Mark Pursey
CEO & Founder of BTP+ Advisers
Mark is an Anglo-Australian PR Executive and the founder and CEO of BTP Advisers. He has advised governments and aspiring opposition leaders from Europe, Africa, and Asia on international communications strategy. These include the administrations of Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Mark has advised winning campaigns and ballots in the UK, US, France, Montenegro, Lithuania, Georgia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone – amongst others. Mark also has extensive experience of devising international PR campaigns for international businesses and across multiple sectors including tourism and travel, aviation, investment, energy, and extractives. Prior to setting up BTP, Mark served as a press spokesman for the Mayor of London, as spokesman for the worldwide Vodafone Group, and as Vice-President Communications for Deutsche Bank AG.