Stephen Waddington

Stephen Waddington is a professional adviser at Wadds Inc. and a PhD researcher at Leeds Business School. His work focuses on management, corporate communications and public relations as a management function.

He has held senior leadership roles in agencies including Metia, Ketchum, Rainier PR and Speed, and has advised organisations such as The Economist, HM Government, Intel, Microsoft, the Press Association, the NHS, Tesco and Virgin Media Business.

Stephen is a former President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and founder of the CIPR AI in PR panel. He is also co-founder of Socially Mobile, a social enterprise supporting public relations practitioners from underrepresented and lower socio-economic backgrounds.

He has written or edited more than 50 publications on public relations and management, including AI for Public Relations, Brand Anarchy, Chartered Public Relations, Exploring Public Relations and Management Communication, and Share This.