Board of Directors
Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey is CEO at VMA Group, an international recruitment and executive search specialist, in Communications, Marketing and Digital. VMA Group operates the UK’s largest Interim and Permanent, Internal Comms recruitment team.
Andrew is a Board Director at the Institute of Internal Communication and sits on its Professional Development Advisory Board.
Dominic Walters FIIC
Dominic has specialised in leadership and direct manager communication and development for over 30 years. He has worked in senior ‘in-house’ roles and as a coach and consultant in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, supporting leadership teams across a range of sectors.
He has also featured in print, TV and audio promoting effective leadership communication and is the co-host of the Future of Internal Communication podcast. Dominic has worked with line manager groups for a range of clients including recently United Biscuits, H&M, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue and Telia Group.
Dominic is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and past national Chairman, Governance Adviser and Fellow of the Institute of Internal Communication.
Jennifer Sproul
Jennifer is responsible for the leadership of IoIC, the only independent professional body solely dedicated to internal communication. IoIC is the voice of internal communication, setting standards for more than 70 years through qualifications, career development, thought leadership and best practice.
Prior to joining IoIC, Jennifer has worked for over 20 years in professional associations, most recently as Strategic Marketing & Sales Director at the Market Research Society, developing and leading on activities across marketing communications (both internal & external), careers, membership, professional development and publishing.
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Joe Salmon FIIC
Joe is Director of Communication Business Partnerships at Iron Mountain.
With over two decades internal comms experience he specialises in employee engagement, organisational culture, employer branding and communicating change.
Joe's career highlights include senior communication roles at Vodafone, BT, Post Office, Inmarsat, and H+K where he designed and developed compelling employee campaigns to help his global clients grow from the inside out.
Joe is a Board Director and Fellow at the Institute of Internal Communications and mentor to others in the IC profession. He has a Post Graduate Diploma in Internal Communication Management, and was included on the PRovoke Media Innovator 25 list for 2021.
Justine Stevenson FIIC
I am a passionate believer in Internal Communication, in the benefits to organisations and the individuals working in them.
I have more than 20 years of experience of internal communication across Government, Financial Services FMCG and Education. I have worked extensively in international and global organisations and enjoy communicating across cultures - with all the opportunities and challenges that brings.
I have been a member of IOIC for 20+ years, on the Board for a good proportion of them and I head up our annual IOIC awards.
Kirsty Bowen FIIC
Kirsty has 16 years’ experience leading internal communications functions and teams, and has been at Coventry Building Society since 2013. Her role spans colleague comms, engagement, diversity and inclusion, and wellbeing, alongside overseeing people policies and employee voice.
Working for a purpose-led organisation with high employee engagement may suggest there’s not much to do from a colleague experience perspective, but this isn’t true. Continuing to improve, add strategic value and develop with a small budget and within a regulated financial services environment presents interesting challenges!
Kirsty is an IoIC Fellow and Board Director. In addition, she regularly supports the judging of IoIC’s National Awards and is an #IChoseIC Ambassador.
Laura Colantuono CIIC
Laura is a communications professional with over 12 years of experience gained in global organisations.
She’s Italian but has lived abroad for most of her life. Laura started her career as a journalist to then join Unilever Italy in 2010, where she discovered her passion for Internal Communications.
In 2014, she joined the luxury fashion brand Fendi to lead the global IC function and in 2019 she moved to London, where she joined Harrods as Internal Communications Manager. In 2020, she returned to the FMCG sector and joined The Kraft Heinz Company as Head of Internal Communications, International. After a short assignment at the fintech Klarna, she has recently joined the media company Fremantle, where she leads the global Internal Communications team.
Liz Cochrane FIIC
Board Director and Chair of the Professional Development Advisory Board at the Institute of Internal Communication.
I am the course director for the Masters in Internal Communication Management, and also responsible at Board level for IoIC's Professional Development activities. I'm also a director of Facta Consult, a small employee research consultancy focused on helping organisations understand the perspective of their people. My background includes managing communication in-house, consultancy and training. I'm passionate about the difference internal communication can make, and privileged to be playing my part in that through IoIC.
Paul Diggins
Paul has worked in Internal Communications for almost 25 years. Having learned his trade at Barclays, he has since worked for a range of businesses in a number of sectors, and is currently the Head of IC at Santander UK PLC.
