Andy Rogers

Principal Consultant & Mediator, Membership, Standards & Media Relations

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Overview
Andy Rogers is a practicing mediator, trainer and member of the Leadership Team at CEDR.
He has worked on over 100 disputes across varied sectors from the purely commercial to those with highly personal and emotional issues. His clients range from private individuals through to multinational organisations.

Andy is a Trustee and Board Director of the Civil Mediation Council, where he co-chairs the Standards and Registration Committee. He has played a key role in developing standards for commercial mediation in England & Wales. He is also a Trustee and Board Director of the International Mediation Institute, an organisation set-up to ensure users of mediation worldwide can access commercial mediators of a high standard.

Professional Background
Andy joined CEDR 2005 and works with clients and members, monitoring standards and liaising with industry, government and the media on behalf of the organisation. He has consulted on numerous ADR projects in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North America. Prior to joining CEDR, Andy was a Senior Communications Account Director in two public relations consultancies, where he headed business units, advising private corporations and government bodies on managing their reputations. He has worked on and led projects in Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

Andy Rogers has over 35 years’ experience working with business, the public and third sectors. After graduating from the University of Wolverhampton in 1990, Andy became a broadcast journalist working for LBC Radio, before going on to work for IRN (Independent Radio News), the BBC and various Channel 4 production companies. Moving into communications, Andy spent two years with the travel company Cosmos plc, before spending four years in the telecoms and entertainment field as PR Manager for Cable and Wireless Communications plc (now Virgin Media).

From 1998-2005, in his time as a Senior Account Director with Communications Consultancies, Andy led numerous strategic campaigns for clients including: 3i plc, 3M plc, BTG plc (British Technology Group), the Consumers’ Association (Which?), the Department for Trade and Industry (BEIS), EMAP plc, Fujitsu plc, Motorola plc, RS Components and Electrocomponents plc. He has won three national and international awards for his work (a global IPRA Golden Award for creativity and PR Week awards for impact).

Expertise

  • Commercial Contracts
  • Construction & Engineering
  • Employment & Workplace
  • Property
  • Trusts, Wills & Probate

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