Meet True’s Founders
Ann-Marie Blake
Ann-Marie has over 25 years’ experience in communications where she’s worked both in-house (including HSBC, Barclays, NatWest) and as a consultant spanning a range of disciplines including public relations, marketing, corporate affairs, change and internal communications.
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Public Relations, Chartered PR Practitioner and former Secretary/Treasurer on the International Executive Board of the IABC (2020 - 2024).
Her impact on the communications world has been recognised with Fellowships of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Centre for Strategic Communications Excellence.
She is a founder Board Member for PRCA Race and Ethnicity Equity Board (REEB) and a recent winner of the 2025 Independent Impact 50 awards which celebrate the UK’s most influential independent practitioners in PR.
Howard Krais
Howard is a leader in the communications world, with nearly 30 years’ experience of working globally in senior corporate and agency roles.
In his most recent role at Johnson Matthey his work on AirTime, was recognised externally as being “Best Communication of Change or Business Transformation” at the Internal Communication & Engagement awards. Immediately prior to Johnson Matthey, Howard held senior roles at GSK and EY.
Howard is a co-author of the best-selling book “Leading the Listening Organisation”, published in Dec 2024. He spent two years as President of the UK chapter of the International Association of Business Communications (IABC) and is a frequent presenter at international events.
Howard’s impact on the communications world was recognised as he was awarded Fellowship of both the Institute for Internal Communications and the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence in 2025.
