we have the experts on hand to help. Whatever you need to deliver, we can do it. 

Click below to meet the team

Jenni Field

Jenni Field

Founder and CEO

Alia Khatana

Executive Assistant

Rupa Bharadva

Internal Comms Specialist

Sarah Black

Culturally Intelligent Communications Professional

Amanda Coleman

Crisis Communications Specialist

Trudy Lewis

Executive Coach and Communications Consultant

Katie Marlow

Internal Communications Specialist

Adam Mitchinson

Brand Design Consultant

Advita Patel

Communications Consultant

Rachel Medanic

Engagement Strategist

Simon Cavendish

Senior internal communication, change, and engagement consultant

Simon Rutter

Senior Communications Consultant

Paul Thomas

Digital Strategist

Simon Thompson

Digital Workplace Consultant

Jo Twiselton

Change and Communications Coach, Facilitator and Consultant

Sarah Weston

Event Management Specialist

Our partners

Adapt

We work with adapt on bespoke employee apps for clients to help them connect with deskless workers.

SocialOptic

Our data partners. We work with the team to deliver our Leadership Alignment tool and any client surveys needed as part of the chaos diagnosis.

Organisations we work with

Project Support

When I brought Jenni and the team in to help the organisation, we were in a very early stage of setting up an internal communications function. Her strategic direction and practical support have helped us make a positive impact with our employees.
Janet MorganHead of Corporate Affairs, LifeArc​

Our happy clients

We have worked with nearly 100 organisations around the world. From San Francisco to Morocco to London and the rest of the UK, we have supported organisations in defence, public sector, charity, technology, finance and more. We have implemented The Field Model around the world, run online and in-person events and supported projects to improve engagement and organisational change.

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Jenni Field

Founder and CEO

Jenni Field is an expert in leadership credibility and internal communication.

Host of the popular Redefining Communications with Jenni Field podcast and author of Influential Internal Communication, and Nobody Believes You, her work as an international speaker and coach, helps leaders and their organisations become more efficient and more engaging.

After spending 13 years working inside organisations as Head of Internal Communications and Communications Director, Jenni set up the consultancy Redefining Communications to help organisations and teams use communication to go from chaos to calm.

Since 2017 Jenni has published two books, hosted two popular podcasts that discuss leadership, communication and wellbeing and conducted research into communication with deskless workers, the role of line managers and why we follow some leaders and not others.

In 2020 she was the President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and she holds qualifications and accreditations in internal communication, company directorship and facilitation.

She is an impressive speaker, inspiring leader and is globally recognised in the communication industry as a force for change in the way leaders and organisations as a whole communicate with their teams.

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Alia Khatana

Executive Assistant

Alia is responsible for managing Jenni’s busy calendar and travel schedule. With a strong background as an office manager and PA, Alia is extremely organised and diligent and plays a key role in supporting Jenni. She ensures seamless day-to-day operations for the business; helping to provide a high-quality client experience. Her experience spans office management, HR, IT, procurement, marketing and finance.

Rupa Bharadva

Internal Comms Specialist

With over 20 years’ experience in communications roles, Rupa partners with organisations and leadership teams to shape conversations that connect employees to purpose and strategy. Since 2023, she has worked with internal communications teams across social enterprises, technology, and banking to support transformation and change programmes, bridge resource gaps, tell stories with impact, and translate complex strategies into clear, engaging messages.

Rupa brings both strategic insight and hands-on expertise, combining her corporate communications background with a practical understanding of what makes messages resonate. She helps teams build trust, foster alignment, and create lasting engagement across their internal channels.

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Sarah Black

Culturally Intelligent Communications Professional
Sarah uses her three decades of communications experience and expertise to help individuals and organisations work more effectively across cultures, whether those are national and regional or team and functional differences. She has worked in consultancy for major brands, small businesses, and non-profits across the UK, Ireland, the United States and in-house for non-profit organisations in Northern Ireland and Texas. She is a former director of a multi-award-winning global PR and content agency and a certified Cultural Intelligence facilitator and assessor.
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Amanda Coleman

Crisis Communications Specialist

Amanda is a crisis communication specialist and the director and founder of crisis communication consultancy, Amanda Coleman Communication Ltd. Based in the UK, she has more than 25 years’ experience in crisis and emergency communication.
She is the author of Crisis Communication Strategies published in May 2020 with a second edition published in March 2023 by Kogan Page. Her second book Everyday Communication Strategies was published in November 2022. Her third book about Strategic Reputation Management was published in November 2024.

Amanda led the law enforcement communication response to the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in 2017. Now, Amanda provides consultancy support to public and private sector organisations facing challenging times, as well as training individuals and teams to commute more effectively in a crisis. She is licensed to use the crisis simulation software and has extensive experience of crisis scenario development.

Amanda began her working life as a journalist. She is a Chartered PR practitioner as well as a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Public Relations and Communication Association. She is an advisor for the Resilience Advisors Network, a senior associate of the Centre for Crisis and Risk Communication and the Chair of the UK’s Emergency Planning Society Communication Professional Working Group. Amanda is also on the international advisory committee of the Emergency Management External Affairs Association.

In May 2025 Amanda was recognised as one of the top 50 independent communicators at the Impact50 Awards.

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Trudy Lewis

Executive Coach and Communications Consultant

Trudy Lewis is an executive coach and communication consultant.
She has over 25 years’ experience in strategic internal, leadership and change communications, and employee engagement. She equips leaders and managers to effectively engage employees and stakeholders to achieve their purpose and strategic goals.

