Speakers
Sonia Squires
Unlock your potential with live mentoring sessions
Join a selection of industry leaders for individual mentoring sessions. You’ll get 20 minutes in a safe, confidential space to gain personalised guidance, actionable insights, and empowering support. Whether you want advice on an ongoing issue in your role you want to solve; a practical solution to an internal communication problem or maybe you’d like advice on how to take your career to the next level – our Board members and Fellows are there for you.
Bring your challenge and an open mind, and you’ll collaborate to find your next steps, providing you with the tools, energy and focus to move forward.
These sessions will be pre-bookable. Instructions on how to book your 20 minute session will be given on the joining instructions nearer the time.
Sonia is Head of Communication at Citizen Housing. Sonia started her career in higher education where she worked with under-represented groups, supporting young people to achieve their potential. She then found her calling with internal communication, working for the NHS, AQA and most recently social housing.
Sonia’s passion is supporting leaders with their communication so that they develop a greater connection with their teams. Her MBA dissertation focused on the importance of leadership in employee engagement and the significant impact it has every day.
In her spare time Sonia is dancing in the kitchen with her two young daughters and cheering on Derby County.
David started his career as a financial services journalist, editor and copywriter before working for seven years as a communication consultant for a large US-based pensions and benefits provider. Since joining the Civil Service in 2009, he has had stints at UK Border Agency, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Home Office, where he has headed up HR communications and led on numerous corporate internal communications campaigns. He has worked closely with several Permanent Secretaries on their internal communication and has a particular interest in the role of internal comms professionals in supporting leaders to engage effectively with their people.
Accredited by the International Association of Business Communicators, David has also been on the editorial board of the Government Communication Service’s IC Space. Outside of work, he is a keen musician and tennis player and speaks French and Spanish.