Alisdair Pettigrew
Managing Director, BLUE Communications / Consultant and Senior Advisor
Carbon War Room

Alisdair has pioneered the development of powerful and farsighted public relations platforms in the transportation, energy and environmental sectors, achieving major breakthroughs in reputation for clients and influencing policy on key industry issues.

He came to communications from a successful decade in journalism and as publisher with Informa and Petromedia, where he founded the news and information website www.sustainableshipping.com. He is co-founder of Blue Communications, an agency whose mission is to bring new strategic intelligence to reputation management and public affairs in industries that must alter perceptions of their economic and social value.

He is a senior advisor to Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room NGO and an expert contributor to media and analysts on maritime and aviation developments.

He combines outstanding media, consulting and opinion former communications skills with the rare ability to originate and develop new vehicles for ideas, research and evidence on compelling issues to give clients ground breaking opportunities through many channels.