Julia Meighan is Chair of VMAGROUP, a leading international interim and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist for communications, digital and marketing. She is passionate about stakeholder communications and developing the vital role of corporate communications as the custodian of an organisation’s corporate reputation. She regularly comments on all aspects of leadership communications and the role of communications in business transformation, in particular relating to employee engagement and managing corporate reputations. Julia is also an executive coach specialising in helping communications leaders increase their impact and influence at board level by helping them transition from trusted adviser and expert to transformational business leader. She champions the progression of women into senior executive roles and chairs VMAGROUP’s advisory boards across Europe.