Colin Byrne is CEO EMEA of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s leading PR firms. In PR for thirty years, Byrne’s career has spanned in house roles with The British Labour Party and The Prince’s Trusts, and 15 years in consultancy with Shandwick, now Weber Shandwick. With 700 staff across a European network of wholly owned offices, and many more partners across EMEA, in 2010 Weber Shandwick was the most award winning agency in the UK  - notching up a second Cannes Lions award in two years, PR Week’s Campaign of the Year with the HSE, The PRCA’s International Consultancy of the Year and European PR Agency of the Year in the international Stevie Awards – and one of the most award winning agencies in Europe. Byrne is based in London.