BAA lose fifth PR boss in five years
21.03.11
BAA communications director Malcolm Robertson has resigned, leaving the UK airport operator searching for its fifth PR boss in as many years. He has played down suggestions that BAA’s handling of December’s snow chaos, when Heathrow was paralysed for four days, played a part in his decision, saying: ‘Yes it was a difficult time but I have been at BAA for 12 years and I have been thinking for some time that I need to consider what I do next, [see] what the world outside BAA looks like.’
Mr Robertson, 38, took on the role in 2010, having worked previously as deputy communications director and headed BAA’s communications operation in Scotland. He will leave in September following a handover period with his replacement, who will be the fifth communications director since 2006, and is considering a ‘few options’ elsewhere.
In an email to staff chief executive Colin Matthews said: ‘In the last 12 months [Mr Robertson] has established a sound communications strategy that provides us with a good platform from which to build our reputation. Malcolm leaves with our very best wishes for the future.’
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