David Hanson

Providing expert public affairs, government relations and reputation management consultancy to clients in regulated industries.

As an Associate Director within the Healthcare Policy and Public Affairs team, I supported clients as the senior team contact for accounts, holding overall responsibility for programme development, delivery and financial management. My role included the provision of strategic on-going and ad hoc counsel to clients on issues related to the UK policy environment, with particular emphasis on Brexit and related issues.

As a member of the Policy and Public Affairs team within the Corporate Affairs directorate, I supported the Pfizer UK business units in interpreting and responding to the policy environment and developing relationships with key stakeholders and policy makers. My areas of responsibility included: - Oncology - Brexit - Corporate government affairs - Anti-microbial resistance

s a Senior Consultant (Senior Account Director), delivering policy and public affairs consultancy for a range of health clients, including pharmaceutical firms and charities, at UK, European and global levels.

Creating and implementing political engagement strategies at regional, national and EU levels Leading on and contributing to the development, implementation and communication of Association policy Developing and delivering the Association's EU influencing strategy Lobbying parliamentarians, local councillors, NHS commissioners, chief executives and other relevant stakeholders on issues related to health, social care and research Identifying new stakeholders and developing on-going relationships

Full accountability for the development of College policy related to professional standards, regulation and service delivery Lobbying Government, Department of Health and other key stakeholders and organisations on policy issues related to surgery Researching policy issues and legislation and delivering briefings to senior colleagues

Monitoring EU legislation and briefing senior colleagues Researching and analysing market data and statistics to prepare short reports on developments within the EU impacting American firms Providing prompt and appropriate responses to business enquiry correspondence and advocacy issues received from clients

Intercalated year abroad at the pre-eminent French university for political studies Subjects studied: international relations; political theory; comparative political systems; advanced French language Attainted full professional fluency in French

Three-year course in philosophy, ethics and theology studied alongside my BA degree

Result: Upper second-class honours (2:1) Subjects studied: EU institutions, government and political systems; economics; political theory; French language and culture Dissertation: Does comitology work? The future of the committee decision-making process in EU institutions

Subjects studied: political science; social sciences; European history; French language Transferred to King's College London for Autumn 2003 academic year

Grade point average (GPA): 4.0/4.0 Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations:English Literature and Composition - 5/5 United States History -  4/5 Statistics - 3/5 Music Theory - 3/5