Kathleen Collier, Consultant Manager

Kathleen Collier has over fifteen years of international marketing and communications experience both in the UK and the United States.

Kathleen began her career in London where she worked on the Wines of Chile and Bollinger Champagne accounts at Westbury-Blake PR. After moving to the U.S. in 1994, Kathleen joined Cohn & Wolfe where she specialized in business-to-business PR for clients such as Deloitte & Touche and Cushman & Wakefield.

In 1997, Kathleen joined Sopexa USA as Director of the Public Relations department. Whilst there, she managed a team of PR specialists and was responsible for designing and implementing national marketing and public relations campaigns for such clients as The Bordeaux Wine Bureau, Inter Rhône, Vinexpo and 1france.com.

In 2002, Kathleen joined Magnet Communications as Vice President of their Wine, Spirits, Travel and Fine Dining Department. She was responsible for such accounts as Bombay Sapphire, Rémy Martin, The Macallan, Disaronno, Robert Mondavi Wine Imports and Réserve Maison Nicolas. The marketing/communications programs that she implemented included consumer outreach, trade education and crisis management.

Since moving back to the UK, Kathleen has continued to work for Sopexa USA on a freelance basis and has also worked for Suzanne Howe Communications on such clients as Kimberly-Clarke Professional* and Wallops Wood Dairy.

Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Arts from Melbourne University, Australia, and a Diploma of International Public Relations from West Herts College in London. Her interests include fine dining and travel, especially to France!