Jeremy Kane has spent more than 40 years working in Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs developing and implementing global and regional corporate reputation, crisis management and public affairs programs.

Jeremy began his professional career at Unilever as a brands manager for Birds Eye Food. He then moved to Mars Confectionery in 1964 where he remained for over 23 years. He worked in several areas within Mars, and held several senior roles including Chief Personnel Officer, Marketing Director and Sales Director and finally as Group External Affairs Director for Mars Inc, the parent company(1975-1987). Jeremy worked for Mars in the UK, continental Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.

Jeremy was the founder and chairman of European Public Policy Advisors – the largest independent public affairs company in Europe. He subsequently sold the company to its management and went on to co-found Ergo Communications – a public relations and public affairs company which he ran for more than six years. Ergo was subsequently sold to Huntsworth plc – the global PR group – in 2004.

Jeremy has held a number of senior marketing and public affairs related positions including:

o Vice-President and President of the UK trade association BCCCA
o Executive committee member of the Advertising Association UK
o Chairman of the Advertising Association finance committee
o Executive committee member of the FDF (Food and Drink Federation)
o Member Marketing Committee CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
o Member Marketing Committee and Editorial Panel ICC [International Chamber of Commerce]
Jeremy holds a number of a number of directorships including:
o Chairman of the Canadian oil and gas company Elko Energy Inc
o Chairman and founder of Landmark Europe Ltd – a Brussels based public affairs company
o Non-executive Director of Alpha Plus Ltd – a independent schools and colleges group

Jeremy has handled a wide variety of clients across a range of industry sectors including food, drink, telecoms, publishing, advertising, chemicals, temporary work, cereals, computers, IT, broadcasting, pharmaceuticals, financial services and insurance. His client experience includes Guinness, News International, BT, Manpower, Black & Decker, IBM, the World Federation of Advertisers, the European Magazine Publishers Association, the European Publishers Council, Uncle Ben’s, Pioneer, Media Smart, Kellogg’s, ABN AMRO, EBS, ,L’Oreal, P&O, Pfizer, Perot Systems Corporation, Ryanair, Seagram, States of Guernsey, Stolt-Nielsen, and Viking Moorings.
Languages: English, and French