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Anne Gregory is director of the Centre for Public Relations at Leeds Metropolitan University and the U.K.'s only full-time professor of public relations. Originally a broadcast journalist, Anne spent 10 years in public relations practice at senior levels both in-house and in-consultancy before moving on to an academic career. Anne was president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in 2004 and was created a Fellow in 1999. She initiated and edits the Institute's Public Relations in Practice series of books and is managing editor of the Journal of Communications Management.

Anne is actively involved in PR practice, being a non-executive director of South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health Trust with special responsibility for finance and communication. She also works as an advisor to the U.K. government.