Entrepreneur, Educator, Journalist, PR Pro
Founder of Matrix Public Relations
About Jack Pearce
Entrepreneur, Educator, Journalist, PR Pro Founder of Matrix Public Relations
Jack Pearce is the founder of Matrix Public Relations, a company he established in 1999.
He has over 30 years PR and journalism experience in the Middle East. He was a co-founder and former chairman of the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) and regularly spoke at forums and is quoted in the media on public affairs issues.
Prior to setting up Matrix PR he was Senior Director of Client Servicing for IPR, the Middle East affiliate of Shandwick, the world’s largest PR firm.
Before this he was Public Affairs Manager of The British Bank of the Middle East (now HSBC Middle East) with overall responsibility for all the marketing, advertising and public relations activities of the Bank’s head office and 26 branches.
He began his career in the UAE as PR Manager of the Abu Dhabi Inter-Continental Hotel where, in addition to routine hotel PR work, he coordinated two GCC summit conferences and numerous state occasions and head of state visits.
He was later appointed editor of the UAE’s What’s On magazine and subsequently became country manager of the international PR firm Hill and Knowlton, a position he held for five years
About this Episode
This is the first episode of a series of conversations with PR Guru and founder of Matrix Public Relations, Jack Pearce. In this episode, Melwyn and Namita speak to Jack about his background, his early days in the UAE and how he got into the world of PR.
Jack shares some words of insight from many years of experience that you will not want to miss!
“I organized the first ever fireworks display in the Middle East.“
Jack Pearce
“My personality trait is agreeableness. I tend to do things that are agreeable to people.”
– Jack Pearce
Show highlights
“I started doing travel articles for What’s On magazine in Dubai.”
Jack Pearce
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