ASSOCIATES
Amanda works with a number of associates who provide a range of expertise that can support you to become crisis ready or can help when a situation has emerged.
Find out more about these associates here:
Rosie Watson
Rosie Watson is an experienced communications professional with a strong track record in the public and private sectors. She currently oversees coordination of multiagency warning and informing arrangements for a partnership of public, private and voluntary sector services, with over 60 member organisation. In this role, she has been vital in ensuring members meet their statutory obligations under the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).
Rosie’s expertise in crisis management and stakeholder coordination has made her an essential figure in helping organisations navigate complex emergencies to ensure public safety.
As a trained College of Policing debrief officer, Rosie brings valuable skills in structured incident review, objective analysis, and quick decision-making, all of which are beneficial for businesses seeking to improve their crisis communications.
Her focus on continuous improvement and preparedness enables organisations to refine their strategies, build stakeholder trust, and manage crisis responses more effectively, fostering a culture of clear communication and accountability.
Ali Vowles
Ali has a well- established career as a professional broadcast journalist and presenter with the BBC for over 30 years.
She can offer many insights into how the news machine works and a wealth of advice about how to give good interviews.
During her career Ali has interviewed people from every walk of life from politician to business CEO’s and royalty to charity workers.
Ali is also a media trainer, event host, facilitator and public speaker.
Miriam Brown
Miriam is an award-winning strategic communications, crisis and reputation management specialist with more than 25 years’ experience operating at senior level in complex, highly scrutinised environments.
She has led communications through major incidents and crises including terrorist attacks, major flooding, COVID-19, serious criminal investigations and high-profile trials, as well as commercial challenges involving litigation, HSE proceedings, market shocks and shareholder reassurance. Her experience spans public and private sector organisations, including policing, defence and commercial businesses.
Miriam has chaired Strategic Coordination Group Communications Cells during major incidents, led multi-agency communications at regional level, and chaired Local Resilience Forum communications groups, coordinating communications across emergency services, local authorities, government, and other partners.
Alongside live crisis response, she provides strategic reputation and PR counsel, media and interview training, crisis communications scenarios and table-top exercises, preparedness audits, and practical support to in-house teams. She also provides both mentoring and peer-to-peer coaching.
Sheenal Patel
Sheenal is the founder of The Zen Assistant which is a virtual assistant service aiming to bring calmness to business and operational life by offering a range of services to support business owners / leaders so they can concentrate on what they do best and what they love.
Services include email & diary management, customer relations, complaint handling, events planning, operational task management and much more.
With over 20 years experience in hospitality, operations, and customer service, Sheenal looks after all aspects of your operations so you can work on your business rather than in it.
Sheenal will be supporting Amanda Coleman Communications with diary management, training and event management, and business development.
