James Hawksworth

Current

• Account Director at Asda'a Burson-Marsteller
• External staff at Annual Meeting in Davos at World Economic Forum

Past

• Global Corporate Communications Manager at Axios Systems
• Manager, Corporate Communications, EMEA at CDC Corporation
• Account Director managing Qatar and Bahrain offices at Asda'a Public Relations (Edelman's Middle East affiliate)

• Business Development & Communications Manager at Jones Day
• Senior Associate at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

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James Hawksworth’s Summary

A communications professional with expertise in helping companies communicate effectively in order to build and strengthen their reputation and ultimately grow their bottom-line.

James Hawksworth’s Experience

• Account Director

  Asda'a Burson-Marsteller

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  August 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Burson-Marsteller and Asda’a, one of the leading public relations companies in the Middle East region, have created a merged regional network covering all major markets in the Middle East. I work with national and international clients within various industries including sports, technology, real estate, banking and automotive.

• External staff at Annual Meeting in Davos

  World Economic Forum

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; WEF; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  Working as part of the communications team at the annual meeting in Davos, I am responsible for managing the 30-strong BBC delegation - pitching interview guests, coordinating interviews and locations etc.

• Global Corporate Communications Manager

  Axios Systems

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 2008 — April 2009 (7 months)

  Responsible for revitalising the company's corporate communications and global PR activities.
  
  - Successfully drove through a new style, format and design of case studies and drove more than five in depth case studies through to completion within a matter of a few months.
  
  - Achieved strong coverage in both National, IT and vertical trade press.
  
  - Developed new sales collateral in the form of "customer nuggets"
  
  - Restructured and redesigned the company Intranet, in order to better address the needs of the sales force

• Manager, Corporate Communications, EMEA

  CDC Corporation

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  Leading the PR and IR efforts in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa for CDC Corporation.
  
  CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) is focused on enterprise software, mobile applications and online games.

• Account Director managing Qatar and Bahrain offices

  Asda'a Public Relations (Edelman's Middle East affiliate)

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  February 2006 — January 2007 (1 year )

  Responsible for leading the PR teams in Qatar and Bahrain, and for building the business.

• Business Development & Communications Manager

  Jones Day

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  April 2005 — January 2006 (10 months)

  Responsible for all aspects of business development and marketing.

• Senior Associate

  Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

  (Public Company; WPPGY; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2001 — April 2005 (3 years 8 months)

  Corporate Communications - clients included NASDAQ, Prudential, Jones Day, World Economic Forum, Morgan Stanley, NetEase and AsiaInfo.

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