JPR Media Group Announces Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG KC Appointment as Group Chairman of The Audere Group

Top London PR agency JPR Media Group is working with business PR client The Audere Group on delivering press and commentary across topics such as intelligence, defence, security, politics, government, warfare, and foreign affairs.

The Audere Group (www.auderegroup.com), a leading London headquartered commercial intelligence, investigations, and security company, has appointed Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG KC as Group Chairman.

Sir Malcolm had a distinguished political career including as Secretary of State for Defence from 1992 to 1995, then Foreign Secretary from 1995 to 1997. From 2010-15 he was chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.

He began practicing law in 1970 and became a Queen’s Counsel in 1985. He entered Parliament in 1974 and served as a Minister of State at the Foreign Office and as Secretary of State for Scotland under PM Margaret Thatcher. He was MP for Kensington and Chelsea from 2005 to 2015. In the private sector, he has been non-executive Chairman of Armor Group and of Alliance Medical; a non-executive Director of Unilever, and of Aberdeen Asset Management; and he has consulted to Price Waterhouse Coopers.

He joins the Audere Group at an important time in its upward growth strategy. The company restructured in 2023 with the incorporation of its security division into the standalone Audere Securus, which has operated in Ukraine since the start of the war and is expanding a global footprint to include coverage of the growing crisis in the Middle East. Audere International is the other Group company providing clients with actionable intelligence on enhanced due diligence, market entry, complex investigations, litigation, and dispute resolution services.

London PR agency JPR Media Group is also working with Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Associate Director of Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey for The Audere Group.

Burcu has extensive on-the-ground knowledge of the Middle East, and has lived in Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China, and the US. Burcu has taught Middle East politics, conflict, and peacebuilding studies at the University of Cambridge, where she earned her PhD. Previously, she worked with the United Nations Development Programme, conducted research for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and advised private entities and regional governments on geopolitical risk and security. Burcu is a Senior Fellow at Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum.

Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, PR agency JPR Media Group has worked with The Audere Group who delivered two ambulances packed with two tonnes of medical supplies into Ukraine.

For the mission to deliver two ambulances from Europe to Ukraine, JPR Media Group organised live TV interviews with BBC TV, Sky TV, PA Media, and national newspaper interviews with The Audere Group team directors.

The Audere Group protects and empowers clients active in complex commercial and operational landscapes, including contested environments, where others don’t always play by the rules.

Comprising Audere International, a specialist commercial intelligence and investigations company, and separately Audere Securus, the intelligence-led security company, combined the Group’s service offerings of intelligence, investigations, and security help mitigate the financial, reputational, and security risks facing clients, especially in less opaque markets.

Headquartered in London, and with overseas offices, the Audere regional teams cover the Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) including Ukraine, Indian Subcontinent, Asia Pacific, North America, UK, and Europe.

Audere is known for its high-quality, agile, and bespoke client services across an extensive geographical reach and sectorial breath. We specialise in complex cases by producing timely, actionable intelligence, uncovering hitherto non-public information companies and individuals strive to keep hidden.

PR agency JPR Media Group has secured UK PR coverage in top tier business press such as Sky TV, BBC TV, The Guardian, The Independent, Evening Standard, Telegraph, Indy100, Metro, Intelligence Online and more.

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