Dr David Cowan is former Head of Internal Communications at ArcelorMittal, where he developed an award-winning global internal magazine, and restructured the internal communications capability. He coordinated a global team of a hundred to manage the merger integration communications for Arcelor and Mittal. He is currently a senior adviser to Weber Shandwick, and has advised a variety of clients, including SABIC, Honeywell Aerospace, SAP, Vimpelcom, Saudi Aramco and University of Central Lancashire. David has also worked at the World Bank and as a finance and technology journalist. He holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of St Andrews, where he earned his PhD.