Kirsty Leighton

Kirsty Leighton has three decades of experience across the corporate brand and communications sectors - holding senior leadership positions for agencies such as Hudson Sandler, Text100 and WE Communications. Kirsty’s PR leadership has now been recognised with her appointment as Chair of the PRCA. She is a fierce advocate of the power of ethical PR: alongside making history as one half of the all-women leadership of the PRCA with Sarah Wadding MBE as CEO, Kirsty is: a B Corp pioneer; a champion of Better Business; and actively forges partnerships in politics to educate policymakers on the responsible use of PR within the democratic process. Kirsty is a formidable entrepreneur, founding multi award-winning Milk & Honey PR in 2017. People first, ethically led and values driven, the agency now encompasses four offices on three continents - and is 55% owned by the people who work there. Always learning, Kirsty has also taken part in Goldman Sachs’ invitation-only ‘10,000 Small Businesses’ and elite ‘Unicorn School’ business accelerators.