Dirk Lewis

Current

Senior Account Manager at Fleishman-Hillard

Past

Public Relations Manager - India & Middle East at Gartner
Assistant Manager at Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
Associate at Genesis Public Relations (now Genesis-Burson Marsteller)

Account Executive at Hanmer & Partners (now Hanmer MS&L)

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Education

Xavier's Institiute of Communication, Mumbai
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

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Dirk Lewis’s Summary

Dirk Lewis has close to seven years of public relations experience with blue chip companies including Gartner Inc, Nortel, Accenture, Tata Communications and Nasscom. He is currently based in Mumbai, India working as the PR Lead on British Airways, contributing to BA's PR in the region at both the strategic and operational level.

His expertise includes corporate communications, media relations and technology. Mr. Lewis has worked with a number of technology clients including Gartner Inc. in India and the Middle East where he was solely responsible for growing the visibility and positioning of the Gartner brand, by leveraging PR as the only means of external communication in these new, yet potentially high growth markets. In this role as the PR Manager for Gartner Inc., he spearheaded the national PR campaign which brought a very visible and recognized improvement to Gartner's image in the country. His public relations initiatives while at Gartner were able to directly as well as indirectly influence revenues generated in the region.

Prior to this Mr. Lewis has also had the opportunity to work in challenging roles with reputed agencies like Hanmer MS&L, Genesis Burson Marsteller and Vaishnavi Corporate Communications, where he was an integral part of national PR campaigns for his clients predominantly from the IT and Telecom space.

Mr. Lewis is a Science Graduate from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and has completed an Advanced Diploma in Advertising, Marketing and Communications from Xavier's Institute of Communications, Mumbai.

Dirk Lewis’s Experience

Senior Account Manager

Fleishman-Hillard

(Public Company; OMC; Public Relations and Communications industry)

September 2009 — Present (4 months)

Responsible for providing strategic council and managing public relations and crisis communications for key client - British Airways in India.
Public Relations Manager - India & Middle East

Gartner

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IT; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 8 months)

Managing a localised Public Relations Campaign for Gartner in India and the Middle East alligned with Gartner's global communication objectives.
Assistant Manager

Vaishnavi Corporate Communications

(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

October 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 5 months)

Managing Public Relations for key clients Nortel and Tata Communications in India.
Associate

Genesis Public Relations (now Genesis-Burson Marsteller)

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

November 2004 — October 2005 (1 year )

Integral part of the team managing key client relationship - Accenture
Account Executive

Hanmer & Partners (now Hanmer MS&L)

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 8 months)

An integral part of Public Relations campaigns in India for Western Union Money Transfer, Prudential Process Management Services, Kotak Life Insurance and HDFC Mutual Fund

Dirk Lewis’s Education

Xavier's Institiute of Communication, Mumbai

Advanced Diploma , Advertising, Marketing and Communication , 2004 — 2005
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

Bachelor of Science , Chemistry , 2000 — 2003