Alternative Minds Business and Marketing Consultants

Adrian Shaw is a communications and PR consultant with over 20 years experience advising some of the world's largest companies at board level, as well as working with locally-based high growth enterprises. He was previously Managing Director of the European Corporate and Financial division of Burson Marsteller, one of the world's largest PR and Marketing consultancies, where he gained over 16 years senior advisory experience at the highest level. Prior to this he was a main board director of leading UK agencies, Gavin Anderson and Valin Pollen. Adrian has skills in corporate communications, corporate branding, financial PR, fundraising and strategic business development - in the UK and internationally. Adrian has extensive fundraising experience, from charities & voluntary organisations to corporate venturing. Recently, Adrian was instrumental in raising £20 million for a natural therapy based health spa and also in setting up and fundraising for the Alliance for Natural Health, a consortium of vitamin, mineral and health food companies.