Our campaigns have been listened to by Prime Ministers, influenced Ministers and Number 10 and helped to directly change Government policy.
Our campaigns have helped clients to win large new business contracts, formal tenders, and build new and deeper relationships with target audiences.
To achieve these results we work with a team of senior experts in PR, public affairs, data, marketing and digital communications.
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Team
Having worked in PR agencies for the best part of ten years Chris set up BTB Comms in order to pioneer a new way of working. We are passionate about delivering the highest quality service and work with a top-notch support team of design, video and public affairs experts.
Chris Walker
Founder and Managing Director
Prior to starting Be The Best Communications Chris has more than 17 years’ experience in PR, journalism, stakeholder engagement & marketing.
An expert in the tech, housing, property, construction and infrastructure sectors, Chris has led communications campaigns on behalf of the Mayor of London, Transport for London, the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Places for People, Keepmoat and Mace – a £2bn-turnover international construction consultancy.
He is experienced in crafting award-winning narratives and devising multi-channel communication strategies which influence overall business strategy.
David Ottewell
Head of Communications, Insight and Data
David joined Be the Best Communications after a distinguished career as a leader in both traditional and digital journalism.
In recent years he built and led internationally-acclaimed data journalism teams for major publishers including Reach plc, GlobalData and the New Statesman Media Group, where he played a key role in the launch of new data-led news sites covering foreign direct investment, urban issues, technology, global capital flow, and the energy transition.
Prior to that he worked at the Manchester Evening News as an award-winning chief reporter, political editor and news editor. He has also worked as a strategic communications consultant, advising NGOs and businesses on content strategy and new forms of storytelling.
Claire Miller
Senior Data Associate
Claire is an award-winning investigative journalist with more than a decade’s experience of digging out interesting data, telling compelling stories, and creating high-quality data visualisation.
Claire has grappled with thousands of spreadsheets and datasets in search of stories for national and regional newspapers in the UK.
During that time, she has spent hours cleansing messy data, put weeks of work into analysing that information and then found quicker techniques and formulas to speed up that work.
Claire is also an enthusiastic sender of Freedom of Information requests and the data she has uncovered has made front page stories on national newspapers.
Brendan Moffett
Head of Place Strategy
A Fellow of the Institute of Place Management and the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Brendan has extensive experience in place marketing. He has been instrumental in a number of successful place marketing projects in UK cities and towns.
Brendan was the Director of Strategic Marketing for the City of Sheffield between 2007 and 2015, during which time the city delivered record levels of economic growth. The cohesive brand platform is still in use a decade later.
He has previously held roles as Director of Client Partnerships at a brand marketing agency, and as Chief Executive of Marketing NG, a new place marketing organisation for Nottinghamshire. In this role he was responsible for the creation of a new brand narrative with stakeholders, driving a highly successful investment campaign which resulted in over £2bn of investment.
Brendan has also Chaired the Town Development and Visitor Economy Strategy Board in Buxton for the past 18 months. This has involved leading on the development of a new brand and narrative for the town and aligning this with a successful Future High Streets bid and Heritage Action Zone.
Jack Bamfield
Senior Digital Strategist
Jack is a Senior Digital Strategist and harnesses the power of data to improve the visibility and perception of people, places and businesses on the world’s most influential and popular communications tools – search engines.
With a first-class honours degree in law from the University of Westminster and a journalism degree from the University of Leeds, Jack brings a forensic mind and data-informed approach to improve our client’s visibility in traditional and digital media.
Jack has more than three years’ experience in digital and traditional PR at agencies in London and Nottingham.