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Monique Perks

Senior Consultant
Monique advises clients on financial, corporate, ESG and sustainability related communications.

She has over 5 years’ experience advising clients across a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, private equity and energy, advising on media relations, capital markets communications and issues management.

She has over 5 years’ experience advising clients across a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, private equity and energy, advising on media relations, capital markets communications and issues management.

Monique has supported FTSE100, FTSE250 and AIM-listed clients on IPOs, M&A, shareholder activism, corporate positioning, sustainability and financial communications. She has a keen interest in sustainability communications and has recently completed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and a course from the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) in Business Sustainability Management. She has previously supported clients in materiality mapping and integrating sustainability into their communications to both articulate their full value proposition and position them at the forefront of dominant ESG and sustainability topics.

Monique read English Literature at the University of Warwick and has a Masters in Entrepreneurial Business Leadership from the University of Chester, which she studied whilst living and working in New York City.


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Restructuring Pressure

The Role of Communications in Addressing Rising UK Insolvencies emphasizes the critical need for effective communication during times of financial distress, as transparent and proactive engagement helps maintain trust and confidence, ultimately contributing to a smoother and more successful restructuring process amid the increasing insolvency crisis in the UK.

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Podcast

Episode 21: How to Take Control in Media Interviews

Media interviews can be a high-risk, high-reward endeavor for leaders. While outlets offer a large platform to communicate a vision, gather sentiment on major change, or just generate much-needed goodwill, even the most minor gaffe during an interview can lead to notoriety.

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Podcast

Episode 19: How (Not) To Resign

Kekst CNC’s leadership communications experts Dominic Reynolds and Jemima McCrystal sit with Global Thinking’s Monique Perks to discuss the dos and don’ts of your last communication to your peers, your teams, and in many cases the public at large, with examples ranging from the exit of Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson to Bob Iger’s famous farewell interview, surrounded by the spoils of his acquisitive legacy at Disney.

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