Caroline Harris is an experienced financial, consumer and professional services PR and events practitioner with over eight years experience working in-house for some of the world’s largest financial organizations. Her event management experience spans the consumer, corporate and non-profit arenas. She planned, sponsored and hosted a number of events for Red Bull as part of her brand management role with the energy drink provider and assisted with the organization of large scale events at Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey to mark the 50th Anniversary of the UK’s National Health Service. Prior to joining CJP, Caroline worked for The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and HSBC. She was responsible for promoting the NatWest brand, one of the UK’s largest banks, and regularly acted as a company spokesperson in the media on major issues. She also organized, ran and facilitated corporate hospitality in the UK and Europe for top tier reporters. Caroline graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK with a BA in Event Management and is currently studying for an MA in Corporate Communications. In 2000, she was awarded a research scholarship by the Association of Event Managers to further her study in to the impact of event layout on the consumer decision making process. In 2006, Caroline was nominated by personal finance reporters as one of the UK’s top ten banking PR’s at the Headline Money Awards in London. |