Lysanne Currie

London

Writer and Editor at Freelance

CEO and Editor In Chief at Meet the Leader

Freelance Editor at Influence

Editor, writer, digital content creator. Londoner, traveller. Dreamer, doer. ❤️my boys, cool stuff, music, hotels, dogs, design and biz that do good

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Articles

Advita Patel: 'Internal comms can transform company culture'

2 weeks ago | influenceonline.co.uk | Lysanne Currie

Advita Patel FCIPR entered internal comms by accident after graduating with an IT degree during the early-2000s’ dotcom crash. Initially working for Manchester Metropolitan University, she then worked in senior internal comms roles at the NHS, the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester Airports Group and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
Edwina Dunn OBE

1 month ago | brnw.ch | Lysanne Currie

As CEO of Dunnhumby and creator of Tesco Clubcard, Edwina Dunn OBE blazed a trail through tech and business. As her charity, the Female Lead, celebrates its first decade, she tells Lysanne Currie why women hold the key to economic success “I couldn’t figure out why school kept talking to us about old, dead women,” says Edwina Dunn.
Why A Villa On Lake Como Is Always A Good Idea

1 month ago | forbes.com | Lysanne Currie

Napoleon Bonaparte may have been many things—a military genius, a statesman, a man of wealth and taste. But perhaps his most notable feature? That bicorne, worn at a rakish, sideways angle, as synonymous with him as his battlefield victories.
Dame Maria Miller: ‘Communications should be at the heart of business’

2 months ago | influenceonline.co.uk | Lysanne Currie

Born in a Wolverhampton council house in 1964, Dame Maria Miller was raised in Bridgend, south Wales before working in advertising, marketing and PR for nearly 20 years, including stints as marketing manager at oil giant Texaco, and as company director at both Grey Advertising and the Rowland Company. Having been a Conservative party member since she was 18, Miller was elected MP for Basingstoke in 2005.
Andy Coulson: 'I enjoy doing crisis comms work because I lived it.'

2 months ago | influenceonline.co.uk | Lysanne Currie

INTERVIEWSFriday 21st February 2025The former tabloid editor and No 10 comms director now runs an agency specialising in reputation and crisis management. Here he talks about Trump’s ‘Weave’, Belmarsh and why Starmer should cheer up. WANT TO READ MORE? This content is exclusive to CIPR members.
How Swiss Luxury Resorts Are Turning Wealthy Travelers Into Property Investors

2 months ago | forbes.com | Lysanne Currie

Luxury travel in 2025 is all about creating meaningful connections that extend far beyond the concept of a vacation. Case in point: Switzerland, where the country’s best hotels are responding to visitors who return year after year—sometimes for good. And as the demand for personalized, authentic travel experiences continues to rise, many Swiss mountain resorts are redefining what it means to journey with intent.
Magazine publishers need real stories - not just press releases

Jan 16, 2025 | influenceonline.co.uk | Lysanne Currie

INTERVIEWSFriday 17th January 2025Nikki Simpson, founder of the International Magazine Centre, explains why the majority of readers of niche titles are personally invested - they really care about the content, and so should PRs. WANT TO READ MORE? This content is exclusive to CIPR members.
CA Summit 2024 Preview: AI expert Zoë Webster on myths, bias and regulation

Nov 11, 2024 | camagazine.icas.com | Lysanne Currie

Ahead of her appearance at the CA Summit this month, we catch up with Authentic Innovation founder Zoë Webster to talk regulation, bias and the new skills to cultivate Words: Lysanne Currie | Photography: David Titlow I’ve heard it said that AI is like teenage sex,” Zoë Webster says mid-photoshoot, in a vault below London’s Waterloo station.
Tracy Blackwell

Oct 22, 2024 | brnw.ch | Lysanne Currie

Pension Insurance Corporation CEO, winner of this year’s Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award and member of the new British infrastructure council, Tracy Blackwell talks to Lysanne Currie about regulation, workplace culture and pensions with a personal touch For Tracy Blackwell, winning this year’s prestigious Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award, a prize honouring courageous female businesswomen, wasn’t just a moment of personal triumph.
Here's why the UK's biggest finance institutions are getting creative

Oct 21, 2024 | tempusmagazine.co.uk | Lysanne Currie

BlackRock, the world’s largest finance and investment firm, is used to making waves. Ever since the morning of January 2018, in fact, when BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sent a letter to the world’s top leaders urging them to make “a positive contribution to society” — quite the reverse-ferret from a CEO who just four years previously had claimed that activism harmed job creation – historically seen as one of the key moments in the rise of ‘conscious capitalism’.