Nick Appleyard is an award-winning communications professional from the United Kingdom. He is a former journalist, having worked as a reporter for a range of British newspapers including the Guardian, Independent and Yorkshire Post. For the past ten years, he has worked as a media adviser to senior figures in the UK Government, including at the Prime Minister’s Office, the Treasury and the United Nations. In that role he has delivered high-profile communications across a range of issues, such as the Covid-19 response, Brexit, and COP-26.