Press For Attention PR founder Greg Simpson has joined the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire branch team of the Institute of Directors (IoD) as PR and Communications Ambassador.
As well as running Press For Attention PR for the past 13 years, Greg is also a regional champion for Nottingham with Enterprise Nation and a co-founder and committee member for both Nottingham Professional Services and Network LE.
IoD Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is in the process of recruiting a new chair. It is the largest branch in the IoD East Midlands region, with more than 500 members.
Joining Greg are two further additons to the local IoD team, Paul Eeles (chief executive of the Nottingham-based Skills and Education Group) and Stacey Green.
Paul Eeles is vice-chair and interim chair. He is also the branch’s skills and education ambassador.
Paul has spent more than 10 years at Skills and Education Group, which supports the development of further education colleges and skills providers through professional development initiatives and the group’s awarding bodies.
He was chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies, the trade association for awarding bodies in the UK, for four years up to the end of 2020.
Stacey Green has been appointed as diversity and inclusion ambassador.
The professional dancer and singer is co-founder of the TIRED Movement, which aims to improve racial equality in the dance industry, and of the Freedom Foundation, which delivers programmes to children and young people in schools using the creative arts to enhance emotional wellbeing.
As diversity and inclusion ambassador, she will help to ensure that the IoD is an open and fair organisation that offers a warm welcome and equal opportunities for all directors to connect and develop.
The IoD has secured vital support for directors during the Covid-19 pandemic, including financial assistance for wage bills and changes to insolvency rules.
Speaking about his new role Greg said;
“I am naturally very proud to be joining the IoD as an ambassador at a crucial time for businesses of all sizes across the UK. I will be working with a fantastic group of people on the IoD team who have a great spread of skills, contacts and energy which will benefit the current and future membership.