Andy Coulson –

Founder of Coulson Partners and host of the Crisis What Crisis? podcast

 

Andy Coulson is the former Downing Street Communications Director, journalist, founder of Coulson Partners – a consultancy offering strategic corporate reputation and crisis advice to business leaders - and host of the Crisis What Crisis? podcast.

 

He is a sought after and trusted personal adviser to global CEOs, entrepreneurs and

philanthropists and has counselled a number of high-profile companies and individuals through complex challenges. His deep understanding of media and politics, how public opinion is formed and what to do when faced with significant problems, comes from a 30-year career shaped by success and challenge.

 

Andy directly advised former Prime Minister David Cameron up to and during the 2010 General Election campaign and the coalition cabinet through its first year in power. He was previously editor of the UK’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper, the News of the World. Andy is listed in the PR Week 2024 Power Book (Top 10 Crisis and Reputation Management list), and the 2024 Spears 500 list as a Top Recommended Reputation Manager.

 

Crisis What Crisis? podcast is a unique collection of inspiring, useful conversations with crisis survivors including global media/ entertainment figures, politicians, business people and sports personalities. Guests talk in a deeply personal and powerful way about being at the sharp end of crisis. Stories range from surviving a terror attack, to being in the eye of a public storms. Grief, PTSD, addiction and mental health issues regularly feature and the podcast delivers useful, practical lessons for anyone facing challenge.

 

Andy’s background as newspaper editor, Downing Street Communications Director, one-time inmate of HMP Belmarsh, and now strategic adviser to business leaders, allows him to bring a unique perspective to these conversations.