Brendan O’Grady, Director of communications – Guardian Media Group

Brendan O’Grady joined GMG in April 2017 and is responsible for media relations, internal communications and public policy for the group. Between 2010 and 2017, Brendan held a series of senior communications roles at the FTSE 100 education company Pearson. Earlier in his career, he held roles as deputy press secretary at the British Embassy in Washington DC, senior press officer at Downing Street, and in other government departments.