David Ferrabee
Current Position
David Ferrabee is Managing Director, Change and Internal Communications at Hill & Knowlton UK. The Change and Internal Communication practice provides consulting advice and services to leading businesses across EMEA. David manages the team across the practice, bringing together the different skills and disciplines to help our clients address their business issues. He joined H&K in early 2005 and sits on the UK Board.
David works with clients on issues ranging from internal communication and change strategy through to leadership training and employee engagement. His clients are usually looking to gain some kind of competitive advantage by improving communication with and amongst their employees. This can, for example, take the form of employees who are better able to deliver the company’s goals and reflect its values while working with customers. It can mean managers and leaders who are better equipped and motivated to get the most out of their teams. And it can mean companies that need to make fundamental changes to address changing business needs, but want employees to lead or follow quickly behind that change process. Change and internal communication is about better harnessing human potential, and it is about making the best possible use of available tools – including channels and media – to take people forward.
Prior History
Prior to joining H&K David was a Senior Consultant with a UK boutique strategy consultancy. He joined them from the global HR consultancy Towers Perrin, where he spent more than five years working with clients in London, the USA and Canada. Prior to that he was a Corporate Communications manager at the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
David started his career in journalism, politics and public relations, working on variously on Parliament Hill in Canada, & for a daily newspaper in Montreal.
His recent clients included international pharmaceutical leaders, global IT companies, and oil and gas giants, amongst others. In the last 18 months David has trained over 500 senior executives in companies in the UK, Europe and North America.
Other Information
David graduated with a BA in English Literature from Concordia University in Montreal. He did part of his studies at the Université de Paris – Sorbonne in Paris. Raised in the family of a foreign correspondent, he attended nine schools in six cities on three continents, including many years in Africa, France and Canada.
He has written articles for international journals and publications on a variety of topics – from constitutional affairs to government communication – and appeared on TV and radio.
He speaks English and French.
Contact Information
David Ferrabee
Managing Director, Change & internal Communications
Hill & Knowlton
tel.: +44 (0) 20 7413 3176
Hill & Knowlton
20 Soho Square
London
W1A 1PR
UK