From her background in communication consulting and experience in coaching Trudy supports people from leading organisations across the retail, education, professional services, insurance, rail and construction industries. She delivers solutions aligned to the business strategy and its priorities while developing leaders to become impactful and transformational.

Throughout her career, Trudy has championed professional communications and its management. She is a Chartered PR Practitioner, Fellow and former Director of the Board of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). In addition to this Trudy is the Co-chair of the Institute of Director’s (IOD) Marketing Communications Group and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

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Katie Marlow

Internal Communications Specialist

Katie specialises in internal communication, taking an inside out view of communication to help workplaces work better. Katie loves uncovering the complexity in organisational communication, engagement and culture to support clients to harness their strengths and build the eco-system that supports their success. Through understanding the different dynamics that can be found between leadership and employees in the workplace, Katie develops simple and creative solutions for various challenges. Katie is a Chartered professional and Fellow of the CIPR and has over 20 years’ experience in communications.

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Adam Mitchinson

Brand Design Consultant

Adam is an independent brand design consultant with over 18 years experience working with organisations to build brands and engage audiences.

Having spent more than a decade working at some of the top brand and design agencies in London, Adam delivers creative solutions grounded in strategic thinking to help solve business problems.

He has experience working on a wide variety of projects ranging from defining brand personalities and identities to campaign communications and creative ideas.

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Advita Patel

Communications Consultant

Advita is the founder of Comms Rebel, an internal communication and workplace culture consultancy, and she currently serves as President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).

With over 20 years of experience in internal comms, employee engagement, and as a qualified confidence coach, Advita helps organisations build confident workforces.
As a sought-after international speaker and podcaster, Advita shares her expertise on topics including internal communications, change management, inclusion, and confidence.

In 2023, she co-authored the award-winning best-seller Building a Culture of Inclusivity. She is currently writing her second book, Decoding Confidence: The Seven Habits of Confident Leaders, due for release in May 2026.

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Rachel Medanic

Employee experience – USA

Rachel helps companies foster more human and vibrant workplaces. She’s worked in digital communications, PR, marketing, online communities and internal communications for more than 20 years in sectors such as technology, biotech, media, non-profit and charitable foundations, logistics, energy and more.

Her passion is helping organisations reimagine the employee experience through strategic communications. Building online communities for companies like Cisco and Intuit helped her thrive in a world where audiences want to co-create key messages and experiences rather than just receive them.

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Simon Cavendish

Senior internal communication, change, and engagement consultant

Simon is a senior internal and change communication specialist, and Chair for EMENA Region of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Since 2007, Simon has worked with a diverse range of global and multinational organisations in more than 20 countries across four continents, including E.ON, National Grid, J. Murphy & Sons Ltd, Deloitte, and IKEA.

Simon has worked on a wide array of change programmes, from wholesale business and technology transformations to office moves, regulatory changes, and crisis communications.

Simon Rutter

Senior Communications Consultant

Simon is an award-winning Senior Communications Consultant, Executive Coach, Copywriter, Facilitator, and Trainer who helps companies with Communications strategy and delivery to drive sustainable commercial results.
Simon has worked across the globe for all sizes of businesses spanning a broad range of industries (often heavily regulated) including Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Mining, Tech, Pharma, FMCG, FS, Legal, and Consulting.

Having begun his career in agency publishing, Simon moved into corporate communications and has held multiple senior leadership roles across a wide variety of its disciplines.
He specialises in working with business leaders to shape and communicate strategy, craft compelling corporate narratives, and turn alignment into action.

Areas of Expertise:

• Strategic Communications
• Internal Communications
• Change Communications
• Copywriting across media
• Communications Coaching, Facilitation, and Training

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Paul Thomas

Digital strategist

Paul has almost 20 years’ experience as a digital communications leader and change strategist, particularly in the financial and professional services industries. He spent 10 years leading Digital Communications strategy for Grant Thornton UK LLP, working on several major transformation projects.

Today he works with clients to underpin and strengthen existing business strategies with transformative digital initiatives. ​

He is passionate about technology, workplace communication culture, social media and how modern organisations stay connected digitally, whilst creating value for themselves, their clients and stakeholders.

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Simon Thompson

Digital Workplace Consultant

Simon is a digital workplace consultant with over 20 years of experience of designing, building, and managing intranets that advance communication and collaboration in organisations of all sizes. He brings a mix of technical, design, and employee experience skills to any project, and was part of the team that won an Intranet Innovation Award for the Barclays Global Academies programme.

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Jo Twiselton

Change and Communications Coach, Facilitator and Consultant

o is a change specialist with over 30 years’ communications experience. For the last 20 years, her focus has been on helping leaders and teams to successfully navigate change and uncertainty.

She has worked with organisations across the public, private and third sectors, to create clarity, reduce disruption and build positive team experiences during times of change and transition.

A Chartered Fellow of the CIPR and a qualified executive, wellbeing and climate change coach, Jo brings strategic expertise, a supporting coaching approach and an engaging style to her work.

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Sarah Weston

Event Management Specialist
Sarah Weston is an expert at creating bespoke event solutions for organisations. Her career started back in 2000 and since then Sarah has produced thousands of events for numerous organisations all over the world. Offering full event management; from venue organisation to third party sourcing, procurement and budget control, Sarah offers a flexible service tailored to client’s needs.
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