People

NGO background: 20 years' experience of media and communications work in the sector, including senior positions with Greenpeace and Amnesty International. Founded Communications Inc in 2003.

Additional: Won Foreign Press Association Press Office of the Year Award. Columnist and judge for Third Sector magazine. Visiting Lecturer in NGO communications.

Specialises in: Strategic development and analysis.

Favourite job: Occupying Rockall in the North East Atlantic.

NGO background: Five years working as a communications consultant for the NGO sector, five years as special events and strategic planning officer at Amnesty International, plus helpline adviser for Shelter.

Additional: 2 years in feature film production, AV production and installations, including the Millennium Dome.

Specialises in: Senior project management, business development and budgeting.

Favourite job: Live webcast from Dakar, Senegal.

NGO background: 10 years experience in the sector at Oxfam, Christian Aid, Red Cross and Save the Children. Five years specialising in fundraising events and campaigning, followed by five years in global programmes, developing and managing new major programmes of work (policy, campaigns and direct work with children).

Additional: 2 years in leading marketing communications agency, creating and delivering media campaigns for top FMCGs, nominated best young professional.

Specialises in: Delivering great results on time to budget. Technical expertise in child protection and child trafficking.

Favourite job: Organising a humanitarian lecture with Nelson Mandela.

NGO Background: Almost 2 years as a communications consultant in the sector, doing media training and outreach strategy, campaign writing (clients include Ocean2012, Shark Alliance, STARS Foundation, Dr Hadwen Trust)

Additional: 12 years as a news journalist, (including anchoring at CNN International, senior producer at BBC R4 and presenting for Germany’s ‘World Service’, Deutsche Welle TV, in Berlin). Began journalism on ‘Marketing’ and ‘Campaign’ magazines.

Specialises in: Helping clients define their cause more sharply and in plain English.

Favourite Job: Interviewing Mo Mowlam and covering Bill Clinton’s first speech at the Brandenburg Gate.

NGO background: Over 8 years communications experience across the private, public and NGO sectors working in both an in-house and consultancy capacity.

Additional:  Four years in central communications department at BBC, 2 years in leading marketing communications agency, and field development experience volunteering in Tanzania.

Specialises in: Internal Communications, Change Management and creative campaign design.

Favourite job: Organising staff and media events for launch of BBC's Blue Planet with David Attenborough.

NGO background: Production for Ocean2012, Shark Alliance and the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.

Additional: Over 15 years' experience in publishing as a newspaper picture editor and researcher, including for The Times, News International and Repfoto.

Specialises in: Finding elusive imagery and making it look good.

Favorite job: Billboard campaign for the Nature Chanel.

NGO background: More than two decades' experience designing for a wide range of NGOs, including Greenpeace, IANSA, Guild of Health Writers, Paul D'Auria Cancer Support Centre, MedFASH, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and Global Witness.

Additional: Designer for a range of magazines including Nursing Times, Birdwatch and Macmillan Magazines. Exhibited artist.

Specialises in: Colour palettes, logos and branding.

Favourite job: Comms Inc concertina flyer/business card.

Background: Highly experienced financial administrator with 6-7 years working between Norway and the UK. MBA from Bournemouth University as well as studying French and Philosophy

Additional: Interested in interiors and property development.

Specialises in: Number crunching

Most interesting job: Working in a tourist information on the French Riviera.

NGO background: More than 10 years' experience of editing and producing publications and communications material for NGOs, including Mencap, Action for Blind People and the RSPCA, as well as many Comms Inc clients.

Additional: Book editor with a non-fiction list and publications management for the University of London.

Specialises in: Dotting i's and crossing t's.

Favourite job: Editing a book on teaching babies to swim - especially the photoshoot.

NGO background: Over 10 years' experience of making audio-visual products for both the public and voluntary sector. Includes news, documentary and campaigning items for TV, radio and internet.

Additional: News item production.

Specialises in: Messages without borders.

Favourite job: Producing a 30-minute documentary on human rights abuses in Guatemala to tie in with a worldwide campaign launch.

NGO Background: Over 20 years communication experience in public, private and NGO sectors.

Additional: Coordinated first broadband internet service over satellite in Australia.

Specialises in: Web development, database-based web applications, Oasis iTunes playlists.

Favourite job: Co-created www.WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com in '03, rated as an All-Time Internet Phenomenon by CNET.

NGO Background: Over 10 years experience in creating and building web applications for a variety of NGOs and online campaigns.

Additional: Developed custom web applications for clients in the financial, wind energy, health care, and media industries.

Specialises in: Web development, database-based web applications.

Favourite job: Created the "Deep Sea Dress-Up" web application for the "Worth Saving" campaign for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.