Nicky Rudd is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and a communications consultant with over 20 years of agency experience. She is MD of Padua Communications, an agency that she founded in 2009 and that offers content, marketing, PR and events support.

With a background in tech PR and experience of working in consumer and B2B, Nicky has stacks of experience of working with clients in a wide range of markets creating PR and content campaigns. Some recent successes include blog content winning over £200K in new business for one client and increasing website visits by 500% for another. Nicky has worked in TV and radio production at The Media Trust and BBC Radio Northampton, where she also presented. Prior to that, she started her career as a secondary school English and Media Studies teacher.

A member of the PRCA, Nicky is a regular facilitator and speaker on business communications, marketing and PR.

Nicky drinks an inordinate amount of tea and was very nearly the voice of the speaking clock.