James Banks: Former British Army Officer to War Correspondent & Corporate Communications Leader Shares His Story
James Banks tells the Comms Coffee Club Podcast about his journey from serving as a British Army Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan to being a journalist and war correspondent to his current career leading corporate communications and media relations for infrastructure and manufacturing giants AECOM and Rolls Royce.
We discuss loads, from some of his favourite media and PR campaigns at AECOM to media training and advising CEOs on media engagement, life as a broadcast breaking news journalist, and his career in the British Army, including the time he had to ensure an ITV journalist's safety amidst a crossfire in Afghanistan.
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