In his first speech to Burson-Marsteller’s European market leads, Stephen outlined his vision and commitment for a London office with diversity as one of its core elements. This includes diversity in terms of thoughts and creativity, but also in terms of the people being given the opportunity to work at the company. Stephen is also playing a key role in ensuring that their new global initiative, the “Burson Promise” is launched successfully in London. This is a global commitment to creating a rewarding workplace and reinforcing firm wide beliefs around equality, respect, and driving change. Externally, Stephen has been a supporter of Stonewall through its campaigns in Parliament, and always endeavours to positively influence the debate in favour of LGBT+ issues. He was also recently invited to the Prime Minister’s reception at Number 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of homosexuality. In May this year he was named by the PR Week Powerbook as one of the UK’s Top 10 most influential UK political consultants.
