Chris Mitchell

My career has been built on taking complex, technical subject matter and communicating it effectively, across multiple channels to audiences worldwide.

For the past three years I have helped lead the global editorial strategy for ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions, one of the world's leading automotive suppliers. The subject matter was highly technical — I know more than I should about a hydrogen recirculation blower — but I came to the role without an automotive background. What I brought was the ability to get inside a complex domain quickly, the editorial judgement to identify what mattered, and the writing and communications skills to convey complex material in a compelling way.

Prior to ZF, I spent eleven years at FedEx Express Europe leading pan-European employee communications through major organisational changes, and before that, media relations and crisis communications at Network Rail in London, including steering the communications response to a nationally sensitive rail strike.

Colleagues will tell you I stay calm under pressure, get up to speed fast and deliver. That's what I bring to every role.

Native English speaker. Journalism degree. 20+ years experience. Based in Brussels, happy to work remotely. French B2.

I can help with: external communications and media relations · internal and change communications · editorial strategy and content · executive messaging and media preparation · crisis communications