Meet The Team
Kate Betts
Kate is the director of Capital B Media. She is a former journalist, who now specialises in crisis media management. She is a trainer for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and was an associate trainer at the Cabinet Office-approved Emergency Planning College Her journalistic experience includes working in newspapers, for the BBC and for commercial television. Kate is a BBC-trained video-journalist and has made features for BBC Radio 4. She has also taught print and broadcast journalism at the University of Sheffield.
Ben Rooth
Ben is an associate media trainer at Capital B Media. He is an award-winning journalist, who has worked across TV, print and radio, including at the BBC. He has interviewed everyone from prime ministers and CEOs to David Attenborough and Alan Whicker. As a media trainer he has trained chief executives of major international companies and senior Whitehall policymakers.
Mary Murtagh
Mary is an associate at Capital B Media, assisting and running media training and PR for SME courses. She is an award-winning print and video journalist who spent 12 years working for some of the biggest regional papers in the UK. She has trained everyone from housing officers and executives of blue-chip companies to senior council officers and firefighters.
Rob Walley
Rob is an associate at Capital B Media. He is an award-winning consultant, who has supported numerous public and private sector organisations to establish, train and exercise their resilience arrangements. Rob uses innovative simulation tools alongside Capital B Media's media offering to deliver credible and immersive exercises to test crisis planning.
Steph Pollard
Steph is an associate of Capital B Media. She writes releases, features and web copy and provides specialist support in PR planning and strategic communications. Steph has experience working as a regional journalist and a public/media relations manager for the Department of Health and local government. She is a champion of effective communication with all stakeholders, to help clients achieve and maintain excellent public relations.