Jimmy Leach
Head of Digital
Jimmy has worked in digital media and communications across media, government, and agency. He was Head of Digital Communications for two Prime Ministers in Downing Street, and Head of Digital Diplomacy for two Foreign Secretaries at the Foreign Office. In media, he was Executive Editor at The Guardian, responsible for editorial and B2B properties in education and the public sector; was Director for Digital at The Independent, establishing it as a digital product, and was Editor-in-Chief at HuffPost UK.
He has worked in consumer comms as Digital Director at Freud Communications and was Senior Associate at Portland. He has worked for governments in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia, for blue chip companies in Europe and the Middle East and a variety of IGOs, including ICANN and the OECD.