Rachel Irvine is the Managing Director of Irvine Bartlett, one of the most sought after marketing and public relations firms in South Africa.
She has more than 15 years experience working as a communications professional. She spent the first years of her career crafting output across print, radio, television and online mediums. She counts organizations such as e-tv, Radio KFM and Sky Business Television as previous employers.
Rachel set up and ran both editorially and commercially the broadcast division at Reed Business Information, the world’s largest B2B media organisation and a FTSE100 company based in London.
She later set up her own PR consultancy in Moscow focused on the commercial real estate and financial services sectors. Her clients included the largest commercial developer in Moscow as well as overseeing a project under the patronage of the office of the Russian Presidency.
Rachel brings considerable international experience while still enjoying a broad network of local media and business contacts maintained throughout her time abroad.