Tim Newbold

Regional Manager, West Africa
Lagos

Tim joined africapractice in 2003
from the Office of Barbara Roche MP
where he was a research assistant
responsible for speech writing and
media relations. Since joining
africapractice he has graduated from
Associate Consultant to Senior Consultant and is currently responsible for the day to day operations of africapractice’s subsidiaries in West Africa. Tim specialises in Media Relations, Public Affairs and Financial PR and manages a number of accounts, including our work with UC RUSAL, Guinness Nigeria, VISA International, Asset and Resource Managers and Aero Contractors. He has also implemented programmes on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company, NEPAD, the UN, Gateway Communications, Gateway Television and The London Stock Exchange.

Tim has a B.Soc.Sci (Hons) in Politics from the University of Manchester.

Areas of Expertise
Media Relations, Public Affairs, Nigerian Politics, Business and Culture

People don’t know I’m good at
Pretending to be good at everything

Talk to me about
Anything to do with politics, sport or music

An idea worth spreading
1% of something is better than 100% of nothing

I’m passionate about
Africa (obviously), friends, sport, music and the pursuit of ambition

Website links
www.nigerianfield.com
www.nigeriantourism.net