Unily Presents: The Next Chief Communications Officer | 2025 Bootcamp - London

Elevate your career and conversations to thrive in the next era of Internal Comms

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? The Next CCO Bootcamp 2025 is designed for ambitious Internal Communications (IC) and Employee Experience (EX) practitioners who want to elevate their impact and operate at a more strategic level.

This intensive in-person event is tailored to equip forward-looking IC and EX specialists with the skills, strategies, and insights to position themselves as strategic partners to leadership—while preparing for the next era of work.

Through a mixture of panel discussions, case study spotlights, topical deep-dives, and interactive roundtables, Bootcamp attendees will learn how to:

• Transform your impact: Practical advice on how to shift from tactical delivery to strategic influence
• Leverage emerging trends: Explore how AI, digital noise, and new workforce expectations are shaping the future of EX
• Take inspiration from real success stories: Discover how industry leaders are tackling common challenges in our case study sessions
• Network with IC pros: Connect with peers, influencers, and experts shaping the future of Internal Communications.
• Take home strategic toolkits: Walk away with actionable resources to future-proof your strategy, demonstrate ROI, and elevate your value to leadership.

Who should attend?

This bootcamp is perfect for ambitious IC & EX practitioners who are:

• Ready to level up: Professionals aiming to shift from operational execution to strategic conversations.
• Passionate about growth: Individuals looking to drive greater impact within their organizations and careers.
• Focused on the future: Practitioners eager to adopt cutting-edge strategies and technologies to stay ahead of the curve.
• Engaged in global impact: Leaders managing complex global footprints and cross-functional communications.
• Driven by ROI: Communicators keen to measure and showcase their contributions to organizational success.

Seats are limited - secure your spot today!

Meet your speakers

Sharn Kleiss – Strategy Partner: Employee Experience & Insights at Gallagher’s Communication Consulting Practice

Sharn’s expertise is focused on the interplay between internal communication and employee experience. This comes to life in Gallagher’s annual State of the Sector report, which Sharn currently leads. Sharn brings lateral thinking, strategic nous, and a pragmatic approach to communication challenges, as well as a strong awareness of the cultural zeitgeist around the world of work. Working in the employee engagement and experience industry for a decade, Sharn has worked with clients across a variety of industries, countries and sizes, with recent clients including Walmart, Ikea, BMO, and UBS.

Rachael Knowles – Head of Internal Communications at Flight Centre Travel Group

With a range of international experience, Rachael specializes in engaging workforces spread across multiple geographies. She previously headed up global internal comms for Kerzner International, a leading developer and operator of luxury resorts. This included the Dubai head office, as well as all Kerzner's brands across the world. She then returned to London and re-joined Flight Centre – where she had started her career a decade earlier – and is responsible for communicating with the entire EMEA employee base. With her expertise ranging from everyday comms to change management, Rachael brings unique insights into employee engagement for complex global organizations.

Jessica Jabbitt - Internal Communications Manager at Flight Centre Travel Group

Jessica has spent the last two years at Flight Centre, initially as part of the team charged with transforming the organization's UK intranet. Having successfully achieved this, she is now responsible for internal comms across the European part of the business. This includes the upcoming rollout of a refreshed intranet to the thousands of employees across this region.

Ben Levine – Employee Communications and Engagement Manager at Unily

Ben is the internal communications lead at Unily. Using Unily's technology, he promotes a high-performance culture by informing, aligning, and engaging Unily’s employees. With 10 years of experience in communicating key messages throughout the employee lifecycle, Ben has previously led communications teams at Salesforce and Alteryx.

Kaz Hassan – Principal, Community & Industry Insights at Unily

Having spent the last 10 years immersed in the employee experience space, Unily's own Kaz Hassan has a reputation for being ahead of the latest trends and best practices on everything from digital transformation to internal communications. Over the course of his career, he has worked in varied roles – from change management at Arriva to rolling out more than 20 intranets as a consultant at Unily. Kaz joined Unily in 2018 and is now a regular speaker at industry events, including presenting at conferences around the world.