Claudine is the deputy director: communications at The National Deaf Children’s Society. Previously she led the comms team at Asthma UK for over four years, leading on brand, awareness campaigns, digital & social media, PR and publishing. She has 20 years’ experience which includes PR roles at Cancer Research UK and for the agency Lexis PR.

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