Natalie Orringe

About

Natalie helps organisations explain big change in ways people trust and act on.

She’s a C-suite communications leader with more than 20 years in the public, private and charity sectors. At the London Borough of Newham she was Assistant Chief Executive, and she was the first Chief Marketing Officer appointed by any London borough. While there she built a 138-person communications, engagement and policy directorate from scratch. Before that she was Director of Engagement at the Institute of Development Studies and CMO of an AIM-listed tech company, and she co-founded and grew Teamspirit’s award-winning PR division.

On our projects she brings strategic communications, brand and engagement design. She’s at her best when the stakes are high, whether that’s organisational transformation, winning community support for major infrastructure or leading a crisis response.

Natalie founded Strategy + Impact and co-founded the Sussex Intelligence Unit with Always Possible. She also sits on housing and charity boards.

EXPERTISE: Strategic communications · Brand and reputation · Crisis communications · Transformation and change communications · Public and stakeholder engagement · Devolution and place narratives

QUALIFICATIONS: BA (Hons) Geography, University of Oxford (Jesus College)

GOVERNANCE: Non-Executive Director, Sussex Weald Homes · Chair of Trustees, Together Co · Former Non-Executive Director, Good Business Pays

ROLES: Founder, Strategy + Impact · Co-founder, Sussex Intelligence Unit · Associate, Brilliant Noise