Lisa Shaddick, MCIPR MIPRA
Managing Director
Working in public relations since 1987, Lisa was educated in the US and Europe, before moving to the UK in 1988. Her industry background includes experience in the construction, automotive and coatings industries on global and pan-European campaigns. Lisa has been with DA since 1996 and provides senior-level strategic direction across all client accounts.

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Steve Lawson
Financial Director
Steve has been with DA for 15 years and is responsible for the financial performance and implementation of best practices for client account management. With a background in IT Steve ensures the agency utilises the best technology for all client projects. Steve's role at DA is unique to an agency of its size and reflects the business' focus on delivering value for clients.

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Beate Hohenberger
Account Executive
Beate comes from a translation, language teaching and project management background and uses her skills to look after our client programmes in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Her native tongue is German and she speaks fluent English as well as Spanish.

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Lucie Lelièvre
Account Executive
Lucie is a French native who has lived, worked and studied in Australia. Her previous PR experience coupled with her degree in Communication and Public Relations make her a great asset to the DA team. Lucie works on the French and English sections of client accounts and is also involved in the production of pan-European collateral for a number of clients.

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Lorenza Minghetti, ACIPR
Account Manager
Lorenza has been involved with the media and PR industry since 2000. After her role as in-house PR Manager at Scottish Widows, Lorenza joined DA and has been managing and planning all Italian media relations activities for clients such as DuPont Refinish, BASF and Arriva. Her background includes a First Honour Degree in Foreign Languages, and an MSc in Corporate Communications.

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Caroline Pajot
Senior Consultant
After taking a year off, Caroline has re-joined the DA team as a senior consultant looking after specific Spanish and Portuguese clients as well as being involved in French accounts as required. In addition to fluency in these languages, Caroline speaks Italian and English. Having joined the agency in 1998, Caroline’s exception linguistic skills are matched only by her extensive PR experience.

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Mia Reynolds
Consultant
With a degree in English Language and Linguistics from Manchester University, Mia’s background is in television and journalism. Back working with DA after a three-year break to start a family, Mia is again working with our automotive clients. She uses her native Swedish in all aspects of the role, as well as operating in her perfect English.

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Marta Sadowska, ACIPR
Account Executive and Administration Co-ordinator
Marta works on the Polish client programmes and provides administrative support across all client and agency activities. Before joining DA she was public relations officer for Cracow City Hall and promotional manager for the Polish National Student Association. A Polish national, Marta also speaks English and Italian.

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Ronja Schmidt
Consultant
As a consultant to DA, Ronja integrates skills gained during her sales and marketing career into the pan-European projects in which she is involved at DA. Ronja is fluent in German, her native language, and in English, having lived and worked in the UK and New Zealand for over 6 years.

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Spaghetti Shaddick
Director of Greetings (D.O.G.)
Spaghie has been coming to the office since he was eight weeks old. He was tempted to leave to pursue a lucrative doggie modelling career, but his love of all things PR, including the many cuddles he gets from clients, kept him at DA. His daily routine includes welcoming the postman, sleeping on his bed, eating apples, and getting walked around the streets of Marylebone. It's a dog’s life.

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Maaike Veen
Senior Consultant
A former Dow Jones Newswires reporter who has covered a wide range of companies and general economic stories, Maaike joins DA to look after the Dutch client programmes. Originally from the Netherlands, Maaike has a masters degree in macro economics from the Free University, Amsterdam, and a post-graduate degree in journalism from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Her work has been regularly published in the Financial Times, Trouw, De Standaard and CorpComms magazine.

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Lizzie Wastell, ACIPR
Junior Account Director
Lizzie plays a pivotal role in the DA team; she manages the agency’s largest pan-European client, reporting into the Managing Director. In addition she leads the agency’s construction team, project manages two pan-European newsletters and takes an active role in mentoring new team members.

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Pippa Watts, MCIPR
Senior Consultant
Pippa started with DA in 1995 as account executive and is now responsible for planning pan-European PR campaigns and tactical implementation focusing on DuPont Refinish and BASF. Pippa has extensive experience across many business and consumer industries in German, French and Spanish.

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