Bauer Media appoints Josh Colley

With more than 13 years' experience, Josh has worked across a number of communications disciplines including journalism, business development, and corporate reputation management, says Bauer Media.

Most recently, they added, he was associate director for corporate communications at advertising and marketing services group, WPP. There he was responsible for delivering the business’s integrated communications strategy with a focus on the organisation’s workspace strategy, its programme of internal and external communications for the CEO and global leadership.

Prior to that he spent seven years’ working across a number of roles at Dentsu International, which included leading its UK earned media strategy, stakeholder engagement, and handling change and crisis communications. Josh started his career in communications as a journalist for international publication M&M Global and worked at Eulogy PR as part of its corporate reputation team working with technology and consumer businesses.

Josh Colley said: “Bauer is a hugely respected media business that is home to some of the world’s most iconic publishing brands. It’s a huge honour to join the business especially at such an exciting time in its transformation to meet the evolving needs of today’s consumers. I’m looking forward to working with Chris and the UK leadership team to tell the story of that journey and beyond.”

Chris Duncan, CEO Bauer Media Publishing UK said: “We’re delighted that Josh is joining Bauer at a time when we have so many exciting developments to talk about. We look forward to seeing how his experience can help us keep our people and our customers informed on the transformation of the Publishing business and the ongoing achievements of our brands.”