Camilla Mankabady, who led Liverpool’s strategic communications during Eurovision, has been named Director of Strategic Communications and Corporate Affairs at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
She moves from Liverpool City Council, where she’s been its Director of Communications since 2019.
Prior to that, she was based in France as Senior Media Consultant at Euronews. Before that she was Programme Editor at ITV’s News at Ten and spent 15 years at BBC News.
“This new role at the heart of the Combined Authority is an exciting opportunity to put the Liverpool City Region at the heart of the devolution conversation,” she said.
“My team and I will work hard to support the Mayor’s vision, the work of his Cabinet, and to ensure that residents right across the region feel empowered and enthused. Working in public service is a privilege and I can’t wait to start telling the next chapter of our region’s story.”
The organisation has also appointed Tim Games as Executive Director, Investment and Delivery. The two senior arrivals come as Mayor Steve Rotheram enters his third term of office.
“Since the Combined Authority was first established, the scope of our work has changed enormously. We have achieved huge progress for the Liverpool City Region, including 60,000 new jobs for our residents, tens of thousands of training opportunities, a £500 million investment in new, state-of-the-art, publicly owned trains, and taken the landmark decision to take our buses back into public control by 2027,” he said.
“But I’m hugely ambitious for what more we can achieve in my third term of office, focussing on innovation, growing our economy, and ensuring no-one is left behind.
“These two key appointments will play vital leadership roles in delivering my plans to make our area the best place to grow up, grow a family and grow a business.”
Katherine Fairclough, Chief Executive of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority added:
“These appointments are the result of a rigorous national recruitment process and in Tim and Camilla we are fortunate to have secured two candidates of huge experience and of the highest calibre. We are looking forward to working closely with them to deliver our ambitions.
“Liverpool City Region is an amazing place with so many strengths and so much potential, and I know Tim and Camilla will play key roles in helping to grow our economy for the benefit of the people we serve.”
